New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 54 - FIREARMS AND WEAPONS
Subchapter 1 - FIREARMS PURCHASER IDENTIFICATION CARD AND PERMIT TO PURCHASE A HANDGUN
Section 13:54-1.8 - Written certification; delivery of permit to purchase

(a) Any person receiving, purchasing, or otherwise acquiring a firearm by exhibiting a firearms purchaser identification card shall sign a written certification on a State of New Jersey Certificate of Eligibility designated as form S.P. 634, which shall indicate that he or she presently complies with all of the requirements for obtaining an identification card and does not suffer from any of the disabilities set forth in this subchapter. The certification shall contain his or her name, address, and State of New Jersey firearms purchaser identification number or dealer's license, and any other information deemed necessary by the Superintendent. If the seller is not a licensed dealer, the certification may be retained by the seller or it may be filed with the chief of police of the municipality in which he or she resides or, in all other cases, with the Superintendent. The seller shall retain the certification if he or she is a licensed dealer.

(b) A permit to purchase a handgun and form of register shall be issued to the applicant in quadruplicate. Prior to receiving a handgun from the seller, the purchaser must deliver all copies of the permit to the seller, who shall complete all of the information on the required form. Within five days of the transfer, the transferor shall forward the original copy to the Superintendent and the second copy to the chief of police of the municipality where the transferee resides; provided that in a municipality having no chief of police, the second copy shall be forwarded to the Superintendent. The third copy shall be returned to the transferee, and the fourth shall be kept by the transferor as a permanent record.