[I got the rope]

I thought that by law they had to dispose of them in 90 days.

[Tijeras_Slim]

That’s the records on the NICS end.

For the 4437:

They go to the ATF if the store goes out of business.

If the store is sold but maintains the same FFL (for example if it’s a corporation) nothing at all happens to them.

If the store is sold but gets a new FFL, then the 4473’s (the records) of the old FFL are sent to the ATF.

They must be maintained by the store for at least 20 years. After 20 years the store can destroy them.

The “bound book” recording all firearms transactions eventually ends up in the hands of the ATF.

[MileHi]

I thought that by law they had to dispose of them in 90 days.

They have to keep the paper forms forever, or give them to ATF if they go out of business.

[wastedyears]

Lawsuits incoming? Find out why they don’t dispose of that information? Wait, government dispose of information? Who am I kidding?

[Tallguy]

“I thought that by law they had to dispose of them in 90 days.”

I can tell you they don’t get rid of Thos forms in Pennsylvania.