• Background Check Required?
  • Private Sale: No, Georgia does not generally require background checks for private sales between unlicensed individuals.
  • Licensed Dealer: Yes, federally licensed dealers must conduct a background check before completing the transfer.
• Waiting Period: None.
• Registration Requirement: None.
• Permit Required (to purchase): None.
• Concealed Carry Permit: None. Georgia law allows a “lawful weapons carrier”.
• Magazine Capacity Limits: None.
• Assault Weapons Limits: None.

Source: O.C.G.A. §§ 16-11-125.1, 16-11-126, 16-11-129, 18 U.S.C. § 922(t)

• Anyone convicted of a misdemeanor offense of domestic violence.
• Fugitives from justice.
• Unlawful users of, or persons addicted to, controlled substances.
• Anyone adjudicated as a mental defective or committed to a mental institution.
• Convicted felons.
• Anyone dishonorably discharged from the U.S. Armed Forces.
• Anyone who has renounced U.S. citizenship.
• Anyone subject to a qualifying restraining order involving an intimate partner or child.
• Minors.
• Aliens unlawfully present in the United States or admitted under a non-immigrant visa.

Source: Ga. Code § 16-11-131, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)