Pennsylvania
You get checked on every purchase. You pay for each check. So to the OP, you would have to pay for the check every time. You would pay for that check regardless if you took the gun or not.
The background check process includes info that goes to the Pennsylvania State Police and the NICs check. After the PSP complete their check, PA law requires that the PSP destroy your information in 72 hours:
PA Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
Section 6111 Sale or transfer of firearms
".....and, further, an application/record of sale received by the Pennsylvania State Police pursuant to this subsection shall be destroyed within 72 hours of the completion of the criminal history, juvenile delinquency and mental health records background check."
PA has no registration of firearms. This is a fact so often misunderstood by the average person and the press. If I had a Nickle for every time someone asks "Is it registered in your name?".
