How to register guns

[morrcarr67]

OK, time is getting close. My mother is moving back to California and she is bringing me two guns as gifts.

How do I register them in my name?

Do we go down to a dealer and transfer them as a new resident selling them to a current resident?

OR

Do we fill out the new resident form from the DOJ's website and after we get the letter back saying that California knows they are in state do a INTRA-FAMILIAL transfer.

Doing it the second way would cost $57.00 and no ten day wait. I'm not sure how much it would cost going to a dealer.

[Quiet]

Do we fill out the new resident form from the DOJ's website and after we get the letter back saying that California knows they are in state do a INTRA-FAMILIAL transfer.

Doing it the second way would cost $57.00 and no ten day wait. I'm not sure how much it would cost going to a dealer.

After she gets CA DL/ID, go this route.


Cost to PPT a handgun is $35. So, you would spend $70+ to PPT them from your mother and would have to wait 10 days.

[GunDog]

A new resident (in this case the mother) has 60 days in which to register personal handguns imported into the State of California. If the mother transfers the handguns to the son within this 60 day period, all that is needed is the report of intra-familial transfer and a $19.00 fee for 1 or more handguns.

http://ag.ca.gov/firearms/forms/pdf/oplaw.pdf

[Librarian]

Or, she can simply transfer them to you using the OPLAW form.

Here's the chain: she would be a Personal Handgun Importer.

When you are a PHI, PC 12072 (f) says you have to register the handguns within 60 days or transfer them according to 12072(d), or transfer them according to one of the exceptions to 12072(d).

Intrafamilial transfer is one of the exceptions to 12072(d).

Using the OPLAW form, you can register all the handguns she brings as a new resident, and subsequently transfers to you, for one $19 fee.

Welcome your Mom to CA, and enjoy your new handguns.

[morrcarr67]

Thanks Gun Dog and Librarian. I will go the route of INTRA-FAMILIAL transfer.

[Cokebottle]

After she gets CA DL/ID, go this route.


Cost to PPT a handgun is $35. So, you would spend $70+ to PPT them from your mother and would have to wait 10 days.

Actually $70 plus $38, because she will have to declare and register them on the new resident form when she comes here either way.

But there's no need for the PPT... Two options, option 2 above, or have her ship them now on an intrafamilial, and it'll cost $75+ per gun plus shipping.

[kaosfreak]

i don't mean to thread jack, but i have a revolver and a rifle from my grandfather that is no longer alive. how do i do the intra-family transfer of a family member who has passed? what about the rifle? thanks.

[Cokebottle]

i don't mean to thread jack, but i have a revolver and a rifle from my grandfather that is no longer alive. how do i do the intra-family transfer of a family member who has passed? what about the rifle? thanks.

Rifle is a non-issue. It's yours, no paperwork needed.

The handgun is another story.... If you've had it since before 1991, then like the rifle, nothing needs to be done.
After 1991, you can still complete the OpLaw form for the intrafamilial transfer. Transferor's signature is not required.