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A guy with no family lends his pistol to his buddy. Guy then dies.
Q, How does the buddy register the pistol?
Q, How does the buddy register the pistol?
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Hypothetical Answer.
1. how old is the pistol?
2. Was it registered originally? (because before 1991 it didn't have to be)May the Bridges I burn light the way.
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Interesting question, as a crew I was working with once found a
old Thompson sub-machine gun up in an attic but the boss 'disappeared' it and took everyone out to lunch at the strip club. It was "well, if anyone tells anyone it ain't they it is gonna do them any good".
If you 'find' a motor vehicle or are in process of a "borrow" and owner dies you can just do the "send registered letter to last owner's address on file at DMV" and it will soon be legally yours if no one responds.
Obviously, that won't work or hold up if any 'funny business' is involved.
Maybe start off mailing a registered letter to his address, which will at least show you aren't trying to 'steal' the gun from his estate, and might get in touch with his heirs.
A nice gun ain't like the TV he bought last month or a lawn-mower. Very good chance it would be something a distant heir would be aware he owned, and being as it is a gun in CA I would error on side of caution.
He MIGHT have legally 'gifted' you a car, TV, stack of $100 bills, etc...but he can't have legally gifted you a gun without a lot of specific paperwork.Comment
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In this case, the question was posed about a loan, and that can be done without paper for up to 30 days. If the lender got hit by a bus or something, such a situation might occur.
But still, a loan does not turn into a transfer if the lender should happen to die before the loaned object can be returned. The property still belongs to the lender's estate, and should be returned to the executor for disposal according to the will, or to the probate court which may be handling distribution for an intestate decedent.
That is, "How does the buddy register the pistol?" is the wrong question; the pistol would not belong to the buddy such that registering it would be an issue.
"Who's going to know?" is an entirely different question; that answer is 'the person who received the loan' and what action that may inspire in the lendee is up to his/her conscience.Last edited by Librarian; 03-16-2012, 5:42 PM.ARCHIVED Calguns Foundation Wiki here: http://web.archive.org/web/201908310...itle=Main_Page
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If there is no family or no estate, this might be a good place to start:
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What gun???
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