C&R FFL Application Form ATF 7CR - use the official BATFE PDF form!

[MarCat]

I just completed the form. At least in Mac OS X Preview, the ATF portion of the form works with the auto-fill feature. The CLEO pages of the form did not work with auto-fill. I used text boxes as a work around.

What a PITA. They make every step tedious for a reason.

We will see how long it takes for the COE and FFL03 application to get stuck somewhere along the way.

UPDATE: Just received my FFL 03 via snail mail. Mailed on 4/12/2021, Received on 4/15/2021, and mailed on 05/11/2021 and in the mailbox on 05/15/2021. 33 days start to finish.

I went on CFARS and updated my COE with the FFL 03 information, so we will see how long it takes for the COE to complete.

[MarCat]

UPDATE: Just received my FFL 03 via snail mail. Mailed on 4/12/2021, Received on 4/15/2021, and mailed on 05/11/2021 and in the mailbox on 05/15/2021. 33 days start to finish.

I went on CFARS and updated my COE with the FFL 03 information, so we will see how long it takes for the COE to complete.

UPDATE 2: CFARS issued the COE 05/18/2021. So, 36 days total round trip for CA DOJ.

[CAGLS]

C&R FFL Application Form ATF 7CR - use the official BATFE PDF form!

Do I have to notify the Sheriff again if I already had a C&R and COE? I just had forgotten to renew it and let it lapse. [emoji1750]


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[Dvrjon]

Do I have to notify the Sheriff again if I already had a C&R and COE? I just had forgotten to renew it and let it lapse. [emoji1750]


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If you let the FFL-03 lapse, then you’re getting a new one. Regardless, each ATF form for FFL-03 requires notification of the Chief Law Enforcement officer. COE doesn’t require notification.

[CAConservative 33]

[-hanko]

Asked and answered a few hundred times here...

Who shows up if you dial 911??...Whomever does, that's the department where you mail your law enforcement copy.

[Econut]

UPDATE 2: CFARS issued the COE 05/18/2021. So, 36 days total round trip for CA DOJ.

I came on here to read responses like this. I'm on day 35 and still haven't received my COE number. These jokers sure like to take their time.

[Econut]

I think it doesn't really matter as long as you follow the criteria logically. For example: both the county sheriff or your local police force (such as a police chief of a small department) qualify for the criteria of 'Chief Law Enforcement Officer' in a given jurisdiction/locality in respect to your address.

This is the situation I was presented with when I applied for my FFL03. I live in a small town that has it's own police force. Technically my CLEO would be my towns police chief. However I thought that would be stretching it a bit to call my towns police chief the CLEO in my area. So I erred on the side of caution and sent it into my sheriff's office. Four weeks later I was sent my FFL03 from the ATF.

tl;dr - Play it safe and send it into the sheriffs office.

[cz74]

Here are my timelines:
5/5/21: LiveScan completed; submitted COE application on CFARS
5/6/21: mailed out ATF FFL03 application via USPS
5/6/21: got CFARS email asking reason for applying COE; re-submitted CFARS with comments that I am submitting FFL03 application for collecting C&R
5/21/21: ATF deposited my $30 application fee
5/28/21: got CFARS email asking me to upload my CA DL
6/5/21: received my FFL03 license in the mail

as of today 6/8/21: COE still says In Progress

[Dvrjon]

[Econut]

Here are my timelines:
5/5/21: LiveScan completed; submitted COE application on CFARS
5/6/21: mailed out ATF FFL03 application via USPS
5/6/21: got CFARS email asking reason for applying COE; re-submitted CFARS with comments that I am submitting FFL03 application for collecting C&R
5/21/21: ATF deposited my $30 application fee
5/28/21: got CFARS email asking me to upload my CA DL
6/5/21: received my FFL03 license in the mail

as of today 6/8/21: COE still says In Progress

I got my COE one day after I posted my post. Turn around time of thirty six (working days) or ~seven weeks time. Absolutely unbelievable.

[Dvrjon]

-got CFARS email asking reason for applying COE; re-submitted CFARS with comments that I am submitting FFL03 application for collecting C&R.

I got my COE one day after I posted my post. Turn around time of thirty six (working days) or ~seven weeks time. Absolutely unbelievable.

Did DOJ ask for, and did you later submit, the FFL-03 info to DOJ for the COE?

[cz74]

Here are my timelines:
5/5/21: LiveScan completed; submitted COE application on CFARS
5/6/21: mailed out ATF FFL03 application via USPS
5/6/21: got CFARS email asking reason for applying COE; re-submitted CFARS with comments that I am submitting FFL03 application for collecting C&R
5/21/21: ATF deposited my $30 application fee
5/28/21: got CFARS email asking me to upload my CA DL
6/5/21: received my FFL03 license in the mail

as of today 6/8/21: COE still says In Progress

6/15/21: COE approved; no email from CFARS, I had to login to check status

[MarCat]

I got my COE one day after I posted my post. Turn around time of thirty six (working days) or ~seven weeks time. Absolutely unbelievable.

Glad to learn you got it. 36 days is apparently the magic number.


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[Vxc]

I’ll go back and check, but my FFL took about 45 days, COE about three weeks beyond that.