Transporting from AZ to CALI

[Moto_Reggie_2m]

Own a home in Az, want to bring guns to Cali for permanent storage at second home. as i read, New Resident Report of Firearm Ownership (BOF 4010A), is all that is required. And to comply with California assault weapon and 50 cal restrictions. does this sound right?

[P5Ret]

Maybe maybe not. I don't know if anyone is certain how the AG's office is going to interpret or enforce CPC 27585. That law seems to have been written specifically to address importation by people who have residences in other states.

27585. (a) Commencing January 1, 2015, a resident of this state
shall not import into this state, bring into this state, or transport
into this state, any firearm that he or she purchased or otherwise
obtained on or after January 1, 2015, from outside of this state
unless he or she first has that firearm delivered to a dealer in this
state for delivery to that resident pursuant to the procedures set
forth in Section 27540 and Article 1 (commencing with Section 26700)
and Article 2 (commencing with Section 26800) of Chapter 2.
(I did not post the entire section, there are exemptions but they are rather narrow in scope)

[Moto_Reggie_2m]

Agreed, looks like they wrote this law to overlap existing. As far as the doj website currently says. You have 3 options. Sell it to LEO, dros it to yourself or send in the form. Maybe an email to doj would clear this up

[russ69]

If you are really a new resident, I would think the new resident form would be the right thing. I'm guessing, but if the form is still available from the government it must still be in force. On the other hand if you are bringing over guns from time to time, that is not what that form is for.

[RickD427]

There are two very different processes for bringing weapons into the state.

You correctly described the "Personal Importer" process laid out in Penal Code section 27560.

The other process is laid out in Penal Code section 27585. That process requires that you deliver the firearms to a California FFL before bringing them into the state, and the FFL then transfers them to you within the state. Although the statute does not require handguns transferred under PC 27585 to be on the roster, several knowlegable folks have pointed out that the DES system will not permit the transfer of non-rostered handguns.

The difference between the two is whether you a currently a California resident. If California considers you to be a current resident, then the PC 27585 process applies.

If you are moving into California as a new resident, then the PC 27560 process applies.

The PC 27560 process is not particularly well defined. Please check out the definitional terms contained in PC 17000(a)(6). They apply specific dates that one "moved" (as opposed to becoming a resident) to California to determine if one is a "Personal Importer" and thus governed by the PC 27560 process.