New Resident Registration and $19 fee

[CATX]

I haven't heard anything back after submitting the form a year ago. The check has been cashed. Was I supposed to get something back indicating that they received the registration?

[67Cuda]

I don't know what you're talking about, but the cashed check is your receipt. Keep a copy for your records.

[sfe187]

isn't that voluntary? isn't its not illegal to have unregistered firearms? so why give $19 to this f up state?

[jpl1979]

Eventually they send you a letter/letters for each gun. The law does require new residents to register.

[golfrj]

They are a Little SLOW--- I gave my daughter a S&W snubby that she wanted, which she promptly sent in the paperwork & registered in her name.. 6 months later she wanted to trade me for another pistol, which we did.. When I sent in the paperwork & check, they cashed my check and 3 months later informed me the gun was always in my name & they did not need to transfer it.. They KEPT my money though! LOL

[Librarian]

isn't that voluntary? isn't its not illegal to have unregistered firearms? so why give $19 to this f up state?

No, it is not voluntary.

Hard to enforce, though.

[Yodaman]

They are a Little SLOW--- I gave my daughter a S&W snubby that she wanted, which she promptly sent in the paperwork & registered in her name.. 6 months later she wanted to trade me for another pistol, which we did.. When I sent in the paperwork & check, they cashed my check and 3 months later informed me the gun was always in my name & they did not need to transfer it.. They KEPT my money though! LOL

lol

[CATX]

I don't know what you're talking about, but the cashed check is your receipt. Keep a copy for your records.

I just asked the bank for a copy. Thank you.

[heidad01]

isn't that voluntary? isn't its not illegal to have unregistered firearms? so why give $19 to this f up state?

No. Not even kinda.

If you move into Calif with guns, you must register your guns with the state within 30 or 60 days(not sure on grace period). That is not optional.

No one will know if you did not. Well, not until something happens. Then you are knee deep in doo doo and lawyer fees.

Long time Residents with guns purchased before registration laws are a different story.

[raychenc]

A crime normally a misdemeanor with a registered gun may be a felony if it is not registered.

[Cokebottle]

isn't that voluntary? isn't its not illegal to have unregistered firearms? so why give $19 to this f up state?

New residents are required to declare and register ALL firearms... handguns or long guns, within 60 days of moving into California.

A California resident with a handgun that was transferred to them prior to 1991 or a long gun transferred to them prior to 2014 is in legal possession of an unregistered firearm.
Any handgun transferred after 1991 must be registered at the time of transfer.

[Quiet]

I haven't heard anything back after submitting the form a year ago. The check has been cashed. Was I supposed to get something back indicating that they received the registration?

Average response time is 4 months, after they cash your payment, for a CA DOJ acknowledgement letter to show up in the mail to the address listed on the form.

[CATX]

Average response time is 4 months, after they cash your payment, for a CA DOJ acknowledgement letter to show up in the mail to the address listed on the form.

Unfortunately I moved exactly 95 days after the check cleared and it took me 5 days to remember to forward the mail. That's probably why I don't have their reply - it was lost in the shuffle. Aside from the cashed $19 check, do you know of a different way I can get confirmation of the registration?

[Quiet]

Unfortunately I moved exactly 95 days after the check cleared and it took me 5 days to remember to forward the mail. That's probably why I don't have their reply - it was lost in the shuffle. Aside from the cashed $19 check, do you know of a different way I can get confirmation of the registration?

Yeah, CA DOJ letters typically do not get forwarded.
So, if the address on the submitted form is no longer valid, then they would have no where to send a letter to.

Just so you are aware, when you submitted your new resident form, you complied with all that is required by CA laws.
Having an CA DOJ acknowledgement letter is not required by law.

But, if you want a list of what is registered to you, you can submit a completed Automated Firearms System Request for Firearm Records (BOF 053) to CA DOJ BOF.
Within 4-64 weeks, CA DOJ BOF will mail back a list of every firearm registered to you in AFS.

[CATX]

Yeah, CA DOJ letters typically do not get forwarded.
So, if the address on the submitted form is no longer valid, then they would have no where to send a letter to.

Just so you are aware, when you submitted your new resident form, you complied with all that is required by CA laws.
Having an CA DOJ acknowledgement letter is not required by law.

But, if you want a list of what is registered to you, you can submit a completed Automated Firearms System Request for Firearm Records (BOF 053) to CA DOJ BOF.
Within 4-64 weeks, CA DOJ BOF will mail back a list of every firearm registered to you in AFS.

I appreciate the information and the link. Thank you.