De-register Registered Assault Weapon (RAW)

[vf111]

I have a buyer (he's in Nevada) for one of my RAW's....do I just simply write a letter to DOJ stating "the gun is no longer in CA please de-register it"?

[norcalAF]

No matter what you do, you will get a knock during the great round up.

[tonyxcom]

I wouldn't bother. Nevada wont care. You have to take it to his FFL if you can't find an FFL here that has the appropriate assault weapons permit (most do not).

[12pewpew]

Just report it stolen then your hands are clean of it.

[hermosabeach]

Crime

Just report it stolen then your hands are clean of it.

[SoldierLife7]

"If the characteristics that make my firearm a category 3 assault weapon are removed, can I cancel the registration? Can I sell it as regular (non-assault weapon) firearm?

Yes. If the defining characteristics establishing a firearm as a category 3 assault weapon are removed, it is no longer an assault weapon and the registration may be canceled. However, once the registration is canceled, you can never replace the characteristic(s) that make it an assault weapon, or you will be in possession of an illegal weapon. To cancel an assault weapon registration, contact DOJ at (916) 227-2153. Once the registration has been canceled, the firearm can be sold or transferred like any other firearm (non-assault weapon)."

https://oag.ca.gov/firearms/regagunfaqs#14

[tonyxcom]

you only need to reconfigure and cancel registration (de-register) if you are planning on selling it in state.

Out of state - they don't care about registration status in CA. You just need to transport/export the AW in a legal manner.

[beanz2]

Just report it stolen then your hands are clean of it.

And when the Nevada buyer wants to sell it down the road, what happens to him?


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[The Gleam]

Once registered, always registered.

And that's you: they could not care less about registering the gun.

[norcalAF]

Once registered, always registered.

And that's you: they could not care less about registering the gun.

Truly what "ammo background checks" are all about I assume.

[The Gleam]

Truly what "ammo background checks" are all about I assume.

Exactly; because tell me how they would track ammo otherwise, used or not.

(And no, microstamping does not exist in our consumer corporeal world yet no matter how much Mikhail Fuerer wishes it. )

[loademup]

I have a buyer (he's in Nevada) for one of my RAW's....do I just simply write a letter to DOJ stating "the gun is no longer in CA please de-register it"?

When my two RAWs were sold out of state, I filled out a California DOJ form "Notice of No Longer In Possession". That seemed to "officially" initiate the de-registration of the rifles from under my name. The form is available as a PDF download. Just search for "DOJ Notice of No Longer In Possession". You will need information about who you transferred the rifle to and the transaction. There is information on the form about where to mail it to.

The DOJ will send you something by mail if the rifle has been de-registered.

[SVT-40]

When my two RAWs were sold out of state, I filled out a California DOJ form "Notice of No Longer In Possession". That seemed to "officially" initiate the de-registration of the rifles from under my name. The form is available as a PDF download. Just search for "DOJ Notice of No Longer In Possession". You will need information about who you transferred the rifle to and the transaction. There is information on the form about where to mail it to.

The DOJ will send you something by mail if the rifle has been de-registered.

Nothing is ever "deregistered". The NLIP form only adds the information you provided to the listing for that firearms serial number.

All your information is still there. Consider it a historical list of owners.

[BigPimping]

Better off just keeping it.

[loademup]

Nothing is ever "deregistered". The NLIP form only adds the information you provided to the listing for that firearms serial number.

All your information is still there. Consider it a historical list of owners.

Thanks for clarifying.

So the "Notice of No Longer in Possession" only declares you are no longer in possession of the firearm due to California legal methods of transfer. Still maybe something OP may want to do in case the buyer or some other person in the future does something bad with it while in their possession.

What you said brings a different case about "de-registering" to my mind: The California DOJ talks about "cancelling registration" for assault weapons previously registered under Category 3 banned features if these features are removed (as in converting the rifle to featureless). Sounds like even in this case, we shouldn't have any assumptions that "de-registration" means removal of data collected by the state...just updated with any new information given.