Gun Inheritance from another State

[mausercat]

A buddy of mine went to Oregon with his wife to clear out his father-in-laws condo. While they were there they found about dozen handguns and two shotguns. They brought them back to California. Now they want to know how to register them in their names. They went to their LGS and the sales guy told them to not worry about it and to not tell anyone. They however do want to register and keep them. The guns are just Rugers, Beretta, Colts and Smith Wessons, nothing that could even remotely be described as an assault weapon. They were told to get the forms from the DOJ and fill them out along with getting a FSC. Others said to register them through the CFARs site.

What is the best way to handle this. Can he register them under his name or only his wife because it was her father not his? He has copies of the death certificate and can submit it.

[ohsmily]

If they really want to follow through with the registration she should submit the operation of law form to the DOJ listing the firearms and submit the fee . If there was a will and they were left to him he could do it as well instead of her.

[SkyHawk]

Wife has to register them, use CFARS and select CRIS then the Report of Intra-Familial Firearm Transaction form.

She will need FSC, and has 30 days to file. It will cost $19 and that covers all the guns. FSC is $25 and test must be taken at a FFL (typically)

If they really want to follow through with the registration she should submit the operation of law form to the DOJ listing the firearms and submit the fee . If there was a will and they were left to him he could do it as well instead of her.

I am always confused by which form to use online when it comes to child inheriting from parent/grandparent. I looked at OPLAW online and the drop down for "where you got the guns" really only covers a spouse. I believe the paper form is a OPLAW/Intrafamily combo form and so that would cover any scenario, but online they break them out into separate forms with different info required for each

[Librarian]

If they really want to follow through with the registration she should submit the operation of law form to the DOJ listing the firearms and submit the fee . If there was a will and they were left to him he could do it as well instead of her.

No, that does not work. Son in law is not 'immediate family', so inheritance must run through FFL.

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