What to do with a non-registered firearm?

[Amsterdam]

I am new to form as well as brand new to the firearm world and i am trying to get familiar with everything having to do with firearms. This leads to my first question and problem. My father accepted a Remington 710 as a means of barter in 2002. Unfortunately, my father is uneducated in the laws regarding accepting and transferring firearms ownership. He did not do any form of paperwork or contract stating that ownership was being transferred. The rifle has never been fired and has sat in it's shipping box, ever since my father brought it home. My question is what do i need to do to make everything legal and safe for me to take it to a range and not have any problems with the law. My father has no form contact with the person that he accepted the rifle from due to the fact that it has been about 10 years since this trade happened.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance

[decepticon6551]

If your father gives you the rifle before 01/01/2014, you're good to go

http://wiki.calgunsfoundation.org/Transferring_Firearms_Among_Some_Family_Members#Long_guns_need_no_paper

[decepticon6551]

If Dad wants to keep it for himself, he could fill this out & mail a check for $19

http://ag.ca.gov/firearms/forms/pdf/volreg.pdf

However, his statute of limitations probably expired nine or ten years ago.

[benjamin101677]

Enless the rules change in 2014 he, the father can always give the firearm to his son at anytime no issue either. All the son would have to do is fill out a DOJ form and submit it and a $19 check to the DOJ to get it registered if he desires

[nothing4u]

You want my advice. Delete thread. Of course your father was a resident of another state and did this FTF without a FFL which is legal in that state. He then moved to California, where it is currently still legal for parents to gift long guns to their children without going through an FFL.

[CSACANNONEER]

Currently there is no registration of non-AW long guns in CA unless, you want to do a voluntary registration for some weird reason. So, do like the rest of us do and take it to the range and shoot it. It really is that simple. Any long gun transferred after 1-1-2014 will need to go through a FFL or be "registered" wit an op law form if its an interfamilar transfer.

[Barnstormer]

Do like the rest of us do and take it to the range and shoot it. It really is that simple.

+1 Don't complicate your life. It's legal the way it is. Just follow the rules about transportation to and from the range.