Rifle gift to Dad

[natomasboy]

Hi everyone,

I purchased a 10/22 that I want to give to my dad as a gift. Both of us are residents of California. I wanted to know if there are any required paperwork for this. From what I read handguns require transfer fees but long guns are exempt from any paperwork. Does this mean I can just buy the 10/22 and give it to him on his birthday without any paperwork?

Thanks

[Librarian]

Hi everyone,

I purchased a 10/22 that I want to give to my dad as a gift. Both of us are residents of California. I wanted to know if there are any required paperwork for this. From what I read handguns require transfer fees but long guns are exempt from any paperwork. Does this mean I can just buy the 10/22 and give it to him on his birthday without any paperwork?

Thanks

Yes - give it to him, and I hope he enjoys it.

In 2014, there will likely be new OPLAW forms to accommodate reporting intrafamilial long gun transfers, but in 2012, no paper for instate intrafamilial transfer of (non-'assault weapon') long guns.

[natomasboy]

Thanks for the swift reply!

[rascalgto]

Yes - give it to him, and I hope he enjoys it.

In 2014, there will likely be new OPLAW forms to accommodate reporting intrafamilial long gun transfers, but in 2012, no paper for instate intrafamilial transfer of (non-'assault weapon') long guns.

Sorry for thread jack, what if I wanted to give my dad a complete AR OLL?

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[Librarian]

Sorry for thread jack, what if I wanted to give my dad a complete AR OLL?

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Presuming, still, instate: yes, no problem; it's just a rifle. Might want to spend some time on the fine points of bullet buttons and magazines, unless you give him a featureless.

[RKV]

Just a suggestion. Make the transfer formal as a gift. Document it and get signatures and dates. Why? IANALNDIPOOTV, if the gun-grabbing state government ever asks, you have a record. It doesn't have to be very complicated, names, dates, description including serial number. Don't file any paperwork with the state or pay fees. Just have the backup in your files (and again IANALNDIPOOTV, but this counts only for rifles and shotguns).

[Decoligny]

Just a suggestion. Make the transfer formal as a gift. Document it and get signatures and dates. Why? IANALNDIPOOTV, if the gun-grabbing state government ever asks, you have a record. It doesn't have to be very complicated, names, dates, description including serial number. Don't file any paperwork with the state or pay fees. Just have the backup in your files (and again IANALNDIPOOTV, but this counts only for rifles and shotguns).

Don't forget to video and audio record it on your cell phone so there will be imbedded meta-data showing GPS coordinates and date/time stamps. Might want to get a Notory Public to stamp all the documents too. Maybe enclose a DNA sample from your father and yourself just to be really sure you have all your bases covered and can prove that it was an intrafamily transfer.

Now back to reality here on planet Earth, just give your father the rifle on his birthday. Maybe arrange to go shooting with him. The law requires nothing else, so you shouldn't do anything more than you are legally required to do.

[haole_50]

Just give him copies of your receipt of purchase. Spoke to CA DOJ, and since it is a BLOOD relation, "just give it to him!" Did the same for my son, Remington 870 with modifications - given as a Christmas gift, with the purchase/DROS paperwork.