Deceased Parents guns

[Kings River Kid]

How does a person go about claiming through DOJ a deceased parents guns? No RAWS nothing like that mainly hunting arms and a few pistols mostly bought 20 - 40 years ago. What causes me concern is a lot of these guns (long guns maybe some of the pistols I don't know) were straight up horse trades done in the garage over a beer. Back in the late 70's and through the 80's. Who the hell knows who these things are DROS'd to. Along the same lines what year were long guns no longer a cash and carry affair when it came to private party sales?

Thanks in advance

[glockman19]

How does a person go about claiming through DOJ a deceased parents guns? No RAWS nothing like that mainly hunting arms and a few pistols mostly bought 20 - 40 years ago. What causes me concern is a lot of these guns (long guns maybe some of the pistols I don't know) were straight up horse trades done in the garage over a beer. Back in the late 70's and through the 80's. Who the hell knows who these things are DROS'd to. Along the same lines what year were long guns no longer a cash and carry affair when it came to private party sales?

Thanks in advance

I think you may have been mistaken..the "trades" were done before 1968.

Talk to an attorney.

Chuck Michel

http://michellawyers.com/

562-216-4444

[Citadelonline]

When and how did you come in to possession? From your description, ("claiming") it sounds like they were not bequeathed to you in a will or living trust. If your parents estate has gone through the probate process and you were determined to be the legal heir of the firearms, you can transfer them to your name.

As long as you know they are not stolen, or have been used in a crime, it's not your responsibility to investigate their ownership history or how they were acquired by your deceased parents. Fill out the DOJ form: REPORT OF OPERATION OF LAW OR
INTRA-FAMILIAL HANDGUN TRANSACTION. The State will be able to determine If there are any other issues with the firearms in question.
If you have reason to believe the firearms were unlawfully acquired or used illegally, or involved in any other irregularities, consult an attorney first.

Along the same lines what year were long guns no longer a cash and carry affair when it came to private party sales?

Long gun transfers between non-licensees in CA were made unlawful in 1991.

[Librarian]

... except over-50-year-old long guns were legal to transfer until the law changed for 2014.

The issue here is not the provenance of the guns (presuming none were stolen - not often an issue), but whether all the inheritance processing is done and the new owner of the guns is determined.

The new owners file the OPLAW, as noted above, or use the website https://cfars.doj.ca.gov/crisHome!di...HomeAsGuest.do