How do I sell a handgun to a California resident?

[MuzzleDiscipline]

Presently offering a James Hoag collectible pistol I discover the morass of regulation and law in California is similar to out here on the East Coast.

How do I legally transfer ownership of 1964 Commercial Colt to a buyer in California?

At this point hiring a lawyer seems like an option.

[danez71]

1st, disregard the waste of bandwidth caused by post #2 and 3 and try not to think of all Californians as those two.

2nd, post #4 is worthy of reading and following.

Essentially,
Buyer needs to send you his FFL info.

Contact FFL and make sure they will accept it (no reason why they shouldn't) and arrange for shipping to them. They may only want it shipped from an FFL.

You may want the FFL verify that buyer has a valid Firearm Safety Cert

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Presently offering a James Hoag collectible pistol I discover the morass of regulation and law in California is similar to out here on the East Coast.

How do I legally transfer ownership of 1964 Commercial Colt to a buyer in California?

At this point hiring a lawyer seems like an option.

Because the handgun is 50+ years old, it is considered a C&R and exempt from CA unsafe handgun laws.

In order to sell/transfer it to a CA resident, the firearm must be shipped to a CA FFL dealer, who will then transfer the firearm to the CA resident.

The CA resident needs to give you his CA FFL dealer's info.
You then need to ship the firearm to his CA FFL dealer and include a copy of your State DL/ID for the CA FFL dealer's records.

[Milsurp Collector]

Contact FFL and make sure they will accept it (no reason why they shouldn't) and arrange for shipping to them. They may only want it shipped from an FFL.

If the buyer's FFL will only accept shipment from another FFL, the seller's FFL will have to register with California's Firearm Licensee Check (CFLC) system https://oag.ca.gov/firearms/cflcoverview and obtain authorization before he can ship the firearm. Some out-of-state FFL's refuse to register with the CFLC on principle (one reason why you see "no sales to California" in auctions by FFL's on Gunbroker.com). In that case the seller will have to find an FFL who is already registered with the CFLC or is willing to register.

[dfletcher]

1st, disregard the waste of bandwidth caused by post #2 and 3 and try not to think of all Californians as those two.

2nd, post #4 is worthy of reading and following.

Essentially,
Buyer needs to send you his FFL info.

Contact FFL and make sure they will accept it (no reason why they shouldn't) and arrange for shipping to them. They may only want it shipped from an FFL.

You may want the FFL verify that buyer has a valid Firearm Safety Cert

I would just add that the buyer should ensure his FFL will accept the handgun from a non-FFL and if so, what info from the seller is required. If the receiving FFL will not accept the handgun from a non-FFL then CFLC compliance would be required, as mentioned above.

Doing the deal "non-FFL to CA FFL" would be the way to go, hopefully.