AW Registration Guide **3/18/2021 update: Registration may re-open soon**

[Majuki]

The transaction receipt is just a receipt for the payment of $15 for the application. In addition to that they send another email a day or two later confirming the receipt of the application itself.
I checked just now and realized that for the application receipt, 1 email is sent per aw, so i received two of these.

This second email addresses you by name and indicates the aw by the name and serial number. And then the following message

The California Department of Justice has received your electronic AB 1135/SB 880 Assault Weapon Registration and will begin processing your submission. You will be notified of the results via U.S. Mail. If you have any questions, please use the Report an Issue feature in the CFARS application https://cfars.doj.ca.gov. For questions regarding your account, please email the Bureau of Firearms at: bofcris@doj.ca.gov

Thank you for the example.

I only received the Transaction Receipt e-mail but no other confirmation e-mail that you had indicated. I applied on February 10th, so I'm assuming I should have received the confirmation e-mail by now? I will try reporting an issue.

[Ford8N]

I got the confirmation emails two days later. But only on the ones I did not mention anything in the comment box on the application. I guess anything put in that box gets the application sent to somebody who does not respond. Only “In Progress”

[Majuki]

I didn't have anything in the comment box on my application.

Did you eventually get an approval e-mail, or did the approval letter just show up in the mail for the ones where you didn't receive confirmation e-mails?

[solidfreshdope]

I just thought it would be faster than this since for one of them, an AR pistol, I requested a serial number from them and had it engraved. I figured they would already have their own information ready to go...


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[Ford8N]

I didn't have anything in the comment box on my application.

Did you eventually get an approval e-mail, or did the approval letter just show up in the mail for the ones where you didn't receive confirmation e-mails?

[blahblah]

I'd just be patient. I did a joint registration and had wildly different response times for the two applications. Both in the confirmaiton emails (one came in a few hours, the other took many days) and in the final approval (one letter received after a few weeks, the other still waiting after months).

And until 90 days, they won't even consider it a problematic delay and let you inquire.

[Majuki]

I'd just be patient. I did a joint registration and had wildly different response times for the two applications. Both in the confirmation emails (one came in a few hours, the other took many days) and in the final approval (one letter received after a few weeks, the other still waiting after months).

And until 90 days, they won't even consider it a problematic delay and let you inquire.

Many days meaning weeks or just a few days?

So I guess if I reach out about a lack of confirmation e-mail (that everyone is supposed to receive?) they'll tell me to wait until May?

[Jedediah Munroe]

Many days meaning weeks or just a few days?



So I guess if I reach out about a lack of confirmation e-mail (that everyone is supposed to receive?) they'll tell me to wait until May?

As I have mentioned before mine took exactly 28 weeks from initial app to receiving letter in mail


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[Oldjedi]

Fast and Efficient; Watch Calibre Stampings

I have to compliment the DOJ for fast processing of my application for 5 AWs. Got the emails back in 48 hours.

My experience through this entire process has been:

1. I switched to Google chrome browser from Microsoft internet explorer. IE was remembering too many things from keystrokes and was mixing up entries into the wrong fields. Specially if I wanted to go back and retype things

2. I completed my personal profile with as much detail as needed for automatic inseretion. If registering more than one AW, and there's even a "," difference in the personal sections, the system says these are two different people trying to register two rifles from one account

3. One of my receivers was marked 7.62mm and the admin asked me to be specific with caliber. In the comment section, I entered "this firearm is capable of accepting upper receivers to fire cartridges in other calibres such as .243 Winchester, .260 Remington, .338 Federal, etc." I assume it's going to be OK. Haven't heard back yet. I'll rewrite the post if there are issues.

4. I think good photos will help faster processing. By good, I mean high resolution and NO camera shake. My pics were 12 megapixel in resolution and even then I had to adjust the exposure and shooting angle to make the serial number show clean.

5. All successfully completed rifles are placed in a shopping cart. Rifle detail entry can happen on different days and different computer sessions. You only pay once in the end when all rifles are entered. The cost was $15 for my 5 AWs.

6. When you start on a new rifle entry, the system will fill in your personal details from your account profile. After every rifle detail is accepted by the system, you should start a new form completely. I wasn't able to reuse a previous firearm just to change the serial number. The system accepts all major payment types including paypal.

[455H013]

I got my registration paper work back today. After they finally excepted my firearms on-line it took 2 weeks and 1 day to get the paper work in my hand. BTW this thread make it so much easier to get through this. Thank you
cockedandglocked for all your hard work.

[Discogodfather]

Just submitted my final 9 AW two days ago, got like 5 kickbacks for calibers, some serial number confusion, and one with an magpul afg not qualifying for a pistol grip apparently.

One thing that is hilarious is that I got an incomplete email, so I immediately logged on to make the change. There was a red sentence up at the top "application currently being viewed" or something like that. Could not make any changes, no submit button.

I waited a half hour and logged on again to see if maybe it was the browser or some kind other tech problem was going on and sure enough saw other incomplete, again with the same message at the top and unable to change anything.

I got fed up and submitted a tech problem through their system and said it was telling me to correct but I could not. The first round of regs I did I was able to log on right away and change the issues.

So then I get a response back from them:

Me: Received emails about transactions being incomplete. Logged on to fix the issues and clicked on serial number to view transaction, made changes, but there is no button to submit it again (resubmit). The only button that appears is "back" at the bottom of the page. Tried Chrome and Internet Explorer browsers, same issue. How do I resubmit the transaction with corrected information?

DOJ Response (03/02/2018 04:24 PM): Mr. XXXXXX, it appears you have submitted some of the updates required by the DOJ. When the application states "record being viewed" at the top of the page, it means a DOJ rep is currently reviewing your application and no updates will be accepted until they are out of the application. If you have any other questions or concerns feel free to contact us again. Thank you.


So they essentially send out emails about things being incomplete while they are processing the transactions, so if you can't get back in to change it and there is a red sentence up at the top talking about someone viewing it it's the DOJ person and they haven't closed the transaction yet. I waited about 4 hours after I got the emails then changed and resubmitted them without any problems.

[jetspeedz]

For those of you waiting like myself if you selected "America" as the maker of your lower because that brand is not on the List that is the delay.

I submitted 3 back in Dec and 2 of them are processed per the DOJ but the third one once the MFG is added to the list they will kick it back so I can change it. In the meantime they all show "in progress" as to when they will add this MFG to the list, there is not time frame that they provided. I asked if this will cause an issue if it goes beyond the registration deadline and DOJ said no as long as I submitted before the deadline it will not cause problems if they don't add the MFG to the list and it is still in progress.

So if you selected "America" as the MFG expect delays!

[Plead the Second]

Question about this scenario, as I am confused on the sequencing:

Man bought some guns now classified as AW while already married, in his name.

Wife bought some guns now classified as AW while already married, in her name.

Both man and wife, residing at the same address, want to coregister these AWs


Is the correct procedure for registration a four-step process, as follows?

1. Man creates an account online and fills out registration form for guns which are in his name, becomes primary registrant on those guns, and lists wife as coregistrant on them
2. Wife then creates an account online to be coregistrant on man's guns

3. Then the wife fills out registration form for her guns on a separate account, listing husband as coregistrant on them, and finally

4. Husband fills out a new registration as a coregistrant on the wife's guns

It is important to each of them that if there is divorce, they each keep their guns (because as I understand it, only the primary registrant gets to keep them -- or is that wrong?).

Or can this be somehow done in a two-step process without making one person lose their guns because he or she is secondary, if there is a divorce?

I am assuming it is correct that if one of them dies, as they are both registrants, the survivors gets to keep all of them.

Appreciate advice if I am getting this right.

[CandG]

Question about this scenario, as I am confused on the sequencing:

Man bought some guns now classified as AW while already married, in his name.

Wife bought some guns now classified as AW while already married, in her name.

Both man and wife, residing at the same address, want to coregister these AWs


Is the correct procedure for registration a four-step process, as follows?

1. Man creates an account online and fills out registration form for guns which are in his name, becomes primary registrant on those guns, and lists wife as coregistrant on them
2. Wife then creates an account online to be coregistrant on man's guns

3. Then the wife fills out registration form for her guns on a separate account, listing husband as coregistrant on them, and finally

4. Husband fills out a new registration as a coregistrant on the wife's guns

It is important to each of them that if there is divorce, they each keep their guns (because as I understand it, only the primary registrant gets to keep them -- or is that wrong?).

Or can this be somehow done in a two-step process without making one person lose their guns because he or she is secondary, if there is a divorce?

I am assuming it is correct that if one of them dies, as they are both registrants, the survivors gets to keep all of them.

Appreciate advice if I am getting this right.

I believe you are correct regarding the sequence. Each applicant should need to submit applications twice, for a total of four $15 fees.

Regarding possession in the event of a divorce, it doesn't matter who is the primary registrant. As long as you are both registered on the rifles, they can be divided up however during a divorce. She could take yours that you're the primary registrant on, and vice versa. Community property, and all that nonsense.

Where things get dicey is if a spouse isn't a registrant of an AW at all, which was acquired during the marriage. Technically it's half hers, but she could not legally take it under CA AW laws, so I don't know what happens there. Probably in most cases the court would have the registrant keep the rifle and reimburse their spouse for half the value, but who knows - that's the Court's call.

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[ccab21]

Is grandfathering date of "Assault Weapons" owned before 1/1/2017 still stand, or has that date been extended along with the deadline to register?