Moving Back to CA Question

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[hvacins]

https://oag.ca.gov/firearms/ab991

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[Librarian]

Hey Calguns,

I have a friend who was a resident of California but for the past 1.5yrs worked in Oklahoma and is a resident there with valid drivers license in Oklahoma while also maintaining a valid California drivers license. She is moving back to CA at the end of the month and has a few off roster guns that she bought while a resident of Oklahoma. Would she be able to being them back to CA and register them and how is that process done? Can she drive to CA with them and register them online on CFARS? Ship them to a California FFL and then have the FFL register them? How does it work? Can she even bring them back since she has both valid IDs? We’re both really confused here.

Thanks.

Since your friend somehow maintained a CA DL, CA may think she was a resident the whole time.

If that were to be true, then PC 27585 probably applies:

27585.

(a) Commencing January 1, 2015, a resident of this state shall not

import into this state, bring into this state, or transport into this state,

any firearm that the person purchased or otherwise obtained on or after January 1, 2015,

from outside of this state

unless

the person first has that firearm delivered to a dealer in this state

for delivery to that resident pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 27540 and Article 1 (commencing with Section 26700) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 26800) of Chapter 2.

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/f...ctionNum=27585.

Unless she is exempt from the Roster, the CA FFL cannot legally transfer her own guns back to her.

[Rustlin’ Jack]

While it may be possible to have drivers licenses issued in two different states, it is not legal to do so. A lack of communication between states may not prevent two licenses from existing at the same time, but the law requires the former state license to be surrendered when the new one is issued.

The California vehicle code section for this situation is…

12511. No person shall have in his or her possession or otherwise under his or her control more than one driver’s license.

Your friend should inquire into the actual status of her California drivers license. If it was surrendered when the Oklahoma license was issued, it would make an easier case for her to import off roster guns into California.

[RickD427]

You're quite correct in your citation, but it actually goes deeper than that. All of the states except Georgia, Wisconsin, and Massachusetts are member states of the Interstate Compact on Driver's Licensing. Massachusetts has passed legislation to join the compact but has not fully implemented.

Under the terms of the compact each state has enacted statutes similar to CVC 12511 prohibiting the possession of multiple Driver's Licenses. The compact also calls for states to share traffic violation information so that a California licensed driver receiving a speeding citation in Utah can have the violation points appended to their California record. The compact makes similar provisions for the suspension of a person's driving privilege in another state.

Similar licensing compacts exist with the Canadian provinces of Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia.

[Chewy65]

So is there a quick way to check if her CDL is still valid? Can she just contact the DMV? I know you can see if it is suspended, but cancelled?

[ar15robert]

I moved to az last year and got my new lic,reg to vote,tranfer cars,etc.When i got my new lic they never took my ca lic but i know its no longer valid as you pretty much cant have 2 of them.

I asked a fam member is sheriffs dpt he said it would show my ca one as inactive.

[LazyJ]

Friends don’t let friends move back to Ca