CA FFL Look up?

[morrcarr67]

You can ask, but you can't know unless you somehow get access to the CA records.

If the person says they don't WANT to do a transfer, nothing else really matters.

That's my whole problem. If they CAN"T do transfers I'd probably still by the gun from them and pay the transfer fee of my LGS which is only $25.

But, if he doesn't WANT to do them then I'm not going to buy anything from a dealer not willing to sell to fellow Californians.

[kemasa]

Thanks for that info.



I was trying to figure out if the dealer can do transfers and doesn't want to because he works out of the house or if he really can't do transfers.



I guess the world will never know.

You can ask, but you can't know unless you somehow get access to the CA records.

If the person says they don't want to do a transfer, nothing else really matters.

[morrcarr67]

Correct, as far as I know the CA dealer list isn't public.

A FFL can be an exempt CA FFL, such as a gunsmith, which means that they can't do transfers. There is no way to tell by the FFL list.

The bottom line is that unless the FFL is listed somewhere as doing transfers, most likely they don't, so look at the FFL database will likely be a waste of time.

Thanks for that info.

I was trying to figure out if the dealer can do transfers and doesn't want to because he works out of the house or if he really can't do transfers.

I guess the world will never know.

[kemasa]

I think the only FFLs you can expect to do CA-compliant transfers are those on the centralized list:

and Doesn't appear that the list is accessible by the public.



OTOH, if the Feds show an active FFL with a business location in CA, pretty likely that FFL is 'on the list'.

Correct, as far as I know the CA dealer list isn't public.

A FFL can be an exempt CA FFL, such as a gunsmith, which means that they can't do transfers. There is no way to tell by the FFL list.

The bottom line is that unless the FFL is listed somewhere as doing transfers, most likely they don't, so look at the FFL database will likely be a waste of time.

[Librarian]

I know that I can look up FFL's on a Federal level.

Is there a way to look up whether said FFL is set up to do CA transfers?

I think the only FFLs you can expect to do CA-compliant transfers are those on the centralized list:

Is among those recorded in the centralized list specified in Section 26715.

and

26715.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (1) and (3) of subdivision (b), the Department of Justice shall keep a centralized list of all persons licensed pursuant to subdivisions (a) to (e), inclusive, of Section 26700.
...
(c) Information compiled from the list shall be made available, upon request, for the following purposes only:

(1) For law enforcement purposes.

(2) When the information is requested by a person licensed pursuant to Chapter 44 (commencing with Section 921) of Title 18 of the United States Code for determining the validity of the license for firearm shipments.

(3) When information is requested by a person promoting, sponsoring, operating, or otherwise organizing a show or event as defined in Section 478.100 of Title 27 of the Code of Federal Regulations, or its successor, who possesses a valid certificate of eligibility issued pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 27200) of Chapter 3, if that information is requested by the person to determine the eligibility of a prospective participant in a gun show or event to conduct transactions as a firearms dealer pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 26805.

Doesn't appear that the list is accessible by the public.

OTOH, if the Feds show an active FFL with a business location in CA, pretty likely that FFL is 'on the list'.

[morrcarr67]

I know that I can look up FFL's on a Federal level.

Is there a way to look up whether said FFL is set up to do CA transfers?