Report of Intra-Family Transfer (one year has passed)

[lanzador49]

Hi - hopefully someone has some input, and I hope this is the right place for this inquiry.

My son was active military, and a resident of Ohio. He completed his military service, came to California and became a California resident, and reported and registered his firearms.

He gave me one of his handguns and I submitted a Notice of Transfer BOF 4544A along with a copy of my ID and credentials, and a check for $19.

It was submitted in July 2022, and over a year has passed and the check was never cashed, and I never received anything from the DOJ.

I went to the website, submitted an inquiry that included the paperwork I sent in originally, and got a message back saying that it takes time.

Should I re-submit? What the heck happened? Why would it take so long?

Thanks in advance.

[9Cal_OC]

Yep, it takes “time”. Don’t worry about it unless you’re trying to add it to your CCW.

[Quiet]

Hi - hopefully someone has some input, and I hope this is the right place for this inquiry.

My son was active military, and a resident of Ohio. He completed his military service, came to California and became a California resident, and reported and registered his firearms.

He gave me one of his handguns and I submitted a Notice of Transfer BOF 4544A along with a copy of my ID and credentials, and a check for $19.

It was submitted in July 2022, and over a year has passed and the check was never cashed, and I never received anything from the DOJ.

I went to the website, submitted an inquiry that included the paperwork I sent in originally, and got a message back saying that it takes time.

Should I re-submit? What the heck happened? Why would it take so long?

Thanks in advance.

1. There is no legal requirement that CA DOJ BOF must send an acknowledgement letter to a person submitting a Report of Operation of Law or Intra-Familial Firearm Transaction. So, there is no mandated time period for them to send any paperwork back to the reporting party.

2. Post-2020, CA DOJ BOF response time from sending an acknowledgement letter is between 6-24 months, after payment for the report is redeemed. If they are contacted before the 24 month window or before payment is redeemed/cashed in, then they will advise the reporting party that they are currently busy (workforce/personnel shortage) and to continue to wait for a response.

3. Submitting reports via CFARS tend to be processed faster than submitting a paper report via mail.
In addition, post-2022, some paper reports/applications are no longer accept as a valid report/application and are destroyed when received, due to those types of reports/applications needing to be submitting online only via CFARS.

[lanzador49]

Of course, everything is crystal clear, right?

Here's another question. If I go to transfer the firearm to another party through an FFL in California, face to face, can the firearm be transferred? Will it pass?

[9Cal_OC]

Of course, everything is crystal clear, right?

Here's another question. If I go to transfer the firearm to another party through an FFL in California, face to face, can the firearm be transferred? Will it pass?

Yep, it will.

[lanzador49]

Yep, it will.

Wow that's reassuring! I was concerned that, since the firearm is not actually and technically registered to me (yet????), a transfer would not be approved.

Thanks, all, for the input!