Converting RAW to featureless for transfer

[SNEAKS]

My father passed away a few weeks ago and has a Romanian AK registered as a Raw. He was adamant on wanting to keep it in the family. Can I change the pistol grip to a fin grip making it CA compliant and deregistering it as a RAW and transfer it to me?

[ugimports]

My father passed away a few weeks ago and has a Romanian AK registered as a Raw. He was adamant on wanting to keep it in the family. Can I change the pistol grip to a fin grip making it CA compliant and deregistering it as a RAW and transfer it to me?

Contact lawyer. Whoever has it now is in unlawful possession of an assault weapon - I think regardless of configuration. The time to do it would have been when your father was alive. I do not believe anyone else can deregister it since the legal registration could not be passed on to anyone in CA upon your father's death. I do not recall how much time the law gives for you to dispose of it legally after your father passed.

[foothillman]

Looks like you have 90 days from the time you take possession.

30915.

Any person who obtains title to an assault weapon registered under this article or that was possessed pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 30630 by bequest or intestate succession shall, within 90 days, do one or more of the following:

(a) Render the weapon permanently inoperable.

(b) Sell the weapon to a licensed gun dealer.

(c) Obtain a permit from the Department of Justice in the same manner as specified in Article 3 (commencing with Section 32650) of Chapter 6.

(d) Remove the weapon from this state.

(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 711, Sec. 6. (SB 1080) Effective January 1, 2011. Operative January 1, 2012, by Sec. 10 of Ch. 711.)

[foothillman]

Having a hard time posting.

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/f...r=2.&article=5.

[K5Cruiser]

Looks like foothillman got the right info.

I recommend taking the firearm out of state, or sell it to someone out of state by utilizing an FFL here in CA to transfer the firearm out of state to the buyer.

[RickD427]

Looks like foothillman got the right info.

I recommend taking the firearm out of state, or sell it to someone out of state by utilizing an FFL here in CA to transfer the firearm out of state to the buyer.

We discussed this in the OP's other thread on the same subject.

If you strictly read California's statutes, he really doesn't have much available option. He has 90 days of possession before he has to pursue on the four options listed in PC 30915.

But while he may lawfully possess the weapon during that 90 day window. He can't transport it anywhere without violating PC 30945. It's important to note that only the person to whom the Assault Weapon is registered can transport it, and it can only be transported to the specified destinations. Although the OP may be able to possess the weapon under PC 30915 as an heir, the weapon is not registered to him, and therefore cannot be transported by him.

Just making the point to illustrate the lunacy of California's Assault Weapon statutes, and the potential criminal liability of the OP.

[Nardo1895]

... or sell it to someone out of state by utilizing an FFL here in CA to transfer the firearm out of state to the buyer.

Only a FFL with an AW permit can do this. Not many of those around.