Handgun family sale in CA

Lampjefe · May 28, 2009, 10:49 AM

I am going to buy a handgun from my Uncle. We both live in California. Do we need to go to an FFL for a family transfer?

**Brian Pfleuger** · May 28, 2009, 10:52 AM

Yep.

Lampjefe · May 28, 2009, 02:41 PM

Bummer. I found a federal Intra-Family transfer form that you just sent to the DOJ directly with a small processing fee but it apparently only works for parent>child and spouse>spouse transfers. I called a gun dealer and they verified the need to go through an FFL holder. They charge $35 which seems reasonable compared to some other fees I've been quoted.

Thanks for the help.

tiberius10721 · May 31, 2009, 10:37 PM

for a transfer like that does it have to be on the californias approved handgun list?

EOD Guy · May 31, 2009, 10:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tiberius10721

for a transfer like that does it have to be on the californias approved handgun list?

No. Private party transfers are exempt from the list.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lampjefe

I found a federal Intra-Family transfer form that you just sent to the DOJ directly with a small processing fee but it apparently only works for parent>child and spouse>spouse transfers.

That's a California DOJ form, not a Federal form.

NavyLT · June 1, 2009, 02:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lampjefe

They charge $35 which seems reasonable compared to some other fees I've been quoted.

The cost is regulated by state law.

Winterhawk56 · June 7, 2009, 12:41 PM

In California you are supposed to turn the gun in to the local gun store (to hold) and file the California DOJ paperwork (about $35) and go back a gets ya gun is 15 days.

EOD Guy · June 7, 2009, 12:45 PM

The waiting period in California is 10 days.

May 28, 2009, 10:49 AM	#1
Lampjefe Junior Member Join Date: May 28, 2009 Location: So. California Posts: 2	Handgun family sale in CA I am going to buy a handgun from my Uncle. We both live in California. Do we need to go to an FFL for a family transfer?

May 28, 2009, 10:52 AM	#2
Brian Pfleuger Staff Join Date: June 25, 2008 Location: Central, Southern NY, USA Posts: 14,662	Yep. __________________ Still happily answering to the call-sign Peetza. --- You do not HAVE a soul. You ARE a soul. You HAVE a body. ----- He is no fool who gives what he can not keep to gain what he can not lose. -Jim Eliott, paraphrasing Philip Henry.

May 28, 2009, 02:41 PM	#3
Lampjefe Junior Member Join Date: May 28, 2009 Location: So. California Posts: 2	Bummer. I found a federal Intra-Family transfer form that you just sent to the DOJ directly with a small processing fee but it apparently only works for parent>child and spouse>spouse transfers. I called a gun dealer and they verified the need to go through an FFL holder. They charge $35 which seems reasonable compared to some other fees I've been quoted. Thanks for the help.

May 31, 2009, 10:37 PM	#4
tiberius10721 Junior member Join Date: December 22, 2008 Posts: 228	for a transfer like that does it have to be on the californias approved handgun list?

June 7, 2009, 12:41 PM	#7
Winterhawk56 Senior Member Join Date: March 9, 2008 Location: Southern California Posts: 221	In California you are supposed to turn the gun in to the local gun store (to hold) and file the California DOJ paperwork (about $35) and go back a gets ya gun is 15 days.

June 7, 2009, 12:45 PM	#8
EOD Guy Senior Member Join Date: February 18, 1999 Location: Concord, CA, USA Posts: 726	The waiting period in California is 10 days.