When did the California firearms regulation regarding parent to children transfer change to require registration

[echo1]

Hi Gunners,

What year did the regs change to mandate registration on parent to child inheritance? 1996? before you just got your Pop's stuff, no paper chase/trail. Very similar to the old Cash & Carry days. Thanks those that remember, PAX

 

[westsidearms]

Hi Gunners,

What year did the regs change to mandate registration on parent to child inheritance? 1996? before you just got your Pop's stuff, no paper chase/trail. Very similar to the old Cash & Carry days. Thanks those that remember, PAX

It is a two part question. For long guns/receivers/not pistols it changed 1/1/2014. For handguns it was before my time and I think I heard 1991.

 

[Librarian]

It is a two part question. For long guns/receivers/not pistols it changed 1/1/2014. For handguns it was before my time and I think I heard 1991.

So far as I can determine, 1990-1991, but I have not been able to find the bill that did it.

 

[geoint]

If a husband or wife dies and the gun was DROS'ed in their name, does their spouse have to do the same thing? Or is this just for children?

 

[Librarian]

If a husband or wife dies and the gun was DROS'ed in their name, does their spouse have to do the same thing? Or is this just for children?

Yes; intrafamilial is a sub-class of 'operation of law'; inter-spouse is another, and inheritance is a third - and there are more instances covered. Instructions on the OPLAW form say

Operation of Law: Enter the condition under which you obtained the firearm (e.g., as an
executer of an estate, as a trustee in a bankruptcy; as a secured creditor)

And as you can see, they mis-spelled "executor".

To catch the usual followup, guns in CA are not 'community property'; there is no mechanism in either Federal or California transfer paperwork to list more than one 'owner'. If, unfortunately, a marriage might dissolve, guns and other property acquired with community funds would likely be distributed based on value - each spouse would have a financial interest, but not an explicit by-item ownership interest.

 

[colossians323]

that's why you give your guns away hopefully before you die

 

[geoint]

that's why you give your guns away hopefully before you die

Hopefully it's many years away but ya, I'll tell my kids to umm find any convenient stuff they need with my signature.

 

[Malibu]

Yep. And by “give away” it will be just that, as “in the wind”.

 

[westsidearms]

that's why you give your guns away hopefully before you die

You need to be a little more specific. Any long guns should have been given to the eligible relative before 2014. Especially after someone is dead, this makes keeping the story straight much, much easier.