So I'm trying to help out a friend.  He's in New Mexico, but his brother lived in Oregon and just passed away, and wondering if there is anything specific to your State that applies to transferring firearms after death?  I can barely keep up with CA state firearm laws, and know nothing of yours.

The brother apparently had a reasonable sized collection of NON-NFA firearms with a guess-timated value of 50-100k.

1) The firearms were purchased before the brother's current marriage, which was relatively recent.
2) I'm told the brother had 'a trust', and that all his personal possessions were in the trust.  I can only assume that included the firearms.
3) The brother's sister is the trustee, and the executor of his will.
4) The brother has children from a previous marriage.


Assuming the will didn't specify specific firearms going to specific family members, and assuming no one included in the trust wants to keep the firearms, they will most likely plan to auction them off.  So, the question is:  From the State and Federal perspective, who has the authority to sell off the collection?  The Sister?  Does she need to do anything to have the authority to be able to make these transfers?

Can anyone recommend an Oregon-local Attorney that specializes in firearms and/or trusts, that I can refer them to?

What part of oregon. Few free to IM if you'd prefer. In my line of work I know a lot of attorneys and some around the state that deal with trusts and firearms.

Portland area