Posted: 4/9/2012 5:25:24 AM EDT
| In a couple of weeks I'll be heading down to Charlotte and need to do a transfer of a lower to my brother. In VA, they will do the transfer with a license and your vehicle registration. Is that all that is needed in NC? Or will he need to show something different |
| For a dealer, just a 4473 and a NCDL, plus the call -in NICS check. If he has a NC CHP then the NICS check is not required. However, it is legal to transfer a long gun to a resident of a different state in both VA and NC without involving an FFL. If you can build the lower into a rifle, you can transfer it to him without involving a dealer at all. There is nothing to prohibit him from later returning the non-lower parts to you. |
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For a dealer, just a 4473 and a NCDL, plus the call -in NICS check. If he has a NC CHP then the NICS check is not required. However, it is legal to transfer a long gun to a resident of a different state in both VA and NC without involving an FFL. If you can build the lower into a rifle, you can transfer it to him without involving a dealer at all. There is nothing to prohibit him from later returning the non-lower parts to you. Really, I assumed an out of state transfer was needed. That is wonderful news. Should I just draw up some kind of paperwork and have him sign it as the new owner? |
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For a dealer, just a 4473 and a NCDL, plus the call -in NICS check. If he has a NC CHP then the NICS check is not required. However, it is legal to transfer a long gun to a resident of a different state in both VA and NC without involving an FFL. If you can build the lower into a rifle, you can transfer it to him without involving a dealer at all. There is nothing to prohibit him from later returning the non-lower parts to you. Really, I assumed an out of state transfer was needed. That is wonderful news. Should I just draw up some kind of paperwork and have him sign it as the new owner? Yep, so long as its a long gun. Keep in mind that just a lower is not a long gun until it has been assembled as such. I would just do a bill of sale showing him as the buyer, though especially since it is your brother, it is never likely to become an issue. |
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For a dealer, just a 4473 and a NCDL, plus the call -in NICS check. If he has a NC CHP then the NICS check is not required. However, it is legal to transfer a long gun to a resident of a different state in both VA and NC without involving an FFL. If you can build the lower into a rifle, you can transfer it to him without involving a dealer at all. There is nothing to prohibit him from later returning the non-lower parts to you. Really, I assumed an out of state transfer was needed. That is wonderful news. Should I just draw up some kind of paperwork and have him sign it as the new owner? Yep, so long as its a long gun. Keep in mind that just a lower is not a long gun until it has been assembled as such. I would just do a bill of sale showing him as the buyer, though especially since it is your brother, it is never likely to become an issue. This is not correct. You cannot sell a long gun to an out of state resident unless one of you have an FFL. You can use a third party FFL to do transfer. This falls under Federal Law not state. |
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For a dealer, just a 4473 and a NCDL, plus the call -in NICS check. If he has a NC CHP then the NICS check is not required. However, it is legal to transfer a long gun to a resident of a different state in both VA and NC without involving an FFL. If you can build the lower into a rifle, you can transfer it to him without involving a dealer at all. There is nothing to prohibit him from later returning the non-lower parts to you. Really, I assumed an out of state transfer was needed. That is wonderful news. Should I just draw up some kind of paperwork and have him sign it as the new owner? Yep, so long as its a long gun. Keep in mind that just a lower is not a long gun until it has been assembled as such. I would just do a bill of sale showing him as the buyer, though especially since it is your brother, it is never likely to become an issue. This is not correct. You cannot sell a long gun to an out of state resident unless one of you have an FFL. You can use a third party FFL to do transfer. This falls under Federal Law not state. It appears that I was incorrect. I was under the impression that since a non-resident can purchase a long gun through an FFL that the same applied to private transactions. According to the ATF that isn't the case, sorry for the misleading information. ATF on Unlicensed Transfers However, you can loan or rent the lower to him without involving an FFL, just not sell it. Go figure. No mention of gifts, but I suspect that would be viewed as a permanent transfer and therefore require an FFL. |
