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At the start of the year I lost my brother suddenly, who had several restricted guns. His wife stated that she is having trouble finding out how to transfer the firearms to me and his bestfriend.
Can anyone advise a link or explain how to transfer firearms from the deceased.
Thanks
RW
First, the executor of the will automatically inherits all the rights of the deceased as far as position of the firearms goes, in other words, they are the legal owner. Then all that has to be done is to have the information for the person the firearms will be transferred to, name, address, RPAL number. Call into the COF and tell them she wants to transfer the firearms, give them the info, in a few days they will call back with the authorization and a temporary ATT to transport them between certain dates.
The first thing is to make sure you and his friend have an RPAL.
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cfp-pcaf/f...s/6016-eng.pdf
Sorry to hear. His wife will also have to complete this form before transferring any guns.
PM Sent
My Aunt had to fax in that form, took a month to get things moving. Just don't close the estate until it is finished up so you do not run into potential problems.
Actually the first thing to do is make sure that the restricted guns are actually registered in the name of the deceased. If you can find the papers then you are good to go. If not things could get complicated.
Buddies Dad had two guns, with no papers (Colt 1911) and another that he had brought from behind the Iron Curtain when he escaped in 1955. The Colt was still on file with the government, I now have the Steyr 9mm. Someday I will fire it!
thanks for the info and links, hopefully things will go along faster. I'll pass on the info.
Don't let it get complicated... If you can't find the reg certs the RCMP should be able to provide them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat32rf
This sort of thing happens all the time. Gun owners die.
Call the CFO and they will point you in the right direction... 'have dealt with this myself on behalf of others... Not really a big deal
They were really good with our family dealing with the transfer. We did not have the paperwork exactly as was required so I gave what I could and my aunt, the executor, gave her information to get the certificate numbers. When I went to get the gun I could not find anything but the original paperwork from 1964, no registration certificate, nothing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gaoler
From how this reads the person who passed away legally owned the firearms, lets just assume this is the case and all registrations were done properly for now.
If there are any antiques then it gets interesting.