California residency requirements for handgun purchases

[ielts]

I live in California and want to purchase a handgun. I have a California driver's license, auto insurance and bank statements, as well as copies of my income tax returns, which all show my address. The problem is my utilities and property are all in my wife's name. Will I have any difficulty proving my California residency and being able to purchase a handgun?

 

[PinnedAndRecessed]

I live in California and want to purchase a handgun. I have a California driver's license, auto insurance and bank statements, as well as copies of my income tax returns, which all show my address. The problem is my utilities and property are all in my wife's name. Will I have any difficulty proving my California residency and being able to purchase a handgun?

If you have an automobile registration in your name, 9 out of 10 CA dealers will accept that as proof of residency. However, unless that registration was issued within the last 90 days, it doesn't meet the technical criteria of the state.

Turns out the DOJ wants proof that you've been living here within the last 90 days. Like somebody's actually going to sneak into the state to buy.

Other valid forms of proof of residency: child support receipts, social security receipts, alimony, etc.

 

[The_Antibubba]

Go to Calguns. lots of good info on the nation's most confusing and vague gun laws.

 

[GTKrockeTT]

I live in California and want to purchase a handgun. I have a California driver's license, auto insurance and bank statements, as well as copies of my income tax returns, which all show my address. The problem is my utilities and property are all in my wife's name. Will I have any difficulty proving my California residency and being able to purchase a handgun?

unfortunately, bank statements and income tax returns don't really demonstrate proof of residency. as mentioned before, car registration is usually acceptable, as is any type of utility bill...water, gas, trash, electric (in your name, of course).

 

[megatronrules]

I wonder woulden't a california drivers license issued at least 90 days be considered proof of residencey? I know when I first moved to Florida and turned in my out of state license for a florida one they told me at my local gun shop that it needed to be at least 90 days issued before I could buy a gun here.

 

[PinnedAndRecessed]

I wonder woulden't a california drivers license issued at least 90 days be considered proof of residencey? I know when I first moved to Florida and turned in my out of state license for a florida one they told me at my local gun shop that it needed to be at least 90 days issued before I could buy a gun here.

That's what I thought but two separate dealers said a license is not proof of residency because anybody can get one. I still don't know what that means.

 

[Eyeless]

I work at a California gun store. The simple answer to your question is maybe.

Automobile registration, dated within the last 90 days, works.

Correspondence from any local, state or federal government agency with your name and address imprinted on it and dated within the last 90 days will do.

A notarized lease agreement, dated within the last 90 days, will work.

Most gun stores will accept automobile registrations, whenever issued, as proof of residency until 1/1/2005.

I wish you luck.

 

[Standing Wolf]

I don't recall seeing any of that folderol in the Second Amendment.

 

[brokendreams]

Wow, this really sucks. I may actually be barred from purchasing a firearm because I have no proof of residency?

I live at my parents house, drive their car, and have no residency type bills.

I need this gun to have this job so I can make all of this possible.

I've also lived here for 22 years... What a ????ing shame.

 

[Gunsnrovers]

From the DOJ web page:

http://caag.state.ca.us/firearms/dlrfaqs.htm#18

33. What documentation is acceptable to demonstrate proof of residency for handgun purchasers?

Under Firearms Division policy and soon to be proposed in regulations, firearms dealers may accept any of the following:


Utility bill reflecting services to a fixed place of residence. ?The utility bill must bear on its face both of the following:

The name of the transferee

Either the residential address declared on the DROS form or the address as it appears on the transferee's identification.

"Utility bill" means any bill by a utility company providing the transferee with direct and exclusive services to the transferee's physical residence whether by a physical connection (i.e., hard wired telephone connection, water or gas pipeline connections, physical gas/fuel delivery to premises) or a fixed antenna telemetry connection for non-mobile reception devices (i.e., radio/video telemetry services transmitted to antenna fixed to the residence).
Residential lease that bears both of the following:

The name of the transferee.

Either the residential address declared by the transferee on the DROS form, or the address as it appears on the transferee's CDL or CID.

"Residential lease" means either: i) A signed and dated contract by which an individual (tenant) agrees to pay a specified sum for the right to occupy an abode for a specified period of time; or ii) A signed and dated rental agreement by which an individual (tenant) agrees to pay a specified sum at fixed intervals for the right to occupy an abode; or iii) A signed, notarized affidavit by a relative that the transferee resides at the relative's abode free of any monetary consideration.
Property deed the bears both of the following:

The name of the transferee.

Either the residential address declared by the transferee on the DROS form, or the address as it appears on the transferee's CDL or CID.

A. "Property deed" means either: i) A copy of a deed of trust, bearing the pertinent county recorder's official seal, of the transferee's property of current residence, naming therein the transferee as a grantee of the trust; or ii) A Certificate of Title officiated and issued by a validly licensed Title Insurance Company bearing the name of the transferee as a title holder to the transferee's property of current residence.
Government-issued (city, county, special district, state or federal) documentation that has all of the following - - This does not include a drivers license or DMV-issued ID card:

The name of the transferee as it appears on the transferee's CDL or CID.

The name of the transferee as the transferee declares on the DROS form.

The residential address of the transferee as it appears on the transferee's CDL or CID or the address update attachment to the driver's license/identification card.

The residential address of the transferee as the transferee declares on the DROS form.



Examples of acceptable proof of residency pursuant to newly-proposed regulations:

DMV registrations are NOW acceptable.

Electricity, gas, cable bill from within the last 3 months.

Signed, dated and notarized rental agreement/contract.



Examples of documents that are NOT acceptable proof of residency:

Hunting or fishing license (these documents are not issued by the government).

Cellular phone bill.

Pay stub.