Ways around your Sheriff?

[R3dundantC]

I'm getting ready to send in a Form 1, and was checking out all the legal mumbojumbo when I noticed this:

As provided by regulations, certifications by the local chief of police, sheriff of the county, head of the State police, or State or local district attorney or prosecutor are acceptable. The regulations also provide that certifications of other officials are appropriate if found in a particular case to be acceptable to the Director. Examples of other officials who have been accepted in specific situations include State attorneys general and judges of State courts having authority to conduct jury trials in felony cases.

[27 CFR 479.63 and 479.85]

So it would seem that if your Sheriff won't sign off on your forms, you can try the state police or a attorney. Something to keep in mind.

 

[N003k]

Theres also the trust route I believe.

There's plenty of ways around it really. Just gotta be willing to work for it sometimes haha.

 

[smithmax]

R3, Oregon is a Shall Issue (will issue?) so the Sheriff has to sign it for you unless you have a legal reason for him to deny it. If that's the reason, then you won't be able to get it from anyone. Is there a reason you are trying to get around dealing with the Sheriff?

On the bright side, my permit through LCSO only took 1/2 as long as it could have, so hopefully if everything passes you'll have it sooner than you think.

 

[R3dundantC]

My Sheriff is friendly, and I have no reason to avoid him. I just posted this as a heads up to people who live in less than friendly areas.

 

[ThrottleJockey72]

R3, Oregon is a Shall Issue (will issue?) so the Sheriff has to sign it for you unless you have a legal reason for him to deny it. If that's the reason, then you won't be able to get it from anyone. Is there a reason you are trying to get around dealing with the Sheriff?

On the bright side, my permit through LCSO only took 1/2 as long as it could have, so hopefully if everything passes you'll have it sooner than you think.

Smithmax, I think he is talking about an FFL, not carry permit. There's no such thing as a "shall issue" FFL.

 

[HOME DEPOT GEORGE]

I thought shall issue only applied to CCW license not NFA items. Florida is a shall issue state and a friend checked into getting a silencer and was told the Brevard county sheriff wasn't signing any forms at this time.

 

[Mr_Rogers]

Right, the sign off for concealed is different to the sign off for NFA etc.

Go to silencertalk.com and read the dozens of posts concerning this subject.

 

[CleverNickname]

The only truly "shall issue" state for title II firearms is Tennessee, which has a state law that says local LE has two weeks to sign off on an ATF form 1 or 4 as long as the person requesting is not a prohibited possessor. Other locales may be defacto shall issue, but that's just policy which can be changed a lot easier than a law. The only other option is going the LLC/trust route.

Of course, it would be a lot easier if the ATF would get rid of the signoff altogether. There's no statutory requirement for a signoff.