Forms and Publications
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The following Bureau of Firearms forms/publications are currently available online:
FORMS
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- Automated Firearms System (AFS) Records Request Form
[PDF 21 kb / 1 pg] - Centralized List of Firearms Dealers Application [PDF 30 kb / 4 pg]
- Centralized List Large Capacity Magazine Permit Application [PDF 23 kb / 2 pg]
- Certificate
of Eligibility (COE) Application and Live Scan Request Form [PDF 143 kb / 4 pg]
- Curio or Relic Handgun Report Application Form [PDF 526 kb / 2 pg]
- Dangerous Weapons Licensee/Permitee Forms [PDF 23 kb / 2 pg]
- Employee COE Notice of Termination of Employment Form [PDF 17 kb / 1 pg]
- Employee COE Report of Employment Form [PDF 17 kb / 2 pg]
- Entertainment Firearms Permit Application [PDF 78 kb / 4 pg]
- Firearm Ownership Record [PDF 53 kb / 2 pg]
- Gun Safe or Lock Box Ownership Affidavit [PDF 9 kb / 1 pg]
- Handgun Safety Certificate (HSC) Study Guide Order Form [PDF 82 kb / 1 pg]
- HSC Answer Sheet [PDF 90 kb / 1 pg]
- HSC Comparable Entity Application [PDF 532 kb / 3 pg]
- HSC Demonstration Affidavit [PDF 21 kb / 1 pg]
- HSC Instructor Application [PDF 48 kb / 2 pg]
- HSC Instructor Log (HSC Issuances by Number) [PDF 90 kb / 1 pg]
- HSC Supply Order Form [PDF 52 kb / 1 pg]
- Law Enforcement Gun Release Application [PDF 296 kb / 2 pg]
- New Resident Handgun Ownership Report [PDF 517 kb / 2 pg]
- No Longer In Possession of Assault Weapon/.50 BMG Rifle (NLIP) Form (revised March 2008) [PDF 392 kb / 3 pg]
- No Longer In Possession of Handgun (NLIP) Form (revised March 2008) [PDF 392 kb / 3 pg]
- Operation of Law or Intrafamilial Handgun Transaction Report [PDF 480 kb / 2 pg]
- Personal Firearms Eligibility Check Application [PDF 72 kb / 2 pg]
- Prohibited Persons Notice Form and Power of Attorney for Firearms Transfer and Disposal [PDF 69 kb / 4 pg]
- Assault Weapons Identification Guide, Third Edition [PDF 2.59 mb / 96 pg]
- California Firearms Laws 2006 [PDF 174 kb / 65 pg]
- California Firearms Laws 2005 [PDF 186 kb / 65 pg]
- Dangerous Weapons Control Law text
- Handgun Safety Certificate (HSC) Manual For Dealers and Certified Instructors [PDF 1.55 mb / 35 pg]
- Handgun Safety Certificate (HSC) Study Guide (revised October 2004) [PDF 762 kb / 56 pg]
- Handgun Safety Certificate (HSC) Study Guide-Spanish [PDF 762 kb / 56 pg]
- Firearms Prohibiting Categories and List of Prohibiting Misdemeanors [PDF 16 kb / 2 pg]