Amador — GV-800-INFO

Source: https://amador.courts.ca.gov/system/files/forms-and-filings/gv800info.pdf

How Do I Turn In, Sell, or Store My Firearms,GV-800-INFO Ammunition, and Magazines ? 1 What is a firearm? What is ammunition? What is a magazine? A firearm includes a: Ammunition, also called ammo, A magazine is an ammunition feeding includes: device. They can be removable or fixed to • Handgun • Rifle • Bullets • Shells the firearm. • Shotgun • Assault weapon • Cartridges • Clips 2 If you own or have any firearms, ammunition, or magazines, you must: • Surrender any of these items in your possession to law enforcement when they ask you to do so. • Additionally, within 24 hours you must do one of the following: • Turn any other firearms, ammunition, or magazine in to your local law enforcement agency; • Sell them to a licensed firearms dealer; or • Store them with a licensed firearms dealer. 3 How do I sell or store my firearms, ammunition, and magazines? Find a licensed firearms dealer in your area. Use the internet to find “Firearms Dealers” in your area. Make sure the dealer is licensed. 4 How do I surrender my firearms, ammunition, and magazines to law enforcement? Call your local law enforcement agency to ask about their procedures. Take a copy of the court order with you. Go directly to the law enforcement agency. Do not go anywhere else with firearms in your vehicle! 5 If I turn in my firearms, ammunition, and magazines to law enforcement, how long will they keep them? As long as any gun violence restraining order against you remains in effect. 6 After I give my firearms, ammunition, and magazines to law enforcement, can I change my mind? Yes. You are allowed to sell them to a licensed gun dealer. To do this, the gun dealer must present a bill of sale to your local law enforcement agency. The law enforcement agency will give the licensed gun dealer the firearms that you are selling. 7 Do I have to pay the law enforcement agency to keep my firearms? You may have to pay the agency for keeping your firearms. Contact your local law enforcement agency and ask if a fee is charged. The agency will tell you how much you need to pay. 8 Do I have to prove that I have turned in, sold, or stored my firearms, ammunition, and magazines? Yes. Within 48 hours you must file a receipt with the court and the law enforcement agency showing that you have surrendered your firearms, ammunition, and magazines to a law enforcement agency or sold them to or stored them with a licensed gun dealer. You may use Proof of Firearms, Ammunition, and Magazines Turned In, Sold, or Stored (form GV-800), for this purpose. 9 Questions? Contact an attorney for legal advice. Call your local law enforcement agency, for example, your city police or county sheriff for their procedures. (Insert local information here.)

Judicial Council of California, www.courts.ca.gov Page 1 of 1 Rev. September 1, 2019, Optional Form How Do I Turn In, Sell, or Store My Firearms, GV-800-INFO, Penal Code, § 18120 Ammunition, and Magazines? (Gun Violence Prevention) For your protection and privacy, please press the Clear This Form button after you have printed the form. Print this form Save this form Clear this form