Virginia Gun Owners Forum - VGOF

I am a Virginia resident with a concealed permit.
What is the procedure needed to acquire an AOW?

Thanks and my appologies if I am in the wrong forum location.

Terry

I noticed in your "Next Firearm" you have a Serbu. In a nut shell you will need to find a dealer that had them in stock...while this is not a requirement it does lessen the transfer time by a few weeks. With that said...you find the dealer...pay for it and fill out the Form 4...take that to your local CLEO and have him sign it...get finger printed...send both signed Form's along with a check for $5 to the AFT and wait for about 3 months (give or take a month). That's about all there is.

First you find a dealer who will work with you. (They don't even have to have a SOT, but that will make the process longer and they'd have to be friends of yours to want to go through it.) No dealer means it's over before it begins.

In stock is good as mentioned, if someone else has it in stock it can be ordered from them and transferred to your local dealer. Getting one direct from Serbu could take quite a while. Same with Safety Harbor (which I would urge you to look at, as they're just as good as the Serbus, while being somewhat more functional and costing significantly less). Need to have the gun in the dealer's hands, or one its way there, before moving to the next part.

Which is, really, what you should probably do first. I know, I'm confusing. You need to know if your local CLEO will sign off. Some are good, some think they're Boss Hogg. If you can't get a signature you'll have to move to alternate vehicles, those being the trust and the corporation (or LLC, or other similar entity). They are a whole other discussion.

Once you're set on that, the dealer should walk you through the process, which will differ in details depending on whether you're doing an individual transfer or a legal entity transfer.

Welcome to the wonderful world of NFA. The first stamp is seldom the last!

Looking on buying my first AOW, Remington 870 Super Shorty (Serbu) from TBL Arms. I found it on their website: www.tblarms.com under NFA Items tab. Thinking about going the NFA Trust route....any suggestions? They said it was $699 plut the $5 for the one time tax stamp.

BadaBoom2012 wrote: Thinking about going the NFA Trust route....any suggestions?

Is there any particular reason you decided to go with a trust instead of individual ownership?

If there's a need for a trust, and especially if you plan to acquire any NFA items of value (machineguns, artillery) then don't skimp. Get it drafted by a competent lawyer.