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- Affidavit Stating Ownership of a Gun Safe or Lock Box (BOF 978), pdf
- Ammunition Vendor (Non-Firearms Dealer) Application for Telephonic Vendor Approval (BOF 1020), pdf
- Annual Calendar of Gun Show or Events (BOF 106), pdf
- Annual Event and Security Plan (BOF 104) Annual Event and Security Plan (BOF 104), pdf
- Revised Annual Event and Security Plan (BOF 104a), pdf
- Application for Ammunition Vendor License (Non-Firearms Dealer) (BOF 1021), pdf
- Application for Centralized List of Firearms Dealers (BOF 4080), pdf
- Application for Centralized List of Firearms Dealers Locally Inspected Dealership (BOF 4081), pdf
- Application for Centralized List of Exempted Federal Firearms Licensees (CLEFFL) and Exemption Declaration (BOF 10-07), pdf
- Application for License to Manufacture Firearms and Centralized List of Firearms Manufacturers (BOF 017), pdf
- Application for Tear Gas Dealers Permit and/or Protective Tear Gas System Permit (BOF 956), pdf
- Assault Weapon Registration (AWR) Confirmation Letter Request (BOF 1033), pdf
- Automated Firearms System (AFS) Request for Firearm Records (BOF 053), pdf
- California Firearms Licensee Check (CFLC) Firearms Shipment Approval Letter Request Form (BOF 08-300), pdf
- California Firearms Licensee Check (CFLC) Enrollment Application (BOF 08-301), pdf
- California Firearms Licensee Check (CFLC) Firearms Shipment Modification/Cancellation (BOF 08-319), pdf
- Carry Concealed Weapon Program DOJ Certified Instructor Application (BOF 1034), pdf
- Collector's Report of Instate Acquisition of Curio or Relic Long Gun (BOF 961), pdf
- Comparable Training Entity Application (BOF 946), pdf
- Curio or Relic Firearm Report (BOF 4100A), pdf
- Dangerous Weapons License/Permit(s) Application and Live Scan Request Form (BOF 030), pdf
- Dangerous Weapons License/Permits(s) Application Checklist (BOF 031A), pdf
- Dangerous Weapons License/Permit(s) Renewal Application (BOF 031), pdf
- Employee Certificate of Eligibility Report of Employment (BOF 117), pdf
- Employee Certificate of Eligibility Termination of Employment Notice (BOF 118), pdf
- Entertainment Firearms Permit Application (BOF 051), pdf
- Firearm Dealer’s Report of Firearm Acquisition (BOF 4334), pdf
- Firearm Ownership Report (BOF 4542A), pdf
- Firearm Safety Certificate Program DOJ Certified Instructor Application (BOF 037), pdf
- General Notice of Firearm Prohibition and Power of Attorney for Firearms Relinquishment, Sale or Transfer for Storage (BOF 110), pdf
- Large-Capacity Magazine Permit Application (BOF 050), pdf
- List of Prospective Firearms Dealers, Ammunition Vendors, and Gun Show Traders Offering Firearms or Ammunition for Sale or Display (BOF 105), pdf
- Military Assault Weapon Permit Application (BOF 4082), pdf
- New Resident Report of Firearm Ownership (BOF 4010A), pdf
- Nonresident Standard Initial and Renewal Application for License to Carry a Weapon Capable of Being Concealed Supplemental Form for Optional Use (BOF 4013), pdf
- Notice of No longer In Possession (BOF 4546), pdf
- Other Assault Weapon Registration (AWR) Disposition Letter Request (BOF 1040), pdf
- Personal Firearms Eligibility Check Application (BOF 116), pdf
- Report of Assault Weapon and/or .50 BMG Rifle Inventory, Acquisition, Disposition Manufacture, (BOF 042), pdf
- Report of Commercial Motion Picture, Television Production or other Commercial Entertainment Event (BOF 048), pdf
- Report of Destructive Device Inventory, Acquisition, Disposition, and Manufacture (BOF 044), pdf
- Report of Destructive Device Public Display Activity (BOF 026), pdf
- Report of Facility and Vehicle Security Compliance (BOF 045), pdf
- Report of Machinegun Inventory, Acquisition, Disposition and Manufacture (BOF 041), pdf
- Report of Operation of Law or Intra-Familial Firearm Transaction (BOF 4544A), pdf
- Report of Repair and Maintenance Activity (BOF 027), pdf
- Report of Sales Demonstration Activity (BOF 025), pdf
- Report of Short-Barreled Shotgun/Rifle Inventory, Acquisition, Disposition and Manufacture (BOF 043), pdf
- Report of Training and/or Research & Development Activity (BOF 024), pdf
- Report of Use of Personal Assault Weapons in Military Sanctioned Activities (BOF 047)
- Request for Hearing for Relief from Firearms Prohibition Welfare and Institutions Code (WIC) section 8103, subdivision (f)(1) (BOF 4009C), pdf
- Request for Hearing for Relief from Firearms Prohibition Welfare and Institutions Code section 8100, subdivision (b)(1) (BOF 4009E), pdf
- Request for Hearing for Relief from Firearms Prohibition Welfare and Institutions Code section 8103, subdivision (i)(1) (BOF 4009H), pdf
- Request for Live Scan Service - CA Eligibility Record Review (BOF 8016CRR), pdf
- Request for Live Scan Service – Firearms Eligibility (BOF 8016RR), pdf
- Request for Live Scan Service for POST-CERTIFICATION (BCIA/BOF 8016), pdf
- Safe Handling Demonstration Affidavit (BOF 039), pdf
- Standard Initial and Renewal Application for License to Carry a Weapon Capable of Being Concealed (BOF 4012), pdf
(The Firearms Prohibiting Categories form is a separate enclosure with the BOF 4012 and must also be downloaded.)
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Publications
- Firearm Precursor Part Identification Guidebook (BOF. PUB-0022), pdf (Revised August 2022)
- New and Amended Firearms/Weapons Laws, pdf
- Assault Weapons Identification Guide, Third Edition, pdf - Currently Under Revision
- California Firearms Summary 2021, pdf
- DROS Entry System (DES) Ammunition Vendor User Guide, pdf
- DROS Entry System (DES) Firearms and Ammunition Dealer User Guide, pdf
- Firearms Prohibiting Categories, pdf
- Firearm Safety Certificate (FSC) Manual for Dealers and Certified Instructors, pdf (Revised June 2025)
- Firearm Safety Certificate (FSC) Study Guide, pdf (Revised June 2025)
- Firearms Safety and the Risk of Owning A Firearm Pamphlet
