Regulations: Firearm Ownership Reporting Fees

Summary:

Prior to the passage of Assembly Bill No. 3064 (2023-2024 Reg. Sess.) (AB 3064), existing law required any person, within 60 days of bringing a firearm into the state, to mail or personally deliver to the Department of Justice a report, as prescribed by the Department, describing the firearm and providing personal information.

Existing law requires any sale, loan, or transfer of a firearm to be processed through a licensed firearms dealer. Existing law exempts from this requirement the transfer of certain firearms that are curios or relics to a licensed firearm collector, and certain transfers made by gift, bequest, intestate succession, or operation of law. Existing law requires a person who receives a firearm pursuant to these provisions, within 30 days after taking possession, to submit to the Department a report, as prescribed by the Department, describing the firearm and providing personal information. Existing law also requires a collector who imports such a firearm into the state to submit a report to the Department.

Existing law, Penal Code section 28230, allows the Department to charge a fee sufficient to reimburse it for the actual costs of processing these reports. The fees are set at $14, except that the fee may be increased at a rate not to exceed any increase in the California Consumer Price Index.

Effective January 1, 2026, AB 3064 authorizes the Department to raise the fee for firearm self-reporting forms to cover the reasonable regulatory and enforcement costs for processing self-reporting forms. The Department may also charge a fee for each additional firearm listed on the form.

The proposed regulation raises the fee for firearm self-reporting forms from $19.00 to $31.00 and imposes a processing fee of $5.00 for each subsequent firearm listed on the form thereafter.

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Notice Register Publication Date: June 12, 2026

Status of the Proposal:

The Department received a timely request for a public hearing. The Department will hold a virtual public hearing to provide all interested persons an opportunity to present statements or arguments, either orally or in writing, with respect to the proposed regulations, as follows:

Date: August 17, 2026
Time: 9:30 a.m. Pacific Time
To join by video conference: https://doj-ca.zoomgov.com/j/1653350274
To join by teleconference: Dial (669) 254-5252 OR (669) 216-1590, access code 165 335 0274

The Department has also extended the deadline to submit written comments to August 17, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. Comments may be submitted by mail or email to:

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