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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>jeffrey winter<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 10, 2016 11:28 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Firearms transfers after I-594<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Listmates,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">I am starting to run into this more frequently, and wonder if anyone has any specific guidance:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Client dies and the firearms owned are to be transferred to beneficiaries.
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">After I-594 was passed, RCW 9.41.113 (and certain other statutes) were amended to limit transfer of firearms without registration. There are, however, certain exemptions.
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">9.41.113 (4)(a) exempts transfers between immediate family members that are bona fide gifts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">9.41.113 (4)(g) exempts transfers by operation of law upon the death of the prior owner of the firearm (if other than a pistol)
<i>or, if a pistol, </i>the transfer is permitted so long as the transfer is completed through a lawful firearms dealer or the transferee has notified the Dept. of Licensing that he/she has possession and intends to retain possession of the pistol.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">My reading of the first exemption is that it is probably intended to apply to inter vivos gifts between family members, although I think the language is somewhat ambiguous
-- because a gift by will/trust is still a bona fide gift, and if the gift is made to an immediate family member, then why shouldn't that exemption apply?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The second exemption cited clearly applies, but it also covers gifts to non-family members. The difference may be minor, but there is a requirement of registration (at least
as to pistols) that goes with the second exemption, but not the first.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Has anyone else run into this?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Thanks, in advance, for your thoughts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#0070C0">Jeffrey D. Winter</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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