A) Do you have an FFL here that will handle the transfer for you?  If so, they should be able to answer your questions.

B) If you haven't lined up an FFL here, that's the first thing to do. Then follow up on your questions.

good luck!

I need to grow beard, wear a baseball cap and get tattooed.
 

Don't forget your high-speed, low drag Super Secret Squirrel qualifications and your decoder ring!

Submitted email testimony and also emailed my Senator about this bill.

Giving you the bird, lol

21 pounder

hope the card isn't for foodland, I hate the ala moana store.

I'll be there with cash and permit in hand, lol.

I agree with Flapp, you do not want to get caught with something that you cannot fully, logically explain.  Cops are trained to spot nervousness, inconsistencies, lying etc (not saying that you have tells but that's part of how they make their living), so honesty is really the best policy.  Only a few of the gun shops handle a lot of the estate items, one that I can recommend is Security Equipment.  They know the procedure well and have a lot of experience with such items.

As an example, I once bought a pistol from another LGS, to make a long story short it was never properly transferred to the lgs through HPD and the pistol was confiscated when I brought it in to register (with HPD's "help" it was no problem getting my money back but I would have preferred to have the firearm--oh well).

useful for many things, eh Mac?

BUT - they would not issue the Permit if the registrant on the permit does not match their file right?   So, if I WERE to pick up the Permit, then pick up the pistol and register it same day, I would assume it would not run into this issue and thusly cause it to be confiscated, correct?  Because the permit to acquire was approved and the registered owner was verified during that process.... right?

Sorry, but in reviewing this thread I may have not made myself clear about those 2 situations--in both cases HPD probably knew at the time that the pistol wasn't properly registered to the person who sold it to me (they do check registrations on the computer when you apply).  They issued the permit anyway and I brought the firearms to them, at which time they then confiscated the pistols.  AFTER they had the pistols in hand, they then called the seller and I was not privy to what transpired afterwards.  So again, if the firearm is NOT properly registered to the seller, I believe HPD will make you jump through the hoops, bring the firearm to them, then they'll confiscate it.

If it is a "pre-94" long gun that didn't have to be registered they will register it to you as "no previous registration" as long as it is not stolen (of course).

So, in your situation if the seller can't remember if he registered the handgun in the first place you do run a risk of having it confiscated if it wasn't properly registered.  HPD will not tell you who is the registered owner of firearm.

Actually, I think it's a pretty clever way for HPD to confiscate unregistered firearms:  the "average" gun buyer is going to jump through all of the hoops then present the gun to HPD Records Division where they'll THEN inform you that for whatever reason you can't take possession of it and the piece is confiscated.  I don't think it happens too often, though.

IDK what HPD would do if you registered the roscoe online; my guess is that they'd have you bring it in to "verify" the serial number....