So I am looking at moving (as long as inspection and everything goes well) of my mom's house and into my first house. I'm staying in same county but different town, leaving current town of Sewell and going to Franklinville.

 

Questions when dealing with a move and owning a gun. What process do I have to do with changing my address on my gun license? Also do I have to do anything special as well with my handgun I currently own?

Don't have to do anything special - after you get your DL changed to the new address, you can go through the FID process again at the new PD.

What gun license ? 

 

1. Get your new house ready 

2. Pack your stuff (handguns etc) and move them directly from your previous house to new house 

3. Get your DL in order with new address

4. Call up new PD and ask them on how to do FPID (Firearms Purchaser ID Card) address change

 

thats all. nothing special to do with your handguns per se. 

Ok cool, so I'm guessing till I get address changed and new card I should keep gun at house were FID is with currently?

 

Is it possible at all for the different township to fail someone who passed at a different township pd for the fid?

FID is actually a FPID, a firearms purchaser id card. You do not need it to own guns in NJ, only to buy them. And to buy handgun ammo. And to transport long guns with you anytime you want.

 

I would absolutely say get a new FPID, but the guns are yours, so I think they should be with you at your new house.

Ok cool, so I'm guessing till I get address changed and new card I should keep gun at house were FID is with currently?

 

 

No, keep them with you at your residence.

When you change the address on your D/L the new D/L will have an issue date

You then have 30 days (from that date) to change your FID card 

Many people wait till the D/L is ready to expire before actually changing the address,

but that is a matter of personal preference.

 

It will most likely take more than 30 days to get the change of address done on the 

FID card, but again - depended upon the PD where ever your moving to.

 

If you want to have your records held at the new PD, you can request to have your 

firearms folder forwarded to the new PD. Some PD's require a written request from

the new PD, so go ask the girls in the Admin office at the office where they are now

what they would require to forward the files - most PD's will do that for you w/o any

hassle.

 

Good Luck!

Ok cool, so I'm guessing till I get address changed and new card I should keep gun at house were FID is with currently?

 

Is it possible at all for the different township to fail someone who passed at a different township pd for the fid?

Your guns belong WITH YOU!  PERIOD!  In fact a FPID card is NOT required to transport them directly to a range for practice and/or competition.  Out of state competitors in multiple disciplines bring all known platforms of firearms (NOT full-auto w/ standard capacity mags) into NJ w/o ANY state of NJ ID whatsoever...

 

FWIW, if you own HP ammo (in ANY caliber, rifle ammo included), I would suggest packing it all up and going to a commercial or private range, taking a phone pic of it stacked in a pile and emailing it to yourself, THEN proceed to your new residence and take another pic of it on your kitchen counter .   This way you'll avoid being "Aitken'd" by NJ's stupid HP law that doesn't exempt transportation from one residence to another...........

 

CNJFO is working on and will be publishing a Buyers Guide for firearms.  Moving to a new residence (you can actually have several simultaneously if you're rich) will be covered.  For details, follow us on Facebook or go to our web site:  http://www.cnjfo.com .

 

Rosey

Just moved and here is the deal, you have two weeks to change your address with the DMV. They will send you a piece of paper confirming the change. You DL will NOT match your new address and they will NOT give you a sticker to place on it with the new address. My new town is making me go to the DMV and get a new license since they say the license must have my address on it. I don't blame them and the officer even said he was just trying to satisfy the ID requirement and he even apologized. This state is such a joke.

 

This is probably the one time I don't give a flying fudd because I have no money to buy guns and ammo right now. Just bought my first house too and every penny i saved seems to be flying out the door.

Yea this is first time buying a house so I can wave bye bye to free money for guns!

 

I just want to make sure all is done properly so they don't have a reason to screw me over!

I just want to make sure all is done properly so they don't have a reason to screw me over!

Don't worry...

...they don't need a reason. :-)

Lol this is very true

Remind us again what happens if you don't apply for address change at new residence? Let's say you have all the guns and ammo you need for five years. It's just a "purchasers" card right??

 

You can still possess and transport your hsndguns legally to and from range.

 

What exactly is the "penalty" for not getting new FID at new residence ?

Remind us again what happens if you don't apply for address change at new residence? Let's say you have all the guns and ammo you need for five years. It's just a "purchasers" card right??

 

You can still possess and transport your hsndguns legally to and from range.

 

What exactly is the "penalty" for not getting new FID at new residence ?

Just about ZILCH, lol!  You're prevented from BUYING guns, but you don't need a NJFPID card to own them, transfer them, transport them (directly to and from), receive them from an estate via being named in a will, etc.  With the ability to cross the border into Free America to purchase pistol caliber ammo (note that your .375 Holland and Holland single-shot break-action Thompson Center Contender can still be "fed" in NJ without said card, and so can a TON of other "hand guns"), if you give-up gun collecting you can disappear off the grid .  If someone from a Free State moves into NJ with a 200-gun collection and enough ammo to keep them fed, it's sort of akin to a tree falling in the forest and if nobody is around does the tree make a sound...........  How is the NJ resident WITH an NJFPID card with the "wrong address on it" more of a criminal than Joe Blow who got transferred by his Fortune 500 company to the People's Republik?  "LAWS" have to apply EQUALLY or they violate the 4th Amendment which boils-down to "EQUAL PROTECTION"!

 

In essence, you guys have to learn to think like I do.  Never assume you only own/rent/reside at a SINGLE residence!  Because LAWS have to be written so as to enable those with more money than you and I to still have their rights AT EVERY RESIDENCE (or Bidness) they own.  The law says, "Residence".  It doesn't say how many you can have!  It doesn't say, "voting residence", "permanent residence", "registered residence" or ANY such sort of thing!  

 

I hope that I've answered this question in a way that makes people THINK.  

 

Rosey

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