When buying a long gun from a dealer in NJ is a certificate of eligibility needed, and if so do you get it from the PD?

Yes, it's needed. The dealer supplies the form. 4473, cert of eligibility, NICS, and some make you sign a dealer made form for keeping the gun away from minors.

 

Section 2C:58-16 requires firearm dealers to give all firearm transferees the following written warning, printed in block letters not less than one-fourth of an inch in height:

The dealer should have it. I picked up my rifle from an FFL last week and he had the C of E for me to sign.

Cool, I thought it would require another trip to police headquarters for the certificate after a three week wait.

BadBul,

If you were to buy a long gun from an individual, you would need the form which is posted on this site for download.

NJP, I was just on that section and saw that, thanks.

Are we not a wealth of info on this forum? If you need it someone here has it. I love this place.

Here ya go:

 

http://www.njsp.org/info/pdf/sp-634.pdf

 

Print 2 copies. 1 for you, 1 for him.

 

Although the dealer should have these forms.

as also in the sticky. =P there is a sticky with pretty much all of the commonly used forms.