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Bill Lockyer, Attorney General

INFORMATION

California Department of Justice

FIREARMS DIVISION

BULLETIN

Randy Rossi, Director

No.:

For further information contact:

Subject:

Firearms Division

Discontinuation of the “Pre-Pawn” DROS Check

2004 FD-01

(916) 263-4887

5/19/04

Date:

and New DROS Form Country of Citizenship Field

TO: ALL CALIFORNIA FIREARMS DEALERS

The purpose of this information bulletin is to announce the discontinuation of the

“pre-pawn” Dealer Record of Sale (DROS) check and to advise of a new DROS form Country of

Citizenship field.

The Personal Firearms Eligibility Check Replaces the Pre-Pawn DROS Check

Since the inception of the permanent federal Brady Act provisions, commencing

November 1, 1998, the California Department of Justice (DOJ) has authorized dealers to

voluntarily conduct a “pre-pawn” Dealer Record of Sale (DROS) eligibility check in order to

ascertain whether an individual’s firearm eligibility status may detrimentally affect the return of any

pawned firearms.

However, effective January 1, 2004, DOJ introduced the Personal Firearms Eligibility Check

(PFEC) process pursuant to Penal Code section 12077.5 (Senate Bill 255, Chapter 298, Statutes

2003). Please refer to Firearms Division Information Bulletin 2003 FD-04 for more information on

the PFEC program. This information is available on the Firearms Division web site at:

The new PFEC supercedes and obsolesces the “pre-pawn” DROS eligibility check.

Therefore, effective immediately, the authorization to submit a no-firearm DROS for a firearms

eligibility “pre-check” is rescinded. Dealers may not submit a DROS form if no firearm is

being transferred.

Customers seeking to ascertain their personal firearms eligibility status should be provided

the PFEC application form which is available on the Firearms Division web site at

New DROS Form Country of Citizenship Field

Effective immediately, a Country of Citizenship field has been added to the DROS form in

both the purchaser and private party transfer (seller) sections.

Previously, whenever a purchaser or private party seller indicated he/she is a non-U.S.

citizen, the individual’s country of citizenship was entered onto the DROS form’s Place of Birth

field in lieu of the actual place of birth.

This DROS form upgrade accommodates both data requirements. Whenever a purchaser or

private party seller indicate he/she is a non-U.S. citizen, that individual’s country of citizenship is

now entered in the corresponding Country of Citizenship field. The automated DROS entry

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