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What's the Deal with Bills of Sale?
Merl:
The original post is inaccurate to begin with. A bill of sale is a form of a contract and does have standing in a legal case. First is is against the law for a person to sell a handgun to a felon, so if you get a bill of sale with a valid purchase permit and id listed it will clear you if he is found to be a felon in possession. Second if a crime is commited with the gun it will clear you of being the owner of said gun. Now do not take my word for it, read it here.
https://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/bill-of-sale-laws.html
Laufen:
--- Quote from: David Hineline on August 17, 2017, 02:55:21 PM ---If a Bill of Sale has no legal standing then why am I required to provide on to the County when I go to license a vehicle in a private purchase transaction?
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Are you talking about an automobile BOS?
Laufen:
--- Quote from: Merl on August 17, 2017, 08:23:44 PM ---The original post is inaccurate to begin with. A bill of sale is a form of a contract and does have standing in a legal case. First is is against the law for a person to sell a handgun to a felon, so if you get a bill of sale with a valid purchase permit and id listed it will clear you if he is found to be a felon in possession. Second if a crime is commited with the gun it will clear you of being the owner of said gun. Now do not take my word for it, read it here.
https://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/bill-of-sale-laws.html
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First, it IS illegal to knowingly sell a gun to a felon. Second, it is not required that you investigate the person you are selling to. You may not sell to a person that you know is a felon, but you are not required to dig into the person's background.
Second, if a crime were committed with the firearm, and you didn't commit the crime...VOILA! You're innocent!
CC:
"Second, if a crime were committed with the firearm, and you didn't commit the crime.."
Absolutely, no innocent person has ever been sent to prison :)
Laufen:
--- Quote from: CC on August 18, 2017, 10:57:50 AM ---"Second, if a crime were committed with the firearm, and you didn't commit the crime.."
Absolutely, no innocent person has ever been sent to prison :)
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In which case a BOS wouldn't do crap for you. If you think a non-notarized scrap of paper is a get out of jail free card...lol.
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