I am in the process of creating an Sbr via form 1. Looking through Scottryan’s sbr thread, I have found a list of items I need to submit.
2 orginal double sided atf form 1’s
$200 check to BATFE
1 Copy of Full trust
1 Original trust assignment
That leads to my question. At some point during my research I saved a certificate of compliance to my computer, but I don’t see where that is required. I have also been reading on form 4 suppressor transfers, so it could be a part of that I’m thinking.
When is the certificate of compliance required?
Also, the last item “1 Original trust assignment” has me confused. Is this simply an updated “Schedule A” portion of my trust?
I stuck a compliance form in there when I did mine. Didn’t hurt. I send a copy of my trust with each application and just a new Schedule A describing whatever piece I am registering. Never had one kicked back yet.
Just recently, a buddy of mine had his application pulled by NFA for not having sent in a Certificate of Compliance with his package. I printed one up for him and he mailed it in without “losing his place in line”. I believe they said he had 30 days to get it in before his Form 1 would be pulled and put back on the bottom of the stack.
So yeah, you need a Certificate of Compliance. Just fill it out yourself, affirming that you’re a U.S. citizen.
Trust name in line 1, your name in line 2, and assuming you’re a US citizen born in the US, United States of America in line 3. Sign and date the bottom, and you’re GTG.
When using a trust, I usually do not include the Cert of Compliance and have had no problems. However, it does not hurt and I will start to include it from now on. From what I have been told, it depends on the examiner.
As for the your trust, just send in your original trust and original Schedule A with whatever you put in it originally to “fund” the trust and make it legal. You don’t have to update it with every single NFA item on your trust.
Now for the fun part…waiting!