Emailling 5320.20 Forms? Anyone done it successfully?

Klunatic · Sep 19, 2016

Just sent in my annual requests for 5320.02 transport forms. It appears you can now send in via Fax or email. Has anyone successfully done this? I am a bit apprehensive to send via email as I need these back by the end of November.

j_h_smith · Sep 19, 2016

Didn't know you could do this. Let me know how well it works.

Klunatic · Sep 19, 2016

The new form came out in August and it states you can email/fax the forms in addition to mailing.

j_h_smith · Sep 19, 2016

Klunatic said:
The new form came out in August and it states you can email/fax the forms in addition to mailing.

That makes sense. I'll have to find the new form. That will make it easier. I wonder if the turn around time will improve?

Klunatic · Sep 19, 2016

Here is the link to the new form:

https://www.atf.gov/firearms/docs/form/application-transport-interstate-or-temporarily-export-certain-national-firearms/download

j_h_smith · Sep 19, 2016

Thanks!

swinokur · Sep 20, 2016

do they email it back or snail mail it?

j_h_smith · Sep 20, 2016

I'm hoping it's emailed back. But it is the government, so who know!

Klunatic · Sep 20, 2016

j_h_smith said:
I'm hoping it's emailed back. But it is the government, so who know!

I doubt it, the email address I believe is an e-fax, NFAFax@atf.gov. Which probably means they get snail mailed back to you.

j_h_smith · Sep 20, 2016

I probably won't be going anywhere until at least this next Spring, so I'm sure I'll hear from someone before I've got to worry about it. Just because it's an email, doesn't mean the sign off is going to be fast. It just allows them to fire the mail clerk.

ironpony · Sep 20, 2016

Thanks, I have a list of address' sitting right here!

Just sent off 4 9/22/16
Nice PDF interaction, fill out the top one and the bottom one, or second copy, automatically fills in, saved them to files and attached them to an email/fax address.

Melnic · Sep 29, 2016

Question, How long has an approval been taking when snail mailed?

j_h_smith · Sep 29, 2016

Last one I did was more than a year ago and I'm think it was over 30 days, probably closer to 40 days. This is going by memory, and I can't remember what I had for breakfast yesterday. :innocent0

Klunatic · Oct 6, 2016

Well that was fast, 17 days from E-faxing 8 5320.20 forms, I have them in my hot hands! I am impressed. :thumbsup:

j_h_smith · Oct 6, 2016

Klunatic said:
Well that was fast, 17 days from E-faxing 8 5320.20 forms, I have them in my hot hands! I am impressed.

Very cool. :thumbsup:

ironpony · Oct 13, 2016

Got mine back yesterday, 20 days. Signed and dated October 5th so actually done in 13 days then ...

JsbsMarine · Oct 24, 2016

Wow, glad to see email is an option. I hope this doesn't go the way of the eforms...
I'm about to shoot some out, will be submitting email also.

Kingjamez · Oct 25, 2016

Just wanted to say thanks for this thread. I'm in the process of moving and it'll be nice to be able to scan / email these forms in instead of snail mailing them. These fill-able pdf's are really nice, I can save a form filled out for each of my NFA items and just change the date / sign / email in when I want to take it out of state... awesome.

As a side note, moving with a bunch of NFA items sucks, both in having to fill out a bunch of these 3 line only Form 20's, but in also figuring out how to move them while keeping positive control AND not letting your movers know about them... SUX!

-Jim

Hawkeye · Oct 25, 2016

Kingjamez said:
figuring out how to move them while keeping positive control AND not letting your movers know about them... SUX!

Note that (and you may know this already) if you're using movers to move them, you are required by law to give the movers a copy of the approved 5320.20 to carry with them while they are moving the items.

If you're moving them yourself, just keep the 5320.20s with you.

Kingjamez · Oct 25, 2016

Hawkeye said:
Note that (and you may know this already) if you're using movers to move them, you are required by law to give the movers a copy of the approved 5320.20 to carry with them while they are moving the items.

If you're moving them yourself, just keep the 5320.20s with you.

Thanks for the advise! I'll be moving all of my firearms, and my safe, and especially my NFA stuff myself and will keep the *.20's on me, I wouldn't have thought of that.

Needless to say, I'll be driving VERY conservatively

-Jim

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