Do police departments do form 4's?

[Dean]

My stepfather is retiring from a smaller size town sheriff this year.  They have 4 AC556 folders they acquired in 1985.  He cannot locate any paperwork.  I would think they would have to be transferable?  If so can a sheriff sell these to a private citizen?

Thanks

[pstidan]

Law enforcement agencies would do non-taxable Form-5s to do transfers.  The AC-556s are fully transferrable as long as they were manufactured prior to May 15, 1986.  It appears these ACs can be transferred to private citizens.

[SGT Fish]

Just because you can't find the paperwork doesn't mean they aren't transferable. Work out a deal to sell them to a dealer, funds pending on the transfer approval, or work out a consignment deal. Good on you if you save 4 transferable guns from the hands of the govt, it's getting rarer and rarer. 

[Maddog7580]

Yes, SAVE them. I suspect without an intervention it's possible they could be destroyed. 

 

[Got Uzi]

First off-the Chief or his/her designate needs to contact ATF and confirm they are in fact transferable.  Once that is done, then they can request copies of the Forms said guns were purchased on when they were transfered into said department.  After that, you will then need to find out if the PD can just up and sell them to a dealer, must be traded for new equpiment, and so on.  Different places have different rules so you need to find those out as well.  Example-some LEO policy states that all items must be bid on before sale, some the money goes to into the city treasury and the PD never sees a dime of it (thats where an equipment trade works best) Also keep in mind that even with the best intentions and the fact they are most likely transferable, the PD might have a policy that ALL retired/out of spec/out of service firearms are to be destroyed.  As much as it sucks to say, that happens more times than not due to city or county rules set by non gun people.  What you are asking is a simple question, but it has A LOT of moving parts to it.