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Firearms enthusiasts and collectors who wish to own a weapons regulated by the National Firearms Act such as suppressors Machineguns, Short Barreled Rifles (SBR), Short Barreled Shotguns (SBS), Any Other Weapons (AOW) or a Destructive Device (DD) may use a trust as the vehicle to obtain these weapons. The Trust is private, simple and very convenient! The Trust does not require a filing fee, fingerprints or photographs and best of all you do not have to get a signature from your Chief Law enforcement Officer. In fact, many if not the majority of chief law enforcement officers will not sign a form 1 or a form 4. Harris County, Dallas County, Travis County, Bexar County are examples of counties whose CLEOs (Chief Law Enforcement Officers) refuse to sign law abiding citizen's Form 1s and form 4s. A trust can be created to protect your family members from inadvertent possession of an item regulated by the NFA that is not registered to them. The NFA Trust is a trust that is tailored to ensure compliance with the National Firearms Act which regulates weapons that are known as Title II (or class III) firearms and chapter 46 of the Texas Penal Code. Title II (or Class III) weapons are machineguns, short barreled rifles, short barreled shotguns, destructive devices and weapons classified as AOWs (Any Other Weapons). The Gun Trust is a trust that is designed to protect the Settlor/Grantor and Trustees of the trust from violations of the National Firearms Act while ensuring that the assets that are owned by the trust are protected and passed to the beneficiaries of the trust upon the death of the Settlor. I have been preparing Texas gun Trusts for Many Years and these are some of the recurring Questions that I answer on a regular basis: 1. Should I register the Items regulated by the National firearms Act as an individual, a trust, an LLC or a Corporation? This depends on many factors, some of which include whether a local CLEO will sign a form 1 or 4, whether you want more than one person to have the legal capacity to posses the items regulated by the National Firearms Act, whether you want the existence of the entity to be private or public and many other factors that go into this decision. 2. What are the benefits of the Texas NFA Trust over the Corporate and individual form of ownership? a. No filing fee or annual fee b. There are NO requirements that the Trust be filed with the Secretary of State c. The trust documents and the assets of the trust remain private. d. No CLEO signoff, no photos, no fingerprints and NO BEGGING the government for permission to exercise your Second Amendment rights! e. The ability of anyone who is a trustee to be able to lawfully possess the weapons. 3. Can my friends and I form a Revocable living Trust and put weapons regulated by the National firearms Act into the trust? This is possible. However the Settlers/Grantors need to be aware of the implications of doing this. Concerns include what happens when the friendship ends, where the items regulated by the national firearms act are stored and positive control of the items regulated by the national firearms act. Each Settlor and trustee may have legal liability for the actions of the other so this form of Trust ownership is to be entered into with much careful consideration. I generally recommend that each friend get their own individual Texas NFA Trust. 4. Can I use a other self help services to create a trust? This is possible. I have friends who have done this and they have purchased NFA regulated items and shoot them with me. No BATF agents have crashed their doors and shot their dogs. However, by having my firm prepare your trust, you have a lawyer available to answer your questions regarding the National firearms Act, I will assist you with preparation of your National firearms Act forms and I will be there to help you whenever you need help. Frankly, you will probably see me at major machinegun and silencer shoots in addition to IDPA and 3 Gun matches and can ask me questions in person when you see me. Try calling the do-it-yourself services when you have a question about your trust or the National Firearms Act. If a do-it-yourself trust is rejected by the BATFE or found to be invalid, they will contact you and you may feel free to call and email me immediately and I will see what I can do to correct the problem. 5. Do I have to file a copy of my Texas NFA Trust with the State of Texas? No. The Texas NFA Trust does not have to be filed with the City, County or State of Texas. The only government entity that the trust is filed with is the BATFE when a form 1 or Form 4 is submitted. 6. Does the Texas NFA trust appear in Law enforcement databases and Records? No. The Texas NFA Trust and the items that are regulated by the National Firearms Act are private and known only to the BATFE. 7. Are there any annual reports fees or franchise taxes that are due from the Texas NFA trust? No. The state of Texas does not require the filing of a franchise tax report or other reports to maintain the trust. 8. Is there a benefit to putting Title I (Non NFA) firearms into the trust? There is no specific benefit to putting title I firearms into a trust except for estate planning. However, a perpetual trust may get the firearms around a California style Assault Weapons ban. 9. I have a dealer who has offered to draft an NFA trust for me. Is that legal or all right? The dealer is practicing law without a license which is a Class B Misdemeanor in the state of Texas. Further, the dealer is accepting a lot of liability if the trust is later found to be invalid. If the dealer is using quicken or legal zoom, see the answer to question 4. Basically, the trust may be valid, it may not be valid, but the dealer is accepting a lot of potential liability by doing this if the trust is later found to be invalid. 10. Will I be the only person who is allowed to use the firearms and items that are regulated by the National firearms Act? No. The Texas NFA Trust allows you to name multiple individuals as trustees. They can are allowed to possess and use the items regulated by the National Firearms Act 11. What happens if I become incapacitated? No, the Texas NFA Trust contains specific language to deal with the possibility of you becoming incapacitated. 12. Who can be the beneficiary of the Texas NFA Trust? Anyone, including a minor child may be a beneficiary of the Texas NFA Trust. The Texas NFA Trust has a trustee who will manage the trust assets until the beneficiary reached either majority or a pre-designated age. The Texas NFA Trust is designed to protect the assets for a minor beneficiary until the child reaches the age of eighteen or a later date that is selected by the settler. These terms may be amended at any time the settler wishes. 13. Does a Texas NFA Trust have an affect on the time the BATFE takes to process the form 1s and form 4s for the transfer of items regulated by the National Firearms Act Yes, usually it will shorten the registration process because a background check does not take place. 14. What if I live outside of Houston and cannot meet you in your office to execute the trust? Can you still set up an NFA trust for me? Yes, I have created Texas NFA Trusts for Texans all over the state from El Paso to Beaumont and Brownsville to Amarillo. 15. Are there any Downsides to Trust ownership? ? The only downside is the fact that the BATFE may not allow a tax free form 5 transfer of the item regulated by the National Firearms Act upon the death of the settler. 16. If I currently own Items regulated by the National Firearms Act, may I transfer them into the trust without paying the transfer tax? The answer is no. 17. May I be the only Settlor, Trustee and Beneficiary? The Texas NFA Trust is a revocable living trust. That means that the founder of the trust (the Settlor) may be the life trustee and the life beneficiary. However, the beneficiary who takes when the settler dies should be named. A trustee of the trust may not generally also be the beneficiary of the trust. 18. How many people may be a trustee on my Texas NFA Trust? There is no limit. However, each trustee has duties and obligations to the trust that they will have to be aware of. 19. May I remove a Trustee from my Texas NFA Trust? ? The simple answer is yes. As a Settlor, the right to remove trustees is reserved in the Texas NFA Trust. 20. Will my Beneficiary get the assets of the Trust when I die? The answer is not simple. In Texas, all property is presumed to me community property. If you put community property in a Texas NFA Trust, your spouse may have a claim on her share of the community property that is in the trust. This prevents fraud on the community estate. 21. May a beneficiary of the trust possess the items regulated by the National firearms Act? No, only the trustee may possess the items Regulated by the National firearms act. The Trustee must be eighteen years of age to possess the items regulated by the National Firearms Act. The Trustee must be twenty one years of age to purchase items regulated by the National firearms Act. 22. May I amend my Texas NFA Trust? The general answer is yes, you may amend the Texas NFA Trust at any time with few limitations.
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