When Do You Mail the CLEO Copies of Your Paperwork to Your CLEO?

When you apply for a tax stamp using either the ATF Form 1, ATF Form 4 or ATF Form 5, you are required to notify the CLEO (Chief Law Enforcement Officer) who you named within your tax stamp application.  When do you mail the CLEO that you named within your application the CLEO copies of your paperwork?

ATF Form 1, ATF Form 4, ATF Form 5:  The CLEO copies of your ATF Form 1, ATF Form 4, ATF Form 5, and ATF 5320.23's (if applicable) will be mailed at the same time you mail your paperwork to the ATF. 

ATF eForm 1:  The CLEO copies of your ATF Form 1 and ATF 5320.23's (if applicable) will be mailed after you have received your ATF Form 1 from the ATF with a "submitted" watermark on the ATF Form 1.  Unless your application goes into the "pending research" phase, your ATF Form 1 will be emailed to you shortly after you have signed and submitted your ATF Form 1 on the ATF's eForm website.  

Other NFA Gun Trust and ATF Related Blog Posts

  • When is an Amendment to the Gun Trust considered to Executed?
    When is an Amendment to the Gun Trust considered to Executed?

    Amendments can be used to change the parties involved within the gun trust, changing the governing law, and other changes that need to be made to the trust.  But when is the amendment executed?  Th...

  • ATF eForm Payment Options
    ATF eForm Payment Options

    When applying for a tax stamp using the ATF's eForm site you will be able to pay for the tax stamp on Screen 9: Certify.  The payment options for online applications vary from paper tax stamp appli...

  • ATF Approved eForm's Not Signed with Signature
    ATF Approved eForm's Not Signed with Signature

    The ATF is moving away from including the tax stamp examiner's digital signature on approved ATF eForm applications, e.g. ATF eForm 1 and ATF eForm 4.  They are now digitally signing the approved b...