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Posted: 2/28/2011 4:17:57 PM EDT
| I know that people suggest placing your Form 1's in a safe deposit box in the bank, but my question is, after I have notorized copies made of my Form 1's, should I laminate the originals and then place them in the safe deposit box? |
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I know that people suggest placing your Form 1's in a safe deposit box in the bank, but my question is, after I have notorized copies made of my Form 1's, should I laminate the originals and then place them in the safe deposit box? It doesnt have to be notarized. Just copy them on any color copier. Do what you want. Its just like any other tax form. As long as you have a copy of it your GTG |
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Why do people continue to believe that lamination is good for document preservation? Must be something with NFA and it's whole "mystique".
Is it common to laminate your insurance papers, car deeds, house deeds, stock certificates, birth certificates, marriage certificates, passports? |
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Why do people continue to believe that lamination is good for document preservation? Must be something with NFA and it's whole "mystique". Is it common to laminate your insurance papers, car deeds, house deeds, stock certificates, birth certificates, marriage certificates, passports? Yup. In fact, lamination destroys the Form 1/4 etc., because it can no longer be forensically authenticated by examining the stamp itself. If ATF loses its copy, or the NFA Registry is incorrect, you no longer have legally-admissible documentation that the item is registered. |
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I've often wondered if a perfect digital photo of the paperwork would be admissible in court. If nothing else at least, you would have a digital copy of the form. This would be in case of the very unlikely loss of all other forms via massive fire inside of both my safe and the local bank vault on the same night.  |
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Why do people continue to believe that lamination is good for document preservation? Must be something with NFA and it's whole "mystique". Is it common to laminate your insurance papers, car deeds, house deeds, stock certificates, birth certificates, marriage certificates, passports? Yup. In fact, lamination destroys the Form 1/4 etc., because it can no longer be forensically authenticated by examining the stamp itself. If ATF loses its copy, or the NFA Registry is incorrect, you no longer have legally-admissible documentation that the item is registered. +1 |
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First of all, as mentioned above, when they put the serial number on the tax stamp, it has been "canceled" and cannot be used again - so it is legal to make a color copy of it.
Second, most states notary publics CANNOT make copies of government documents that are registered (they cannot attest to the authenticity of it)...and whenever they can certify, they are only certifying that it what is copied is a copy of the original - not that the original is authentic. |
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