# Keeping paperwork **URL:** \ **Category:** General Firearm Discussions\ **Tags:** non-nfa-other\ **Created:** [January 4, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/keeping-paperwork/919 "2025-01-04T14:37:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MB24](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/mb24/32/479_2.png) [@MB24](https://njgunforums.net/u/MB24)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/keeping-paperwork/919/1 "2025-01-04T14:37:56Z")
Is it necessary to keep the paperwork from gun purchases you made if you have sold the gun. I’ve been hanging onto paperwork for guns I’ve sold years ago. ---
**Author:** ![xtors](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/xtors/32/744_2.png) [@xtors](https://njgunforums.net/u/xtors)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2025, 2:46pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/keeping-paperwork/919/2 "2025-01-04T14:46:07Z")
I do. Maybe overkill but for the space it takes I’d rather have piece of mind that I legally sold it. ---
**Author:** ![Candyman87](https://njgunforums.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/54ee81/32.png) [@Candyman87](https://njgunforums.net/u/Candyman87)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/keeping-paperwork/919/3 "2025-01-04T15:31:08Z")
Yep - both digital and paper copies. And I also have a record of every sale / outgoing transfer. I can tell you the FFL and date that did the transfer in case it’s needed. ---
**Author:** ![Mauser88](https://njgunforums.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Mauser88](https://njgunforums.net/u/Mauser88)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2025, 10:34pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/keeping-paperwork/919/4 "2025-01-04T22:34:03Z")
Not sure of the answer but I have every receipt for firearms I purchased and sold since 1973!! ---
**Author:** ![My1stGlock](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/my1stglock/32/4012_2.png) [@My1stGlock](https://njgunforums.net/u/My1stGlock)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2025, 7:04am UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/keeping-paperwork/919/5 "2025-01-05T07:04:02Z")
If hard copies you could scan them and then save them on a flash drive or memory stick. The electronic files u can also convert to PDF files and then save as well. ---
**Author:** ![PopPop](https://njgunforums.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/eb9ed0/32.png) [@PopPop](https://njgunforums.net/u/PopPop)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2025, 2:58am UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/keeping-paperwork/919/6 "2025-01-06T02:58:24Z")
All good advice here. I have all my original ptps, receipts, etc. for all my purchases. I really should also scan them all since some of the receipts have faded quite a bit. I have never sold anything, but I’m guessing the ffl who does the transfer can provide a copy. ---
**Author:** ![SmokenClays](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/smokenclays/32/2247_2.png) [@SmokenClays](https://njgunforums.net/u/SmokenClays)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2025, 3:12am UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/keeping-paperwork/919/7 "2025-01-06T03:12:15Z")
> [@PopPop](#): > > but I’m guessing the ffl who does the transfer can provide a copy. I guess unless they go out of business (Thinking Herman Treptow Sporting Goods, Milltown) [https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/arnold-smith-obituary?id=18900317](https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/arnold-smith-obituary?id=18900317) ---
**Author:** ![MB24](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/mb24/32/479_2.png) [@MB24](https://njgunforums.net/u/MB24)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2025, 2:14pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/keeping-paperwork/919/8 "2025-01-06T14:14:40Z")
All good advice. I’m keeping! ---
**Author:** ![DirtyDigz](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/dirtydigz/32/2609_2.png) [@DirtyDigz](https://njgunforums.net/u/DirtyDigz)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2025, 6:42pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/keeping-paperwork/919/9 "2025-01-06T18:42:34Z")
Back when person to person transfers were still legal Nappen recommended that you keep a copy of every person-to-person transfer form because the state didn’t have a record of those. In case you ever had a seizure/forfeiture action against you NJ is going to come at you with a listing of all the firearm transfers to you they have a record of and will want either the firearm or documentation of why you no longer have it. ---
**Author:** ![9x19](https://njgunforums.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/9/13edae/32.png) [@9x19](https://njgunforums.net/u/9x19)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/keeping-paperwork/919/10 "2025-03-13T00:33:04Z")
Yes definitely. ---
**Author:** ![Boba](https://njgunforums.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c77e96/32.png) [@Boba](https://njgunforums.net/u/Boba)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2025, 11:13pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/keeping-paperwork/919/11 "2025-08-20T23:13:39Z")
Of course you could always just just the crooked dimwits that run NJ. And hope they never come knocking to ask you to prove you changed the grips on a gun they saw in a photo that they found under a 1/2 ton of garbage on the side of the turnpike.