Verifying a C&R FFL License

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The BATF web site does not allow you to verify C&R FFLs through its EZ-Check. I am selling a 50+ year old pistol, so I know it qualifies as C&R (after reading the BATF website). My buyer has a C&R license and I want to do my due diligence by checking it. How do I go about this? Thanks.
 
I've never bothered to, or felt I was required to, do more than ensure that prior to actually completing the transaction I have a hard copy of the individual's 03 FFL, with original signature, and that the information on it (name, address, etc.) and of course the expiration date, are all OK. If there's anything more than that expected of me I don't know what it would be. I'll be interested to see if other C&R types are typically doing more.
 
What about calling an ATF Field Office Monday morning? I don't know if you are closer to Newark, NYC or Philly, but here are their numbers:

U.S. Department of Justice
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
New Jersey Field Division
1 Garret Mountain Plaza
Suite 500
Woodland Park, NJ 07424
Tel: (973) 413-1179
Fax: (973) 413-1190

U.S. Department of Justice
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
New York Field Division
241 37th Street, 3rd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11232
Tel: (718) 650-4000
Fax: (718) 650-4001

U.S. Department of Justice
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Philadelphia Field Division
The Curtis Center
601 Walnut Street
Suite 1000E
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Tel: (215) 446-7800
Fax: (215) 446-7811
 
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Just get a copy, IMO. It's not your job to make sure his license is valid. Unless it LOOKS forged or altered then I wouldn't worry about it.
 
Thanks for the advice everyone. This being New Jersey, I will be making the call to the ATF in North Jersey.
 
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