Sample closure pack (PDF, 42 KB, 14 pages, opens in a new tab)
What the estate file receives at closure: custody receipts, valuation, the executor instruction and settlement records, for a fictional estate.
Estate firearms, handled from inventory to closure.
Refer once, in under five minutes, wherever the estate is. We carry the Firearms Control Act work while your firm keeps an evidenced record for the estate file.
A family member died and left firearms? Start here
Facts you can check
- Attestra Tech (Pty) Ltd
- Registered company 2026/296939/07
- Fee schedule version 4
- Published in full, effective 9 October 2026
- Judgment of 15 September 2026
- High Court case 2025-104362, Gauteng Division, Pretoria
- Sale proceeds never pass through us
- Paid by the selling dealer to the estate or the attorney's trust account
How it works
One referral. One record. One closure pack.
Every matter moves through seven evidenced stages. Your portal shows the stage, who holds the next action and what, if anything, your firm needs to do.
Read the transcript
An estate file lands on your desk. Line fourteen: two firearms. The executor must deal with them under the Firearms Control Act, and the estate file must show how.
Firearmdesk carries that work, and your firm keeps the evidenced record. Refer once, in under five minutes.
The firearms go into licensed dealer custody, moved by a permitted transporter and receipted on arrival. Never held by us.
The executor reviews the valuation and signs an instruction: a sale through a licensed dealer, a transfer to an heir, or a surrender to the police.
Where the Central Firearms Registry decides, the matter shows a waiting state, never an assumed outcome.
Every step is evidenced on the matter. Nothing sensitive goes by email, and sale proceeds never pass through us. At the end, a closure pack for the estate file.
One referral. One record. One closure pack. Firearmdesk. Refer an estate at firearmdesk.co.za.
- Referral receivedOwner: Firearmdesk operations
- Authority verifiedOwner: Attorney and executor
- Licensed custody arrangedOwner: Firearmdesk operations
- In licensed custodyOwner: Custody site
- Valuation and executor instructionOwner: Valuer, then the executor
- Processing and external stepsOwner: Firearmdesk operations
- Settlement and closureOwner: Firearmdesk finance
We take estates from anywhere in South Africa. We take the file within one working day of the referral and start the compliance work: the Regulation 103 deadlines and inventory, the valuation and any heir's licence. We arrange safe custody with a licensed dealer near the firearms, once the dealer is ready to receive them and any collection arrangements are agreed. If a local dealer needs to complete onboarding first, we tell you. We confirm the dealer and the date in writing before handover.
Each stage in fullProof before you refer
What your file receives.
Read the closure pack an estate file receives, the statement for your supplier file and the judgment that dealer custody rests on.
Capability statement (PDF, 7 KB, 2 pages, opens in a new tab)
What we do, how a matter runs, custody, security, fees and the legal basis, for your firm's supplier file.
High Court judgment, case 2025-104362 (PDF, 3.7 MB, 22 pages, opens in a new tab)
The judgment of the High Court, Gauteng Division, Pretoria, on firearms in deceased estates. The order is at pages 20 to 22.
Fees at a glance
Published fees, itemised on every invoice.
The estate pays on two itemised invoices, by EFT. Sale proceeds never pass through us: the selling dealer pays the estate or your trust account.
- Compliance fee
- R2,242.50per custody matteronce per matter
- Custody coordination
- R632.50per firearm receivedonce, not monthly; the licensed dealer's intake and storage are passed on at cost
- Sale commission
- 10%of the sale price, plus VAT if the dealer is registered for VATminimum R400; deducted by the selling dealer, who keeps it
Fee schedule version 4, effective 9 October 2026. The licensed dealer's intake and storage, passed on at cost, and the valuation and transfer fees are on the full schedule. Firearmdesk is not registered for VAT, so no VAT is added to our fees. Firearmdesk never stores, carries or transports a firearm.
Full scheduleSecurity and legal basis
Custody you can evidence, on a stated legal basis.
Custody, money and legal authority are governed by rules and records, not by email and goodwill.
- Append-only audit trailEvery material action is recorded with who, what, when and why. Corrections are added, never overwritten.
- Dual control where it mattersRelease from custody, serial-number corrections, legal-rule changes and payee changes need two people.
- Receipted, photographed, taggedEach firearm is verified, photographed and tagged on receipt, with its custody history kept for its whole stay.
- Nothing sensitive by emailNotifications carry status and secure links only. Serial numbers and identity documents stay in the portal.
- Payment never triggers a releaseRelease and disposal follow the executor's instruction and the law, never the state of an invoice.
- Sale proceeds never pass through usThe selling dealer deducts its commission and pays the balance to the estate or the attorney's trust account.
Where the law stands
- Judgment delivered, case 2025-104362, done
- Leave-to-appeal period, done
- No application filed; order in force, done
- Matters opened, authority verified, documents prepared, current
- Licensed dealer custody, arranged for each matter, current
Grounded in the Firearms Control Act and the order of 15 September 2026.
People
Named people, accountable for every step.
We administer the firearms in estates across South Africa, in English and Afrikaans. Questions reach the team at support@firearmdesk.co.za or on 081 770 2885.
Wayne de Jager
Executive management
Leads the service, partner terms, banks and trust companies, finance and compliance. Information Officer under POPIA.
Leandri Starbuck
Admin coordinator
Runs matters and custody partners day to day: new referrals, dealer applications and onboarding, document requests and communication with firms, executors and dealers.
Philip de Jager
Attorney, advisory council
Advises the business on estate administration and legal matters; does not act for firms, executors or heirs.
What do I need before I refer?
Your firm, your name and email, and the name of the deceased. The Master reference, date of death, province and the executor's own email address can be added later on the matter page, where your firm invites the executor. Licence copies and letters of executorship are uploaded through secure links.
Who holds the firearms while the estate is administered?
Licensed custody sites only: dealers with a police licence to store firearms, whose dealer licence, which specifies the safe or strongroom, is recorded and tracked for expiry; a site is allocated only while it is current. Your firm is told the custody region and when custody is confirmed, and sees the region only. The executor, as the depositor, sees the custody partner's trading name and licensed premises address on the portal, for the executor's notice to the Registrar of where the firearms are stored; they are never sent by email or SMS, and internal storage positions never leave the system. Every receipt, movement and release is receipted.
Is anything sensitive sent by email?
No. Email carries status notifications and secure links only. Firearm serial numbers, identity documents, photographs and matter documents are held in the secure portal and viewed there.
A firearm on the inventory? Refer it today.
A referral needs only the details you already have. No meeting is needed.