The Certification of Trust is used primarily to open a bank account in the name of the gun trust. It is a summary of information instead of all the detail. DO NOT confuse the Certification of Trust with a Declaration of Trust. The ATF will often refer to the actual trust document as a Declaration of Trust. If you send ATF the Certification of Trust instead, your ATF Form 4 or ATF Form 1 will be rejected.
What is the purpose of a Certification of Trust
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