I have heard this as well, but I have also heard the LCEO sign-off will go away completely for all sale types vs sign off. In return, all sheriff's receive notification when the transfer is completed. Not being able to find an official copy of the EO, I don't know which is correct. Requiring CLEO sign-off is a problem, and a big one. This gives sheriff's the ability to restrict sales where no law giving them this power exists. NFA was never meant to authorize this power to sheriffs. An EO cannot arbitrarily add this power nor alter the law as it stands. The rest is procedural and EO can alter this. So, I suspect the wording on this EO won't be released until the last minute and I will be very interested in seeing what happens with the CLEO signing.