Process of Receiving Arms from South Africa

[Blackrose87]

Is there any benefit to having South African registered arms in America? Would it be illegal to display arms not registered in the USA, or is the registering only needed for when the arms are being used in South Africa?

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Is there any benefit to having South African registered arms in America? Would it be illegal to display arms not registered in the USA, or is the registering only needed for when the arms are being used in South Africa?

Not everyone can meet the standard of proof required for a grant of arms from the office of the Lord Lyon. Since almost all chiefs recognize arms recorded in foreign jurisdictions, even if those arms do not appear in the Lyon registers, those Americans who have English, Canadian, South African, Spanish, or Irish registered arms are free to display them on an equal footing with Scottish armigers. The same does not seem apply to those arms which are "privately" registered.