Using local gauge invariance in the form of the Ward-Takahashi identity (which provides an off-shell constraint) and the fact that properly constructed current operators must be free of singularities, it is shown that the magnetic moment µ and the quadrupole moment Q of a spin-1 particle with mass m and charge e are related by 2mµ + m 2 Q = e, thus constraining the normalizations of the Sachs form factors. Although usually not condensed into this form, this relation holds true as a matter of course at the tree level in the standard model, but we show it remains true in general. General expressions for spin-1 propagators and currents with arbitrary hadronic dressing are given showing the result to be independent of any dressing effect or model approach.