WI Concealed Carry

[Hondo 60]

Happy Anniversary To All My Fellow WI Concealed Carry Licensees!

I ran into 1 issue when I renewed my license & want to post a "heads-up"

My original license was "good" until Nov 1016.
My renewal form came in July 2016.
I renewed immediately & noticed I lost a few months, as my new license expires in July 2021 (5 years).

I called the WI Dept of Justice on this.

They said current WI law states the license CANNOT be valid for a period of over 5 years.
Had they made mine valid thru the original date (plus 5 yrs for the new license) it would have been valid for a period of over 5 years.
can't do that in WI, so you may want to wait until closer to your expiration date to renew.

I hope this makes sense.

 

[steve4102]

We were told that when I took my MN carry class.

Renew just before expiration or lose the time you renew early.

 

[Red Wind]

Happy Anniversary To All My Fellow WI Concealed Carry Licensees!

I ran into 1 issue when I renewed my license & want to post a "heads-up"

My original license was "good" until Nov 1016.
My renewal form came in July 2016.
I renewed immediately & noticed I lost a few months, as my new license expires in July 2021 (5 years).

I called the WI Dept of Justice on this.

They said current WI law states the license CANNOT be valid for a period of over 5 years.
Had they made mine valid thru the original date (plus 5 yrs for the new license) it would have been valid for a period of over 5 years.
can't do that in WI, so you may want to wait until closer to your expiration date to renew.

I hope this makes sense.

Thank you. My license is expiring soon. I'll check with my state to see if they have the same rule.

 

[jak67429]

I just renewed mine and forgot about that until I received the new one in the mail. And it only took 2 weeks to get the new one.

 

[westhope]

In Minnesota, if you renew before the permit's expiration dare, the permit is renewed for 5 years after the date your old permit expires. In MN, you can renew up to 3 months before the old permit expires.

 

[entropy]

I renewed as soon as the reminder came in the mail in August. doesn't bother me, I'll renew when they send the reminder in May or June of 2021.

 

[Acera]

So basically you guys are willing to risk some time without a valid permit due to a delay, lost in mail, paperwork issue, work overload by the issuing department, etc. just to save a month or two in 5 years??? Seriously??



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[CNobbe]

Yeah I don't get it either, I got my renewal notice a while ago and it states to renew as soon as possible to reduce delays in processing. As most people got their carry permits around 5 years ago, there are a lot of people needing to renew.

 

[billybob44]

Best idea of all---Move to Indiana and get an Indiana LIFETIME License to carry Handguns...Bill.

 

[UltraFudd]

Same here. Original permit in November. Received a renewal in July and lost 4 months.

At least the renewal cost was cheaper than the original permit.

 

[Malamute]

Happy Anniversary To All My Fellow WI Concealed Carry Licensees!

I ran into 1 issue when I renewed my license & want to post a "heads-up"

My original license was "good" until Nov 1016.
My renewal form came in July 2016.
I renewed immediately & noticed I lost a few months, as my new license expires in July 2021 (5 years).

I called the WI Dept of Justice on this.

They said current WI law states the license CANNOT be valid for a period of over 5 years.
Had they made mine valid thru the original date (plus 5 yrs for the new license) it would have been valid for a period of over 5 years.
can't do that in WI, so you may want to wait until closer to your expiration date to renew.

I hope this makes sense.

I think I know what the problem really was, your permit was 1000 years out of date.