Concealed Carry Permit Renewal

Here in Arkansas you have to file over the internet or through postal paperwork to renew every five years and then go to a CHL instructor and re-qualify. For the first time I filed my "paperwork" over the internet and went to the CHL instructor and re-qualified. I'd always done it the longhand method before. I got my new permit back in ten days. This seems to be a fluke though since I've heard of others who did the same thing and it turned into weeks or months. A big PITA IMO.

here in the once friendly Wa, its nearly the same, I think we have several months to renew, $35, and a state law requiring it be done in a certain time limit from the state. Not a bad experience. Open carry is legal, and far more practiced than people think, but illegal in a car. No city can make their own gun laws, and signage does not carry force of law.

in Utah it is a mail in process. When I lived in California we had to take a class run by the Sheriff's department each time. They went over changes in the laws related to firearms, then we went to the range. At the range they didn't score the targets, they were watching for safe gun handling. After that they used the rest of the time for an optional lesson in tactical pistol drills. The lessons were optional; but most people stayed for them.

NM requires 16 hours of training and range qualification for initial issuance of a 4 year permit, followed by 4 hours of training and range qualification for renewal. You also need to repeat range qualification at the 2 year mark. Costs for training are set by the instructor, but I am guessing that $120 would be the average, less for the renewal training. The permit is right around $100 including the electronic fingerprint fee.

Recent changes to the law eliminate training requirement for active duty military and veterans discharged less than 20 years and give them a 5 year permit. Since I am 30+ years since ETS I need to go through the training, but my permit is free and it is for 5 years instead of the normal 4.

All I had to do in Tennessee was mail in my payment for the renewal and return a form that was mailed to me.

WI sends a letter about 3 months before expiration, you can re-up by letter or online; I did it online, quick and easy, got the new one in about 10 days.

I can't remember how much it cost ($45 comes to mind), but in CO a letter is sent a couple months in advance with some basic paperwork. Complete the paperwork and walk into the County Sheriff's Office. They check the paperwork, take a new photo and payment. You get the new 5 year permit by mail a few weeks later, and send back the old one per the instructions with the new permit. My last visit took me 10 minutes.

Minnesota gives you no reminder. You have to retake the entire concealed-carry class, including range 'qualification.' Minnesota requires live fire but has no established standards for said live fire. Typically the class ranges from $50-$150, depending on where you go. It's gotten much cheaper in recent years. When you submit the actual renewal application to the Sheriff's Office, the original application is $100, but reduced to $75 for renewals assuming your old permit is still active. If your old permit is expired when you reapply, it's $85, and if it's expired by more than 30 days when you reapply, it's the full $100 again.

They do come a lot faster now. They have 30 days from the application date to issue or deny a permit to carry, but in the past ten years or so I have noticed a marked increase in processing speed. My first permit took 29 days, my last renewal came in about a week.

In NC I have to go to a small office beside the jail, only used for pistol purchase permits and concealed carry permits. Then go sign a waiver at the mental health place, to show that I have nothing there (not sure what happens if you do) . Then go to the courthouse (same parking lot as the jail) and get any records from the clerk of court (including all traffic violations) . Both places charge 10 or 15 bucks. It's all a money racket but still nothing to complain about I guess. Some states better, some worse.
We can open carry with no permit, however to buy a handgun without the concealed carry permit you have to go to the little office I mentioned earlier and get a purchase permit. 5 bucks each or you can buy up to 4 for 20 bucks as they last a year just in case you see something you want. The permit has to come from your county, so if I seen a bargain gun halfway across the state I'd have to come back to get the purchase permit.....(sigh) With the carry permit you don't have to have the purchase permit to buy. If nothing else that makes the permit worth the aggravation.

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No shooting required for renewal. Permit lasts 5 years. Costs 75 bucks.

There's about a dozen state agricultural offices throughout Florida. I went to my closest one, applied for a renewal, ran to the bathroom to take a squirt,
came back to the office, paid for my new CCW permit, and was on my way, in less than 10 minutes, including bathroom break.

Madcap_Magician said:

Minnesota gives you no reminder. You have to retake the entire concealed-carry class, including range 'qualification.' Minnesota requires live fire but has no established standards for said live fire. Typically the class ranges from $50-$150, depending on where you go. It's gotten much cheaper in recent years. When you submit the actual renewal application to the Sheriff's Office, the original application is $100, but reduced to $75 for renewals assuming your old permit is still active. If your old permit is expired when you reapply, it's $85, and if it's expired by more than 30 days when you reapply, it's the full $100 again.

They do come a lot faster now. They have 30 days from the application date to issue or deny a permit to carry, but in the past ten years or so I have noticed a marked increase in processing speed. My first permit took 29 days, my last renewal came in about a week.

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Those prices are maximums allowed by the state. Each county sets their own price.

My first permit in Hennepin County cost the maximum allowable 100 dollars and took the maximum allowable 30 days.

Now I live in McLeod County. Renewal took less than a week and only cost 50 bucks. New permits are 70.

I dont know what a transfer or address change involves since I moved right around my five year mark. But I do know you have to get it from your issuing county, not the one you are moving to.

I've heard about counties up north charging even less.

I'm from IL. Don't want one from here. I have a non-resident FL. They have a six month grace period so i went to a close location and applied though mine had expired. Non-residents get re finger printed. Got it mailed in four weeks.

From CA, in Fresno County you need a 4 hour CCW Renewal class (w/ firing) where Fee is $75-$100 & the County Renewal Fee of $77, which takes 4-8 weeks prior to expiration. Plus you need to renew every 2 years.

New Hampshire 's renewal process is very much like the OP Missouri process.
Just renewed mine last month.
Funny thing is we no longer require one as we now have constitutional carry......but I chose to renew anyway because it is honored by 20 some other states,including Maine. And being so close to the border I spend a lot of time in Maine.

In South Carolina, I did mine online in minutes.

So long as the details on my permit haven't changed (where I live, my name, etc), AND I'm within the 90 day window to renew, I can go to the site, click through it, pay the fee with a card, and my new permit will show up sometime before my old one expires.

Given that they've linked the DMV database with their permit database in SC (which I don't like, by the way), the picture on my new permit will match the one on my driver's license.

Florida, you fill in the renewal form and send in the fees.

In addition to what has been posted already about Florida, the state does indeed mail your renewal notification to you well ahead of time (approximately five months before expiration.)

As has been mentioned, one can renew in person or via internet/mail. In addition to Department of Agriculture (the agency responsible for these) offices, most county tax collector's offices can process renewals, too. Florida residents renewing in person get their new cards before leaving. Non-residents get them mailed.

The renewal fee for the license, which is valid for seven years, is $45.

Initial "training" requirements can be met with any of the following:

Any NRA-backed approved CWFL class that includes the applicant demonstrating the safe handling and discharge of a firearm (at least one round.)

Any FWC/state-approved hunter safety course or class.

Any firearms class offered by a LE agency or private security agency to citizens, or any firearms training course offered by a LE or security agency to members of its own employment.

Any firearms class offered by an educational institution using approved instructors.

Prior experience in an organized shooting sport or program (with evidence of same.)

Prior or current military service that includes firearms training.

Prior Florida license-to-carry, provided it was not revoked.



No continued training is required for renewal.

How do you keep track of the latest state and local gun laws AND the FEDs? How do you see how the laws are interpreted into actual enforcement?

Removing the continuing training requirement, I think, weaked the CCW process.

For renewals here in Arizona, the Department of Public Safety mails a renewal notice about 3 months before expiration. I just mailed it back in with the $43 renewal fee. I didn’t get my renewed CCW until about 2 or 3 weeks before the current one expired. The only problem here is that DPS only accepts cashier’s checks or money orders which is a nuisance.

To answer PWC

https://www.usacarry.com/concealed_carry_permit_reciprocity_maps.html

the above is a great start.

PWC said:

How do you keep track of the latest state and local gun laws AND the FEDs? How do you see how the laws are interpreted into actual enforcement?

Removing the continuing training requirement, I think, weaked the CCW process.

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Jon Gutmacher is a Florida attorney who specializes in gun issues and has written a book about Florida and Federal laws which he updates every few years. There is also handgunlaw.com

PWC said:

Removing the continuing training requirement, I think, weaked the CCW process.

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Hopefully more and more states will go to "Constitutional carry" and do away with any training requirements, issuance of permits, etc.

You don't need permission to exercise a right.

PWC said:

How do you keep track of the latest state and local gun laws AND the FEDs? How do you see how the laws are interpreted into actual enforcement?

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Good information at handgunlaw.us

In Wisconsin it is so easy to renew your CCW permit a caveman can do it..

Like Entropy said.