CCW Permit Renewal Frustration!

Can you open carry in the meantime?

Not sure where you are at, but chill. Did your permit take the full 90 days initially? Mine didn't. My permit arrived 42 days after I submitted the paperwork. Hope that happens with yours.

The "fully mandated 90 days" is actually a maximum limit. You are supposed to receive it within 90 days, no later. I don't know anyone who didn't receive their permit inside 60 days, but I'm sure it varies by county.

Good luck.

I got my renewal letter (my permit expires in July) so I made my appointment for the beginning of June (I hope I get a new photo).

It only took about 2-3 weeks to get my permit when I first got it.

But then again, El Paso County has been Shall Issue much longer than the rest of the state, so they had their system down pat long ago.

.455, what county you in?

Another Reason To Renew Early

Colorado requires a certificate of training (in lieu of other other proficiency verification) within 10 years of application and/or renewal. Take the class and get the permit, good for 5 years. Renew a couple of months prior to expiration and you have another 5 years. Renew a couple of months prior to *that* and you effectively get 15 years (a couple months short of 15) off the same 10-year training requirement.

-jb

Well, I encourage you to do the best you can.

Once I let my car tags lapse about... 7 months. The nice State Trooper reminded me of that and the fines were paid, tags renewed prior to lunch the same day not even a half hour after the stop was completed. Renewal was 25 dollars a year normally and the total cost for forgetting was almost 450 total when the fallout stopped from the financial sky.

I was very embarrased because tracking bingo tags and stuff was what I used to do for a living at work.

Hang in there, you know what you need to do and perhaps lose a few days without carrying. It's going to work out for you.

In our area, if we dont renew and it expires, we would have to go through the whole process all over again including the fees.

Hunter, C.R.S.
" 18-12-211. Renewal of permits.
(1) Within one hundred twenty days prior to expiration of a permit, the permittee may obtain a renewal form from the issuing sheriff and renew the permit by submitting to the issuing sheriff a completed renewal form, a notarized affidavit stating that the permittee remains qualified pursuant to the criteria specified in section 18-12-203 (1) (a) to (1) (g), ..." [emphasis mine].
Both my CCW Trainer, and issuing Sheriff suggested the "slightly early" renewal stategy.

HTH

-jb

My first Tennessee permit took only 30 days. The last time I renewd it took just over 60 days. Tennessee is in the same backlog condition or it was a year ago. I am a good friend with the gent who is involved with one of the training and testing sites, he says that the classes are aways full and they are turnig people away or scheduling them several months out. Knoxville PD reported last week that they ae seeing a rise in crime. The citizenry has become scared of becoming a victim. When my wife grocery shops I wait in the car, letting her out at the door and picking her up when she comes out. It is becoming very common to see men and women both who are carring. But it doesn't seem to be detering much of the rise in crime. I guess the bad guys are watching for those who are walking with their heads down and not being vigalient of their surroundings, making for easy pickings. I hope you get your renewal soon. P.T.

Is there a way to get a permit that's lifetime and not every 5 years with the exception of law enforcement related?

Certificate

Hunter, please be sure to let us know what you find out. The way it was explained to me is that upon renewal, you have to swear that you now have the same qualifications as applies to a new application ("submitting to the issuing sheriff a completed renewal form, a notarized affidavit..."). You don't have to take a new class, for instance, just swear that you have *had* the class withing the last 10 years. Or that the alternative proficiency qualifications (actively engaged in competition, etc) is still valid. I'll be interested in knowing what answers you get.

Carl: I know of no such lifetime permit in the state of Colorado.

-jb

Carl, if they did life time, the revenue source will be a one time thing.

As it stands the ASP has a nice revenue boost every few years from the donations I will be making to keep the CCW for the next... 50 years? Or until they stick me into a nursing facility.

certificate of training

As I've been told, once the ten years is up, you gotta take more training. This might not be defined well enough to know for sure. Sort of like the line you pasted from Jeffco's site.

Also, from what I've been told, you wouldn't necessarily have to retake the CCW class, but could show them a certificate of completion from a number of courses such as NRA Basic Pistol, NRA Defense Inside / Outside the Home, etc.

Again, this is only what I've heard in training classes, from instructors here and there.




No lifetime permits here in Colorado.
They've debated the permit in lieu of NICS check at point of purchase, but unsure where that stands.
Currently we get no free lunches in that regard.

I know it may seem to be a pain-in-the-butt, but is continued training every ten years necessarily a bad thing?

If it's any consolatoin, I put my renewal in on December 28. Appearently they called on 3/28 saying to come pick it up, but I never recieved said message. Every last day of the 90 days is how long mine took.

I just picked up my renewal permit yesterday, having gone down their to discuss my hours-from-expiration permit.

Best of luck!

BTW this was JeffCo.

I hope it doesn't take the full 90 days. Hopefully it will come sooner than that. Much sooner...

I have a feeling that the training not "expiring" is on a per-county basis. Some counties (Weld for one) specifically allow a hunter's safety card to count for the training, and some disallow it. Different counties seem to interpret the law differently.

Just because a state has a 'shall issue' law, doesn't mean the local Law has to make it easy. I've had a permit in Maine since 1962. My last renewal four years ago took about five minutes: the time it took to ring up the fee and have my friendly Chief sign the paper. I went for renewal six weeks early this time. New Chief. Had to fill out 8 pages of 'application' and 'certification' and submit same WITH THE FEE. Now understand, this is a small rural Maine town, where I am widely known. Took just over two weeks to get 'approved'. And on top of that, when they called me in to pick up the paper, they'd made it active that day, a month before the old permit expired. So they'd cheated me out of a month on my renewal's 'other end'. I was told I could refile, if I wanted to. That might have put me over the expiration of my old permit. I took the new paper and shut up. Why all the hassle? Probably because the old Chief was a pal, and the new one has it against private carry, or thinks he needs to play CYA with all the bureaucratic BS, or… just because he CAN.:banghead:

In Arkansas, you can renew at any time and they start the new permit on the day the old one expires. Kinda like rolling over your minutes with a new Tracfone card.

in Texas they send you a letter about 6 minths before it expires

Good Deal

.455 Hunter:
Thanks for the follow up. As was said, perhaps the "interpretation" varies county by county. Hopefully you won't have a long(er) wait.
Thanks again

-jb