Denied lost license replacement LTC in Georgia

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I recently lost my wallet containing a Georgia Weapons Carry License. Pursuant to state law, I reported it lost to the issuing probate court (Gwinnett) and asked for a replacement. I recently have moved to another county (Dekalb). The state law specifically states that the issuing court must take the loss notice and must issue a replacement license. There is no provision in state law to "change address" for a LTC here.

The Gwinnett county probate court refused to issue a replacement license and states that I must re-apply, pay the full new application fee, and restart the application process and background check in my new county. Neither county will issue a temporary license, so I am barred from carrying for the 3-5 months that it will take to issue.

Does anyone have any ideas here? The state law regarding lost permits and re-issue is pretty clear, and I don't feel that the probate court is following it.

My guess was that it would be more cost-effective and take less time to just re-apply. I'm a little concerned that Dekalb will tell me that they will not issue if I already "have a valid license" though.

I suppose I'll just go down to the Dekalb probate court and re-apply and see what happens, but I do hate having to do this process since I already "have" a license with a few years validity left on it. It's my understanding that Dekalb takes "additional" time to process because they really don't want to issue anyway so they drag it out as long as they can.

I found the wallet, so the issue is moot now. I am still unhappy that the probate court refused to follow the law--which states that the issuing probate court is to replace it for $6.00. It makes no mention of whether or not you have to still reside in the same county. There is no requirement to change address, nor any method of doing so.

It is still a problem here in GA that while the CCW license is a state license, it is issued by the county probate court and each probate judge "interprets" state law differently. I was told by the clerk (who was very polite and helpful) that she referred the issue to the judge because it was an unusual situation and was told that the court would not re-issue a license to a non-resident of the county under any circumstances.

I moved a couple of years ago and there is still three years validity on the license so I did not want to pay the full price and wait months without being able to legally carry.