So I got to thinking...what hoops does one have to jump through in other states?
UPDATED AND EDITED.
KANSAS Renewal Procedure.
My license expires next month so the renewal process is:
I received the renewal form in the mail dated May 30, 2018 in June and my C.C.L. expires on October 28th. So I have 5 months to renew my License.
I had to get a 2" x 2" color photograph of my face and tape it to the application.
Cost; $14.99 passport photo at Walgreens.
I have to make a copy of my DL or ID card (picture side only) and tape it to the application.
Cost; None. I made photocopy at work.
Fill out usual information about name, address, etc. and answer the same 13 questions that are on Form BATF 4473.
Go get the Application signed and notarized.
Cost; None. I had it done by City Clerk in my nearby Smallville.
Send the Application and a check for
$25.00 by Certified Mail to the Attorney General. Certified letter
cost: $6.70. (Oh I also had to provide my own envelope).
I will then receive a notice from the A.G, (about 30 days according to them) that my application has been approved. But wait not done yet. Now I have to take the approval letter to a Drivers License Examiner Office and they actually make the license. The D.M.V. can charge a fee for this. I don't know if and how much that will be.
Cost; ??
If I send it in after my license expires there is a extra $15.00 penalty fee.
I fail to renew after 6 months my license is considered permanently expired and can not be renewed.
So far I have spent
$46.69. This does not include gas money, cost of License at D.M.V. and personal time.
Oh whoever does the C.C. Licenses in the A.G.'s Office does not answer their telephone and does not return phone messages.
The good news is since I got my license Kansas passed permitless Conceal and Open Carry laws. Since we have family in Oklahoma and Texas I am only keeping it active so I can carry when we visit.