Service charges for concealed
weapon permits are listed below. All service charges are non-refundable.
1. Initial application:
Service charges totaling $100.25 must be submitted with your application.
Service charge may be paid with cash, check, money order, or cashier's
check payable to Washoe County Sheriff's Office (WCSO).
2. Renewal application:
A $65.25 permit service charge must be submitted with your application.
There is a 120-day grace period for renewals (per procedures set
by the NSCA), so if the permit is expired by more than 120 days,
the applicant must pay a $15.00 late service charge.
3. Duplicate permit:
A $15.00 service charge must be submitted for a duplicate permit
in the event of a change of address or if a permit is lost, stolen,
or destroyed.
Eligibility:
Any person who is a Nevada state resident must apply to the Sheriff
of the county in which they reside for a concealed weapon permit.
An out-of-state resident must apply to the county where they qualify.
You are NOT eligible for
a permit to carry a concealed weapon if any of the following applies
to you:
1.
If you are not at least 21 years of age.
2.
If you do not provide the required documentation to demonstrate
competence with a firearm.
3.
If you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest.
4.
If you have been judicially declared incompetent or insane.
5.
If you have been voluntarily or involuntarily admitted to a mental
health facility during the immediately preceding five years.
6.
If you have habitually used intoxicating liquor or a controlled
substance to the extent that your normal faculties are impaired.
It is presumed that you have so used intoxicating liquor or a
controlled substance if, during the immediately preceding five
years, you have been:
· convicted of violating
the provisions of NRS 484.379 (driving under the influence of
alcohol or a controlled or prohibited substance), or
· committed for treatment
pursuant to NRS 458.290 to 458.350, inclusive (substance abuse).
7.
If you have been convicted of a crime involving the use or threatened
use of force or violence punishable as a misdemeanor under the
laws of this or any other state, territory, or possession of the
United States at any time during the immediately preceding three
years.
8.
If you have been convicted of a felony in this state or under
the laws of any state, territory, or possession of the United
States.
9.
If you have been convicted of a crime involving domestic violence
or stalking, or you are currently subject to a restraining order,
injunction, or other order for protection against violence.
10.
If you are currently on parole or probation from a conviction
obtained in this state or in any other state, territory, or possession
of the United States.
11. If
you have been, within the immediately preceding five years, subject
to any requirements imposed by a court of this state or of any
other state, territory, or possession of the United States, as
a condition to the courts:
· withholding of the entry
of judgment for your conviction of a felony, or
· suspension of your sentence
for the conviction of a felony.
12.
If you have made a false statement on any application for a permit
or for the renewal of a permit.
Procedure
and Requirements:
1. You
may obtain an application and other required forms at the Washoe
County Sheriff's Office Records Section Permit counter or this website.
2.
Upon completion of the application and waiver form authorizing the
release of information, presentation of a properly completed firearm
certification form for the designated weapons, and payment of service
charges, the Sheriff's Office will take your fingerprints and photograph.
Note: If you are applying at the Gerlach
Substation, it will be necessary for you to appear at the Sheriff's
Office in Reno to be photographed prior to your permit being issued.
3.
If you have been convicted of a felony as described in Section 202.360,
Nevada Revised Statutes, you must submit a certified copy of the
document restoring your civil rights and a certified copy of the
document that specifically restores your authority to own, possess,
or use a firearm. If your civil rights
and the specific authority to own, possess, or use a firearm have
not been restored or if you cannot provide proof of restoration
of these rights, you are not eligible for a concealed weapon permit.
4. You
must demonstrate competence with a firearm by presenting a certificate
or other documentation that shows you have successfully completed
a training course in the use of your firearm(s). This training course
must include instruction in the use of each firearm to which your
application for a permit to carry a concealed weapon applies and
in the laws of this state relating to the proper use of a firearm.
This training must be completed within the 12 months prior to the
date of your application for your initial permit or your application
for the renewal of your existing permit.
This requirement may be met in
one of the following ways:
· Successful completion of
a course taught by a certified instructor who is properly licensed
to provide this service. The documentation you present must include
both a copy of your certificate of training and a copy of the instructor's
certificate of training that qualified him/her as a firearms instructor.
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· Successful completion of
a course in firearm safety offered by a federal, state, or local
law enforcement agency, community college, university, or national
organization that certifies instructors in firearm safety.
5. Allow
up to 120 days for processing your completed application, per NRS
202.336. Incomplete application cannot be processed and will not
be accepted. Changes can usually be done while you wait or you can
arrange to return for your card.
6.
Upon approval of your application, your permit will be sent to you
by mail, unless you have asked us to hold it so you can come and
pick it up. If your application is denied, you will receive written
notification explaining the reason(s) for the denial.
Term of Permit:
5 Years fromissue date.
Change
of Address; Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Permits:
1. You
must notify the Sheriff in writing within 30 days if your permanent
address changes or if your permit is lost, stolen, or destroyed.
You will be issued a duplicate permit if you:
· submit a written statement
to the Sheriff, signed under oath, stating that your permit has
been lost, stolen, or destroyed, and
· pay a non-refundable service
charge of $15.00.
2.
If you subsequently find or recover your permit after being issued
a duplicate permit, within 10 days you must:
· notify the Sheriff in writing,
and
· return the duplicate permit
to the Sheriff.
3.
If you fail to make the aforementioned notifications as indicated,
you will be subject to a civil penalty of $25.00.
Carrying
of Permit:
1.
Your concealed weapon permit authorizes you to carry a weapon of
the type specified on the permit anywhere in the STATE OF NEVADA
during the term of the permit, unless the permit has been suspended
or revoked.
2.
If your card is not in your possession listing the gun you carry,
you cannot legally carry a concealed weapon.
3.
It is unlawful to carry a concealed firearm into:
· any facility
of a law enforcement agency;
· a prison, county or city
jail or detention facility;
· a courthouse or courtroom;
any facility of a public or
private school;
· any facility of a vocational
or technical school or of the University and Community College
System of Nevada;
· any other building owned
or occupied by the Federal Government, the state or a local government;
or
· any other place in which
the carrying of a concealed firearm is prohibited by state or
federal law.
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