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Gun Permit Application Procedures
Captain Darrell Griffin / Support Services
dgriffin@gcps.org
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Complete an application; application forms can be picked up or brought back to the Sheriff's Office any day, Monday-Friday from 8:30am-4:30pm (except holidays).
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After completing the front page of the application, you will need to bring the application back to the Sheriff's Office. After all record checks have been completed and the application is approved, the final permit can be picked up at the Sheriff's Office Monday-Friday from 8:30am-4:30pm. When you turn your application in, you will be given a phone number to call back in three to five days to see if your application was approved.
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The fee charged by the Sheriff's Office for issuing gun permits is $5.00 each. You may purchase up to five permits from one application. This is payable (CASH ONLY) to the Sheriff's Office and is set by state law (G.S. 14-409). When the permit is picked up at the Sheriff's Office, you will need to have correct change. If you do not have the correct change, we cannot issue the permit.
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Gun permits are issued for the purchase of handguns only. It does not give you the right to carry the gun concealed. Carrying a concealed weapon without a N.C. State Concealed Handgun Permit is against the law (G.S. 14-269).
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Gun permits are issued to allow you to purchase handguns for the protection of your home, business or property, to use in target shooting, hunting or collecting.
APPLICATIONS EXPIRE WHEN PERMITS ARE ISSUED. A NEW APPLICATION IS REQUIRED WHEN APPLYING FOR ANOTHER PERMIT. PERMITS MUST BE PICKED UP BEFORE 4:30PM AND WITHIN 30 DAYS OF APPROVAL. AFTER 30 DAYS THE APPLICATION WILL EXPIRE AND YOU WILL NEED TO RE-APPLY.