Florida Concealed Carry Permit Information

Does Florida issue concealed carry permits?
Yes, Florida is a  Shall Issue state and will issue concealed carry permits to Residents and Non-Residents that meet the state requirements for a Florida concealed carry permit.

What does a Florida Concealed Carry Permit look like?

Florida Concealed Carry Permit

Florida Concealed Carry Permit

Who issues Florida Concealed Carry Permits?
Department of Agriculture
Division of Licensing
Post Office Box 6687
Tallahassee, Florida 32314-6687
Phone: (850) 245-5691
Fax: (850) 245-5655

http://licgweb.doacs.state.fl.us/weapons/index.html

NICS/Background Check:
There is a background check but not NICS. Your permit is currently issued by the Department of Agriculture which is not a law enforcement agency, and therefore cannot do the NICS check required by federal law. Only “law enforcement agencies” can access NICS, and therefore the federal exemption that normally applies to concealed weapon permits, does not apply to those issued in Florida.

Permit Valid For:
Permit valid for seven (7) years from date of issue.

Processing Time:

Cost:
$117

Requirements:
All paperwork for your permit may be requested via mail for free:

http://licgweb.doacs.state.fl.us/FORMS/FormsRequest790.html

1. You must be 21 to get a conceled carry permit.
2. Have a passport-style, color photograph made.
3. Get verification of training that satisfies the training requirement. NRA, DD-14, state training course, etc. . Persons serving in the United States Armed Forces may submit a copy of their Military ID Card to satisfy the training requirement.

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4. Get certified copies of court documents relating to any criminal charges against you.
5. Take the fingerprint card to a local law enforcement agency and ask to be fingerprinted. In addition to providing fingerprinting services for the traditional “hard-card” format, electronic fingerprint devices are available at almost all 67 county sheriff’s offices in the state. Visit the Electronic Fingerprints Information page to learn how Live Scan fingerprinting saves processing time.* http://licgweb.doacs.state.fl.us/CWCS/elecfingerprintinfo.html
6. Complete the application. Either print clearly with ink or type the information.
7. In the presence of a notary, sign application.**
8. Submit a check or money order for the license fee of $117

* Electronic fingerprinting can dramatically reduce the permit approval time.
** Some concealed carry courses have a notary available at the time of the class

Required Documents:
1. Application form
2. Passport photo
3. Training verification

Renewal Information:

  • $65 – Florida Resident
  • $30  WR license – retired Florida Law Enforcement and a Florida resident
  • $107 – Out of state resident  ($65 renewal and $42 fingerprint card fee)

 

Change of Name or Address:
Replacement Florida Concealed Weapon Permits cost $15.

Lost, Stolen, or Damaged Permits:
Replacement Florida Concealed Weapon Permits cost $15. If you have a stolen license and have a police report indicating the license was in the stolen content the replacement is free.

Informing Law Enforcement of Carry:
Informing law enforcement is required upon demand.

Automobile carry:
You may carry your weapon on you or in a “securely encased” state.

Places off-limits when carrying:
1. any place of nuisance as defined in s. 823.05
2. any police, sheriff, or highway patrol station
3. any detention facility, prison, or jail; any courthouse
4. any courtroom*
5. any polling place
6. any meeting of the governing body of a county, public school district, municipality, or special district
7. any meeting of the Legislature or a committee thereof
8. any school, college, or professional athletic event not related to firearms
9. any school administration building
10. any portion of an establishment licensed to dispense alcoholic beverages for consumption*
11. any elementary or secondary school facility
12. any area technical center
13. any college or university facility*
14. inside the passenger terminal and sterile area of any airport*
15. any place where the carrying of firearms is prohibited by federal law

Alcohol and Drugs:

Deadly Force / Castle Doctrine:
Florida is a Castle Doctrine state and does have a stand-your-ground law.

Open Carry:
Prohibited in all public areas.

Localities with Varying Laws:
Florida has pre-emption, localities are prohibited from enacting more stringent laws.

Forms & Links:
NRA-ILA: Florida Gun Laws


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  • Anonymous

    Updated Change of Address and Lost, Stolen or Damaged Permit sections.

  • Colts41sc

    Does Florida honor indianas concealed carry permit?

    • Anonymous

      Yes. Florida honors Indiana permits issued to residents of Indiana only.

  • John

    I understand some of the wimpy states that don’t honor Florida permits, but I never thought in a million years one of them would be Oregon. It seems to me if you are licensed to have a CCW, it should be honored in all states. If nothing less the Constitution should over ride any state authority. If you have met all the requirements for concealed carry that should be sufficient.

    • arnold

      as a retired police officer I agree with you 100%. your concealed weapon permit should be honored(valid) in all 50 states.The punks and thugs rob law abiding people because states like new york,new jersey have taken away the ability to legally get a carry permit to protect you and your family from these punks and thugs

  • Pro11jus

    can non residents get a florida permit?

    • Anonymous

      Does Florida issue concealed carry permits?
      Yes, Florida is a Shall Issue state and will issue concealed carry permits to Residents and Non-Residents that meet the state requirements for a Florida concealed carry permit.

  • kelley

    how do i get an application for a NON RESIDENT permit?

  • Dude

     Contrary to the above, open carry *IS* allowed under limited circumstances such as “a person engaged in fishing, camping, or lawful hunting or going to or returning from a fishing, camping, or lawful hunting expedition;” 790.25(3)(h) Florida Statutes.

  • Cidwithme

    John,
    I agree with you, its the Constitution that I rely on, nothing else.  No state is going to tell me I can’t carry.  I carry everywhere I go and I’m all over the USA because I’m a private corporate jet pilot.  NY, NJ, CAL……………..doesn’t matter to me.  I’m going to protect my life, period.
    How stupid is it to tell someone they can protect themselves in one place….but not in another.  Thats hilarious.

    Case in point.  I have my gun with me now.  I’m on a trip that took us to Cal yesterday, we are in New Hamshire today.  We are leaving the jet here for two weeks.  I’m flying home on the airlines.  I’ll just put it in a case, lock it and have the airline check it in.  I do it all the time.

    Fact is…….the only way someone will ever know I have a concealed weapon is i nthe event I have to use it for lawful self defense or to stop someone from hurting/killing me.  If that happens…who gives a damn what law was broken…..BECAUSE I’M ALIVE.  And since I’ve never been in the slightest kind of trouble in my life, I’m not worried in the least at what charges MIGHT be filed against me.

    I will never be unprotected.  Criminals carry guns and knives everywhere, I will carry my gun everywhere.

    • Chris

      Right on!!!  This is especially crucial because the federal government is not doing it’s number one job to protect the borders of these united states of America by letting all these  illegals in and prosecuting the states that WANT to enforce their own borders and protect their people!

        Any officer, agent, employee etc.. that takes the oath to uphold, protect, and defend their state Constitution and the Constitution FOR the United States of America and then violates that oath when they take office, immediately vacates that office and is NOT an officer, agent, or employee of anything, therefore an imposter!

      Anyone who violates the oath of office is NOT of that office! It is the adherence to the strict confines of the Constitutions FOR the a particular state and the Constitution FOR The United States of America that qualifies one to legitimately hold ANY office!

      NO ONE has the right to deprive you of defending your life, or the life of your loved ones against violent criminal attack with deadly force, especially one who violates their oath of office by then wanting to prosecute you for doing so! One such as this, is NOT FIT to hold office and can not be trusted to “do the peoples business”!

      The de jure state & federal constitutions are the muzzle that confines the dog called “government” from biting it’s master, the people! Anyone who wishes or works toward weakening, or removing this muzzle is an enemy of the people and therefore not fit to hold office of any kind!

    • Kanith

      You are still vulnerable in the airline terminal after you fly because you have locked the gun away. Armed people can be in the terminal.

    • Dennis19521

      I support your article. But be very careful going into NY Bloomberg take a weapon into NY you go to jail. No questions answered. So far I belive they have 4 people in jail.He is stricly anti gun. He does not make a distiction between good guy and bad. So far its the law abiding citizen and not the criminalsl

  • allready

    funest thing …..what robber or cork or killer cares? this whole permet thing retarded and makes it much easyer fot the crminal elment when honest gun tototaing Amercian citizians have to be councerend about our fredom just pertecting our selfs form lowlifes

    • HK45

      True. But having the permit gives you the benefit of the doubt from the start, because you are seen as law abiding and willing to submit to extra screening to prove that you are not just another thug with a gun in your pants.

  • Explok9sgt

    I am a retired LEO (25 years) from the UK now a legal resident in Fl on an E2 visa do I qualify as eligible for a concealed weapons permit? I have been here for 12 months

  • George

    Is a DD Form 214 sufficient proof of training? What, if any, annotations must be on the form (specific training)?

    • Anonymous

      Yes, that is how I got my Florida permit.

    • Cmclane28

      Yes. I did the same thing as well. Your DD Form 214 is your training certificate as far as the CCW training requirements are concerned.

  • Anonymous

    Just sent them a copy of it with your app.

  • Mrstewart45

    I have taken the class 2 years ago but never went for fingerprinting in Florida is my certificate still good

  • Aeryck

    I haven’t found a concrete answer in FS 823.05, but I’m curious if concealed carry is allowed inside a tattoo shop in FL as a customer?

    • I Carry Daily

      If it’s not on the forbidden list or a public nuisance as defined by 823.05, then it’s allowed. 

      Tattoo parlors are not on the forbidden list.  Furthermore, since Tattoo parlors are legal, they do not qualify as a place of nuisance.

      In short, yes, licensed concealed carry is legal in a tattoo parlor.

  • Zach

    I have a georgia carry permit. Is there any kind of waiver of the class verification to get a florida permit or do I still need to sign up for a class in Florida.

  • YourLifeYourRules

    It’s actually a Florida Concealed Weapons License ( not permit).

  • Guest

    Does a ccw permit from Arizona satisfy the training or demonstrates proficiency requirement to obtain a ccw license from Florida? If not, what does? What have others used?

  • Anonymous

    Like my Dad always said “I’d rather be tried by 12 than carried by 6.  RGJIII

  • Soldmysoul

    ok i just recently got out of the army would my dd 214 be ok for the military id?

    • Guest

      You can bring your DD214 and this serves only as a verification for the safety class part of the application. So you don’t need to take the NRA Safety class or equivilent. Of course you must also be “honorably” discharged

    • Shirkan2

      Yes. The dd214 works as certifying your training. I don’t know if you can use it for ID.

  • Magnus2112

    As per the 2nd Amendment of the Constitution WE DO NOT NEED A STINKING PERMIT.

    In addition, as per the Constitution EACH STATE MUST HONOR all OTHER STATES end of story.

    It would be NICE if they ACTUALLY READ the Constitution. Oh, wait we are NOT under the Constitution anymore or even a Republic for that Matter.

  • Riggles4105

    Where can I get my fingerprints done if I am not a resident of Florida?

    • Shirkan

      I live in Ohio and just received my Florida permit this week. Florida had sent me a fingerprint card after I requested a permit application from them. Then I went to a local police station here in Ohio and got fingerprinted. I mailed the card and a photo (taken at Rite-Aid) along with my completed application. Hope this helps.

  • JakeMacUSMC

    I am an active Duty Marine. just recently moved to Kansas City, Kansas from one of the most liberal states in the Union…..Hawaii. I am now a Marine Corps Recruiter and dont have time to actually do the 8 hour class that Kansas requires for the CCW. Is it possible to get a Florida CCW being i live in Kansas considering Kansas recognizes Florida’s?

  • Claytonsfowler

    I live in georgia. to visit or rent/part time do I need a Fla non-res permit? by not having a Fla non-res, how may I transport or carry a pistol? does it have to be in the trunk unloaded or locked up or can I carry concealed in the legal places in Fla? (I dont want to go to jail for being ignorant.

    • Islander9498

      here best why to find the truth Who issues Florida Concealed Carry Permits?
      Department of Agriculture
      Division of Licensing
      Post Office Box 6687
      Tallahassee, Florida 32314-6687
      Phone: (850) 245-5691
      Fax: (850) 245-5655

    • Tlolo

      Florida recognize Georgia permit..so u should be good to carry conceal…but to make sure contact the Florida department of agriculture and licensing 8502455691

  • USA4EVR

    Have carry permit from Ohio–am now a FL resident- is a transfer possible?

  • Islander9498

    I think you should be able to carry a gun anywhere as long as you have a ccw period…
    That includes malls the one here by me in florida has a “no guns permitted” sign which i never noticed but once i did i just stopped going in…i just dont shop there so they only hurt stores there..
    I dont do business anywhere that wont let me have my rights…think about how many people get robbed while in the parking lot of a mall..having a gun sitting in your car dont protect you, carrying one will

  • Ckmartinez0308

    This is really confusing, I am an Iowa Resident who has a conceal carry permit and I will be in Flordia this July on vacation.  Can I carry my weapon if I am from Iowa with CCW permit

    • Anonymous

      Yes as long as you are a resident of the state where your CCW permit is from, in your case Iowa.

  • Drumhed

    I live in Illinois and have a Florida permit. Can I carry in Florida legally?

    • Anonymous

      yes, although I’m not sure you can carry legally in Illinois.  I don’t believe you can carry at all in Illinois.

  • javier

    I am trying to get my LLC lincense for fugitive recorvery agency.  I am not sure how much and what I need to get from the state of Florida.  I need to know what state will honor a Florida lincense.  I live in Maryland.  Anyone with any information please contact me at jrodriguez7157@yahoo.com

  • Jhohanrr21

    can you be a permanent U.S. Resident and still get a gun permit???