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Concealed Permit:
Shall Issue to Residents Only
Example Ohio Permit:
Issuing Authority:
Application to carry a concealed handgun is made to the local sheriff on a form prescribed by the Ohio Peace Officers Training Commission.
Out Of State Permit Issue:
No, individuals must be Ohio residents for 45 days before application and at least 21 years of age.
NICS check:
Only if you have not lived in Ohio for the previous 5 years.
Cost:
New and Renewal: The license fee is $55.00. An Additional $24.00 is required if an FBI record check is necessary. Duplicates are $15.00.
Requirements:
1. 21 Years Of Age
2. Ohio residents for 45 days
3. Resident of the issuing county (or an adjacent county) for 30 days
4. Completed Application
5. Color photograph taken within the last 30 days
6. Set of fingerprints
7. Certification of competency with a firearm
Renewal Information:
You may renew your license 90 days prior to expiration and 30 days after expiration. You have a grace period of thirty days after the license expires during which your license remains valid. If your initial required competency training is over six (6) years old then you must take another one and pass it.
You must complete the CCW application. A set of fingerprints will either be rolled or scanned. Your photograph will be taken. The renewal fee will be collected or a waiver will be noted. The certificate of competency (less than six years old) or the renewal competency certificate must be presented to the Sheriff.
Informing Law Enforcement of Carry:
If a licensee is transporting a loaded concealed firearm and is stopped by a law enforcement officer, he must keep his hands in plain sight, notify the officer that he has a concealed firearm and a license to carry a concealed firearm, and follow all specific instructions issued by the officer.
Automobile carry:
A person who has been issued a concealed handgun license or a temporary emergency license to carry a concealed handgun may transport a loaded handgun in a motor vehicle if the loaded handgun is:
In a holster secured on the person
In a closed case, bag, box or other container that is in plain sight and has a lid, cover, or closing mechanism and must be opened for a person to gain access to the handgun; or
Stored in a closed, locked glove compartment or in a case that can be locked. Motorcycles fall under the definition of motor vehicles so the same requirements apply.
A firearm in the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle is considered unloaded if no ammunition is in the firearm in question, and no ammunition is loaded into a magazine or speed loader that may be used with the firearm in question and that is located anywhere within the vehicle in question, without regard to where ammunition otherwise is located within the vehicle in question. Muzzleloading weapons are considered unloaded if the percussion cap or priming powder in the pan is removed.
It is unlawful for a person not issued a concealed handgun license or a temporary emergency license to have a firearm in a motor vehicle unless it is unloaded and carried in one of the following ways:
In a closed case, box, or package.
Secured in a rack in plain sight.
In plain sight, with the action open or the weapon stripped, or if the firearms action will not stay open or it cannot be easily stripped, in plain sight.
In a compartment that can be reached only by leaving the vehicle.
Places off-limits when carrying:
The law sets forth several places where your license does not allow
you to carry a handgun. Under the law, you may not carry a concealed
handgun into the following places:
Police stations
Sheriffs offices
Highway Patrol posts.
Premises controlled by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification
and Investigation.
Correctional institutions or other detention facilities
Airport terminals or commercial airplanes.
Institutions for the care of mentally ill persons.
Courthouses or buildings in which a courtroom is located.
Universities, unless locked in a motor vehicle or in the process of
being locked in a motor vehicle.
Places of worship, unless the place of worship permits otherwise.
Child day-care centers.
Licensed D-Liquor Permit premises in which any person is consuming
liquor.
Concealed firearms are banned in premises for which a D permit
has been issued or in an open air arena for which a permit
of that nature has been issued. There are some exceptions to this
prohibition. The prohibition does not apply to principal holder
of D permit as long as principal holder is not consuming liquor.
The prohibition does not apply to an agent or employee of the
principal holder who is also a peace officer who is also off duty.
Possession of a concealed firearm is allowed in a retail store with
a D-6 or D-8 permit as long as concealed carry license holder is
not consuming liquor. Class D permits are generally issued to an
establishment that sells alcohol for consumption on the premises.
In any event, be certain of the type of permit and whether liquor is
being consumed before you enter with a concealed handgun.
Government facilities that are not used primarilys a shelter,
restroom, parking facility for motor vehicles, or rest facility and
is not a courthouse or a building or structure in which a courtroom
is located.
School safety zones.
A school safety zone includes a school, school building, school
premises, school activity, and school bus. For purposes of this statute,
a school includes everything up to the property boundary.
The law generally forbids the carrying of a handgun in a school
safety zone unless all of the following apply:
You do not enter a school building, premises or activity;
and
You have a concealed carry license or temporary emergency
license; and
You are not otherwise in one of the forbidden places listed
above and detailed in R.C. 2923.126 (B); or
You are a driver or passenger in a motor vehicle immediately
in the process of picking up or dropping off a child, and you
are not otherwise in violation of the laws governing transportation
of firearms in motor vehicles.
Deadly Force / Castle Doctrine:
Ohio is a Castle Doctrine state and has a stand-your-ground law.
Open Carry:
Unrestricted under state law.
Localities with Varying Laws:
Forms & Links:
NRA-ILA: Ohio Laws
Ohio Attorney General: Concealed Carry
Application for a Temporary License
Application for a Standard License
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