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LICENSE TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

 

Applicants can pick up an application for a license to carry a concealed weapon at the Sheriff’s Office in the Courthouse, or at the Sheriff’s Office located at the County Jail, or obtain an application from the Sheriff’s website at: www.colcountysheriff.com 

* Applicants must be 21 years of age or older.
   
* Applicants must have been a resident of Ohio for at least 45 days and have been a resident of this county or an adjacent county for 30 days.
   
* Applicant must certify that he/she desires a legal means to carry a concealed handgun for defense of himself/herself or a member of his/her family while engaged in a lawful activity.
   
* Applicant cannot be a fugitive from justice.
   
* Applicant cannot be under indictment or charged or convicted of a felony or any narcotics, controlled substance, or dangerous drug violation, including misdemeanors.
   
* Applicant cannot have a conviction for assault if the victim of the assault is a peace officer.
   
* Applicant cannot have a conviction within the 3 years immediately preceding the application date for a misdemeanor offense of violence other than assault of a peace officer, resisting arrest, or possessing a firearm in a liquor premises.
   
* Applicants cannot have 2 or more convictions with the 5 years immediately preceding the application date for assault or negligent assault.
   
* Applicant cannot have a conviction with the 10 years immediately preceding the application date for resisting arrest.
   
* Applicant cannot have been adjudicated as mentally incompetent, or committed to any mental institution, or is not under a adjudication for mental incompetence, or has been found mentally ill by a court and subject to hospitalization, or is not a involuntary patient.  The Attorney General’s Office has now cleared the way for Sheriffs to have access to these records, which were in the past protected in the Privacy Act.
   
*  Applicants cannot at the time of application be subject to a civil protection order, a temporary protection order, or a protection order issued from another state.

 PROCESS FOR CCW LICENSE IN COLUMBIANA COUNTY IS AS FOLLOWS:

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A completed application and certification.
   

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 A $67.00 application fee if a resident of Ohio for five (5) years or $ 91.00 if you have been a resident of Ohio for less than five (5) years: paid by cash, or money order, NO PERSONAL CHECKS or CREDIT/DEBIT CARDS.   All completed applications must be turned in to the Sheriff’s Office at the Courthouse Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. starting April 1, 2011.
   

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You must supply the Sheriff with a recent color photograph, passport size, which has been taken in the last 30 days.
   

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You must appear at the Sheriff's Office Criminal Division (located at the Jail Complex) between the hours of 8:00 a.m.- 8:30 a.m., Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday or 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Saturday, for fingerprinting one week or later after your application is submitted for fingerprinting.
   
* License renewal fee is $50.00
   
* Applicants will be supplied with a safety pamphlet, which has been produced by the Attorney General’s Office.  The applicant must read the pamphlet in its entirety.  Pamphlets are available in the Sheriff’s Office in the Courthouse.

 CERTIFICATION IS DEFINED AS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:

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A certification of completion with the last 3 years of a firearms safety training course offered by the National Rifle Association that complies with the statutory requirements for its curriculum.
   

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A certification of completion within the last 3 years of a firearms safety-training course that is open to the public that has qualified instructors offered by or under the support of a law enforcement agency.
   

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A certification of completion with the last 3 years of a peace officer training school that is approved by the Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission.
   

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A certification of completion with the last 3 years of a basic firearms training program that complies with statutory requirements.
   

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Documentation that the applicant is currently an active reserve member of the armed forces of the United States.
   

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Documentation that within the last 6 years the applicant was honorably discharged from the armed forces of the United States, is a retired trooper with Ohio State Patrol, a retired peace officer, or a retired federal law enforcement officer.
   

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An affidavit that attests to the applicant’s satisfactory completion of a firearms safety course.

FIREARMS TRAINING

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The course required by law is 10 hours of classroom instruction and 2 hours of range instruction.  The instructor must make their own arrangements to contact NRA Instructor, Ohio Peace Officer Training Instructor to receive the training to satisfy law.
   
*  It is recommended that you request training from an instructor and that you check their credentials carefully.  Make sure that he/she is a certified firearms instructor for the type of weapon you are training with and make sure their certification is current.

APPLICATION PROCESS

* Upon receipt of application for license to carry a concealed handgun, the Sheriff will conduct a criminal records check incompetency records check.
   
* Within 45 days of receipt of an application the Sheriff will issue a license to carry a concealed handgun or deny the application.
   
* If the application is issued, the license remains valid for 5 years, within 90 days prior or 30 days after expiration, the applicant must apply for renewal of the license.
   
* If the application is denied, the Sheriff will indicate in writing the reasons for the denial.  Upon denial, the applicant may proceed through an appeals process.
   
* Any false statements on an application are a felony of the fourth degree.  Any fictitious or altered document that supports the information given on the application is a felony of the fifth degree.

APPLICATION FOR TEMPORARY EMERGENCY CONCEALED HANDGUN LICENSE APPLICATION

The second type of application that a citizen can apply for is a Temporary Emergency Concealed Carry Handgun License.

The person who requests this type of license must qualify as the same for the regular permit to carry a concealed handgun, but the individual who is requesting the Temporary Emergency Concealed Carry Handgun License must prove to the Sheriff beyond a reasonable doubt that he/she is in immediate danger.  Such evidence that the Sheriff must take into consideration for this type of license are the following:

* Documentation by a law enforcement agency, Prosecutor or court.
   
* A government entity or a public official, such report is that you request a temporary protection order or a civil protection order against an individual.  This documentation must have a sworn affidavit attached.  Keep in mind again that any fictitious document that is found to be untrue by the applicant is a felony of the fourth degree.
   
* Under this type of licensing the applicant does not have to show that they have gone through the instructional course.
   
* This type of license or permit can only be issued one time in a 4-year period.
   
* Temporary Emergency Concealed Carry Handgun License is only valid for 90 days.

 

ANY PERSON WHO POSSESS A VALID LICENSE TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN MAY NOT POSSESS OR CARRY A HANDGUN ON OR INTO THE FOLLOWING PREMISES:

* POLICE STATIONS
   
* CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTES
   
* HIGHWAY PATROL
   
* SHERIFF'S OFFICE
   
* LIQUOR PREMISES - LICENSED D
   
* PROPERTY OWNED BY A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE, OR INSTITUTE OF HIGHER LEARNING
   
* ANY PLACE OF WORSHIP UNLESS PERMITTED BY THE PLACE OF WORSHIP
   
* CHILD DAY-CARE CENTERS
   
* AIRCRAFT
   
* ANY BUILDING OWNED OR LEASED BY THE STATE, ANY CITY, TOWNSHIP OR VILLAGE
   
* PREMISES OF A PRIVATE EMPLOYER UNLESS PERMITTED BY THE EMPLOYER
   
* COURTHOUSE'S OR BUILDINGS IN WHICH A COURTROOM IS LOCATED

  

IF THE DRIVER OR AN OCCUPANT OF MOTOR VEHICLE POSSESSES A VALID LICENSE TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN AND IS TRANSPORTING OR HAS ON HIS/HER PERSON A CONCEALED HANDGUN WHILE THE MOTOR VEHICLE IS BEING OPERATED ON A STREET, HIGHWAY, OR PUBLIC PROPERTY OR UPON BEING STOPPED BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SHALL:

* HAVE THE HANDGUN HOLSTERED ON THE PERSON’S PERSON OR IS SECURELY ENCASED IN A CLOSED, LOCKED GLOVE COMPARTMENT OR IN A LOCKED CASE.  A VIOLATION IS A FELONY OF THE FIFTH DEGREE.
   
* PROMPTLY INFORM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER THAT THE PERSON POSSESSES A LICENSE AND HAS A LOADED HANDGUN IN THE VEHICLE.  A VIOLATION IS A MISDEMEANOR OF THE FOURTH DEGREE.
   
* COMPLY WITH ALL LAWFUL ORDERS OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.  FAILURE TO DO SO IS A MISDEMEANOR OF THE FOURTH DEGREE.
   
* REMAIN IN THE VEHICLE AT ALL TIMES DURING THE STOP.  FAILURE TO DO SO IS A MISDEMEANOR OF THE FOURTH DEGREE.
   
* KEEP HIS/HER HANDS IN PLAIN SIGHT AT ALL TIMES DURING THE STOP UNLESS OTHERWISE INSTRUCTED BY THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.  A VIOLATIN IS A MISDEMEANOR OF THE FOURTH DEGREE.
   
* NOT REMOVE, ATTEMPT OR REMOVE, GRASP OR HOLD THE LOADED HANDGUN AT ANY TIME WHILE THE MOTOR VEHICLE IS BEING OPERATED ON A STREET, HIGHWAY, OR PUBLIC PROPERTY OR DURING A TRAFFIC STOP UNLESS INSTRUCTED OTHERWISE BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.  A VIOLATION IS A FELONY OF THE FIFTH DEGREE.
   
* NOT BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUG ABUSE OR WITH A PROHIBITED CONCENTRATION OF ALCOHOL IN HIS/HER BREATH, BLOOD, OR URINE.  A VIOLATION IS A FELONY OF THE FIFTH DEGREE.

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