(1)(a) To
obtain a permit, a person shall submit a permit application on a statewide
standardized form developed by the sheriffs and available from each sheriff. The
permit application form shall solicit only the following information from the
applicant:
(I)The applicant's full name, date of birth, and address;
(II)The applicant's birth name, if different from the name provided pursuant
to subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (a), and any other names the applicant may
have used or by which the applicant may have been known;
(III)The applicant's home address or addresses for the ten-year period
immediately preceding submittal of the application;
(IV)Whether the applicant is a resident of this state as of the date of
application and whether the applicant has a valid driver's l
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(1) (a) To
obtain a permit, a person shall submit a permit application on a statewide
standardized form developed by the sheriffs and available from each sheriff. The
permit application form shall solicit only the following information from the
applicant:
(I) The applicant's full name, date of birth, and address;
(II) The applicant's birth name, if different from the name provided pursuant
to subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (a), and any other names the applicant may
have used or by which the applicant may have been known;
(III) The applicant's home address or addresses for the ten-year period
immediately preceding submittal of the application;
(IV) Whether the applicant is a resident of this state as of the date of
application and whether the applicant has a valid driver's license or other state-issued photo identification or military order proving residence; and
(V) Whether the applicant meets the criteria for obtaining a permit specified
in section 18-12-203 (1).
(b) The permit application form shall not require the applicant to waive or
release a right or privilege, including but not limited to waiver or release of
privileged or confidential information contained in medical records.
(2) (a) An applicant shall complete the permit application form and return it,
in person, to the sheriff of the county or city and county in which the applicant
resides or to the sheriff of the county or city and county in which the applicant
maintains a secondary residence or owns or leases real property used by the
applicant in a business. The applicant shall sign the completed permit application
form in person before the sheriff. The applicant shall provide his or her signature
voluntarily upon a sworn oath that the applicant knows the contents of the permit
application and that the information contained in the permit application is true and
correct. An applicant who knowingly and intentionally makes a false or misleading
statement on a permit application or deliberately omits any material information
requested on the application commits perjury as described in section 18-8-503.
Upon conviction, the applicant shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501.
In addition, the applicant shall be denied the right to obtain or possess a permit, and
the sheriff shall revoke the applicant's permit if issued prior to conviction.
(b) An applicant shall also submit to the sheriff a permit fee not to exceed
one hundred dollars for processing the permit application. The sheriff shall set the
amount of the permit fee as provided in subsection (5) of this section. In addition,
the applicant shall submit an amount specified by the director of the bureau,
pursuant to section 24-72-306, C.R.S., for processing the applicant's fingerprints
through the bureau and through the federal bureau of investigation. Neither the
permit fee nor the fingerprint processing fee shall be refundable in the event the
sheriff denies the applicant's permit application or suspends or revokes the permit
subsequent to issuance.
(3) In addition to the items specified in subsection (2) of this section, an
applicant, when submitting the completed permit application, shall submit the
following items to the sheriff:
(a) Documentary evidence demonstrating competence with a handgun as
specified in section 18-12-203 (1)(h); and
(b) A full frontal view color photograph of the applicant's head taken within
the thirty days immediately preceding submittal of the permit application; except
that the applicant need not submit a photograph if the sheriff photographs the
applicant for purposes of issuing a permit. Any photograph submitted shall show
the applicant's full head, including hair and facial features, and the depiction of the
applicant's head shall measure one and one-eighth inches wide and one and one-fourth inches high.
(4) (a) The sheriff shall witness an applicant's signature on the permit
application as provided in subsection (2) of this section and verify that the person
making application for a permit is the same person who appears in any photograph
submitted and the same person who signed the permit application form. To verify
the applicant's identity, the applicant shall present to the sheriff the applicant's
valid Colorado driver's license or valid Colorado or military photo identification.
(b) After verifying the applicant's identity, the sheriff shall take two
complete sets of the applicant's fingerprints. The sheriff shall submit both sets of
fingerprints to the bureau, and the sheriff shall not retain a set of the applicant's
fingerprints.
(c) After receipt of a permit application and the items specified in this
section, the sheriff shall verify that the applicant meets the criteria specified in
section 18-12-203 (1) and is not a danger as described in section 18-12-203 (2). The
verification at a minimum shall include requesting the bureau to conduct a search
of the national instant criminal background check system and a search of the state
integrated criminal justice information system to determine whether the applicant
meets the criteria specified in section 18-12-203 (1). In addition, if the applicant
resides in a municipality or town, the sheriff shall consult with the police
department of the municipality or town in which the applicant resides, and the
sheriff may consult with other local law enforcement agencies.
(5) The sheriff in each county or city and county in the state shall establish
the amount of the new and renewal permit fees within his or her jurisdiction. The
amount of the new and renewal permit fees shall comply with the limits specified in
paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of this section and section 18-12-211 (1), respectively.
The fee amounts shall reflect the actual direct and indirect costs to the sheriff of
processing permit applications and renewal applications pursuant to this part 2.