Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 16 - ATTORNEY GENERAL
Article 11 - PERSONAL AND FAMILY PROTECTION ACT
Section 16-11-5 - Application procedure

Universal Citation: KS Admin Regs 16-11-5

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 39, September 26, 2024

(a) Each applicant for a license to carry a concealed handgun pursuant to the act shall submit to the sheriff of the county in which the applicant resides a completed application in accordance with K.S.A. 75-7c05, and amendments thereto, and these regulations.

(b) Except for military applicants and their dependents, an applicant shall be considered to be a resident of the state only if the applicant possesses either a valid Kansas driver's license or a valid Kansas nondriver's identification card.

(c) Within seven days of receiving an application, each sheriff shall submit the following to the attorney general:

(1) A copy of the applicant's completed application for licensure; and

(2) the application fee established by K.S.A. 75-7c05, and amendments thereto.

(d)

(1) Within seven days of receiving an application, each sheriff shall submit one full set of the fingerprints of the applicant as follows:
(A) To the Kansas bureau of investigation (KBI), electronically; or

(B) to the attorney general on an applicant card provided by the federal bureau of investigation (FBI).

(2) Each fingerprint submission, whether submitted electronically or using the applicant card, shall contain the originating agency identifier (ORI) assigned to the office of attorney general by the FBI and shall indicate that the fingerprinting is for concealed carry licensing pursuant to the act.

(e) A state and national criminal history records check shall be promptly completed by the KBI.

(f) The 90-day timeline specified in K.S.A. 75-7c05, and amendments thereto, for issuance or denial of a license shall begin on the date when all of the following items are received by the attorney general:

(1) A completed application;

(2) the cashier's check, personal check, or money order submitted in accordance with K.S.A. 75-7c05(b), and amendments thereto;

(3) a photocopy of the appropriate documentation described in K.S.A. 75-7c05(b), and amendments thereto; and

(4) a full frontal-view photograph of the applicant as described in K.S.A. 75-7c05(b), and amendments thereto.

(g) The document titled "concealed handgun license sheriff's or chief's voluntary report pursuant to personal and family protection act," dated July 1, 2006, is hereby adopted by reference. In accordance with the voluntary report, within 45 days of the date on which a sheriff receives any application from a resident of that county, the sheriff or the chief law enforcement officer of any other law enforcement agency in that county may provide information that, when corroborated through public records and combined with another enumerated factor, establishes that the applicant poses a significantly greater threat to law enforcement or the public at large than the average citizen.

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