Concealed Handgun Permits
Click the button below for Concealed Handgun Permit information and applications. You can apply for a new application, renew your current application or change the address associated with your application.
Fingerprinting Services
Click the button below for Fingerprint information and applications. This is not for New Concealed Handgun applications.
Concealed Carry Permits. The process is easier than you think.
The concealed carry permit is administered through your local Sheriff's office. All permits costs are non-refundable. The permit costs $90 for new permits and $75 to renew a permit. Click on the button above to start the application/renewal process.
Please visit the below website for further information regarding NC Concealed Handgun Firearms Laws and reciprocity:
NC Firearms Laws and Reciprocity (CLICK HERE)
Fingerprinting Services We are here to help.
The Sheriff and his staff are required to follow strict federal guidelines when performing necessary procedures for fingerprinting. Due to the nature of the detailed due diligence, appointment times and processing times can take multiple weeks. During the application process, you will be asked to schedule an appointment. Please note that you will be asked to pay now to reserve your appointment.
Pricing
- Fingerprinting for Union County Residents is free of charge. For out of county residents, the fee is $20.
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Make sure you bring any paperwork (i.e. Electronic submission form) from the agency or company requesting that you be fingerprinted. We do not supply these forms and if you do not have them for your appointment, you will not be fingerprinted and be asked to reschedule.
- Appointments for fingerprinting will be processed between 6:00am-8:00pm Monday-Friday.
- Click the "Let's get Started" button to apply for a permit.
For More Information, Contact:
Union County Sheriff's Office
3370 Presson Rd
Monroe, NC 28112
For questions about your permit application:
Email: console@unioncountync.gov
Phone: 704-283-3789
For Technical Support, Contact:
Permitium Software
Email: help@permitium.com
Phone: (855) 642-2453
NC General Statute 14-315.1: Storage of firearms to protect minors
(a) Any person who resides in the same premises as a minor, owns or possesses a firearm, and stores or leaves the firearm (i) in a condition that the firearm can be discharged and (ii) in a manner that the person knew or should have known that an unsupervised minor would be able to gain access to the firearm, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor if a minor gains access to the firearm without the lawful permission of the minor's parents or a person having charge of the minor and the minor:
- Possesses it in violation of G.S. 14-269.2(b);
- Exhibits it in a public place in a careless, angry, or threatening manner;
- Causes personal injury or death with it not in self defense; or
- Uses it in the commission of a crime.
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a person from carrying a firearm on his or her body, or placed in such close proximity that it can be used as easily and quickly as if carried on the body.
(c) This section shall not apply if the minor obtained the firearm as a result of an unlawful entry by any person.
(d) "Minor" as used in this section means a person under 18 years of age who is not emancipated. (1993, c. 558, s. 2; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 14, s. 11.)
