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Firearm Permits

You must include the following with your completed application form:

1) a completed application form (provided here), signed and dated by the applicant (a renewal application cannot be submitted earlier than 90 days prior to the expiration date on the permit); and
 
(2) an accurate photocopy of a training certificate from a certified trainer (earned within one year before your application date), submitted as evidence of your training in the safe use of a pistol; and
 
(3) an accurate photocopy of your current driver's license (with current home address), state identification card, or the photo page of your passport.
 
(4) a $100.00 application fee for new permit applicants or $75.00 for renewal applicants (an additional $10 late fee will be added if the application is submitted 30 days after the expiration date) is payable in exact cash, check, money order or by card, except American Express.  Please note that we cannot make change, so if paying in cash it must be exact. There is a $10.00 fee to print a new card for change of address/loss or destruction (provided here). All fees must be made payable to "ST. LOUIS COUNTY SHERIFF".
 
**Any applicant who is otherwise ineligible for a permit due to a criminal conviction but who has obtained a pardon or expungement setting aside the conviction, sealing the conviction, or otherwise restoring applicable rights, must submit a copy of the relevant order in addition to the above described requirements.

 

***These above steps DO NOT apply for Permits to Purchase. Please click here for a detailed step-by-step process for their submission.

All Permits-to-Carry must be submitted in person.

 
 

 

Contact

In emergency or to file a report, call 911.

Duluth Records Dept.
218-336-4360
Duluth Records Email

Hibbing Records Dept.
218-312-8134
Hibbing Records Email

Virginia Records Dept.
218-471-7134
Virginia Records Email