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Concealed Handgun Licenses
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Concealed Handgun Licenses
Type of Permit Fee New Concealed Handgun License $115.00 Renew Concealed Handgun License $75.00 Transferring from Another County (Not needing to renew) $30.00 Transferring from Another County and needing to renew $90.00 Requesting a Duplicate Concealed Handgun License $15.00 Change of Address (within Yamhill County) or Change of Name $15.00 -
Concealed Handgun Licenses
- According to ORS 166.292 (1): "If the application for the license is approved, the sheriff shall issue and mail or otherwise deliver to the applicant at the address shown on the application, within 45 days of the application."
- Please note that the 45 days does not begin until all application materials, including fingerprints (if applicable), are received. CHL applications are processed in the order received, and incomplete applications will be added to the queue once all required documents are received and fingerprinting has been completed (as appropriate).
- Each license requires an extensive criminal, civil, and mental health background check to be conducted pursuant to Oregon state law.
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Concealed Handgun Licenses
- We receive, on average, 260 applications a month and are issuing, on average, 243 licenses a month. Once all application materials are received, it takes an average of about one hour to complete the background check and issue each license.
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Concealed Handgun Licenses
- We are receiving many calls and emails asking for updates on the status of individual applications, which takes our staff away from their work and causes additional delay.
- Instead of calling or emailing, please utilize the online tool to check on the status of your application at any time; simply go online to the OrderTracker link (Application Order Tracker), which is provided in your application confirmation email.
- For a list of what your status means, please refer to Concealed Handgun Licenses Expanded.