Concealed Carry Permits
Click the button below for Concealed Handgun Permit information and applications. You can apply for a NEW application or RENEW your current permit.
Fingerprinting Services
Click the button below for Fingerprint information and applications. This is not for New Concealed Handgun applications.
Concealed Handgun 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.
Fingerprinting Services Fingerprinting Services
The Sheriff and his staff are required to follow strict federal guidelines when performing necessary procedures for fingerprinting. 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.
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office fingerprints Franklin County Residents Only with the correct information on your valid NC ID. Please allow 15-20 minutes to complete your appointment. If you are not prepared with the correct paperwork, or you are late for your appointment, you will need to reschedule.
- Fingerprinting costs $10.00 for two fingerprint cards; additional cards are $5 each.
- Appointments for fingerprinting are held at the Franklin County Sheriff's Office at 285 T. Kemp Road, Louisburg, NC 27549.
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- Appointments are available Monday to Friday, from 8:00am-3:00pm, excluding holidays.
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For More Information, Contact:
Gun Permits
Franklin County Sheriff's Office
285 T. Kemp Road
Louisburg, NC 27549
phone: (919) 496-2186
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.)
