{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-1290.12","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1290.12","heading":"Procedure for application","body":"PROCEDURE FOR APPLICATION\n\nA. Except as provided in paragraph 11 of this subsection, the\n\nprocedure for applying for a handgun license and processing the\n\napplication shall be as follows:\n\n1. An eligible person may request an application packet for a\n\nhandgun license from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation or\n\nthe county sheriff's office either in person or by mail. The Bureau\n\nmay provide application packets to each sheriff not exceeding two\n\nhundred packets per request. The Bureau shall provide the following\n\ninformation in the application packet:\n\na. an application form,\n\nb. procedures to follow to process the application form,\n\nand\n\nc. if available, a copy of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act\n\nwith any modifications thereto;\n\n2. The person shall be required to successfully complete a\n\nfirearms safety and training course from a firearms instructor who\n\nis approved and registered in this state as provided in Section\n\n1290.14 of this title or from an interactive online firearms safety\n\nand training course available electronically via the Internet which\n\nhas been approved as to curriculum by the Council on Law Enforcement\n\nEducation and Training, and the person shall be required to\n\ndemonstrate competency and qualification with a pistol authorized\n\nfor concealed or unconcealed carry by the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act.\n\nThe original certificate of successful completion of a firearms\n\nsafety and training course and an original certificate of successful\n\ndemonstration of competency and qualification to carry and handle a\n\npistol or exemption from training certificate shall be submitted\n\nwith the application for a handgun license. No duplicate, copy,\n\nfacsimile or other reproduction of the certificate of training,\n\ncertificate of competency and qualification or exemption from\n\ntraining certificate shall be acceptable as proof of training as\n\nrequired by the provisions of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act;\n\n3. The application form shall be completed and delivered by the\n\napplicant, in person, to the sheriff of the county wherein the\n\napplicant resides;\n\n4. The person shall deliver to the sheriff at the time of\n\ndelivery of the completed application form a fee of One Hundred\n\nDollars ($100.00) for processing the application through the\n\nOklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and processing the required\n\nfingerprints through the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The\n\nprocessing fee shall be in the form of:\n\na. a money order or a cashier's check made payable to the\n\nOklahoma State Bureau of Investigation,\n\nb. a nationally recognized credit card issued to the\n\napplicant. For purposes of this paragraph,\n\n\"nationally recognized credit card\" means any\n\ninstrument or device, whether known as a credit card,\n\ncredit plate, charge plate, or by any other name,\n\nissued with or without fee by the issuer for the use\n\nof the cardholder in obtaining goods, services, or\n\nanything else of value on credit which is accepted by\n\nover one thousand merchants in the state. The\n\nOklahoma State Bureau of Investigation shall determine\n\nwhich nationally recognized credit cards will be\n\naccepted by the Bureau, or\n\nc. electronic funds transfer.\n\nAny person paying application fees to the Oklahoma State Bureau of\n\nInvestigation by means of a nationally recognized credit card or by\n\nmeans of an electronic funds transfer shall be required to complete\n\nand submit his or her application through the online application\n\nprocess of the Bureau.\n\nThe processing fee shall not be refundable in the event of a\n\ndenial of a handgun license or any suspension or revocation\n\nsubsequent to the issuance of a license. Persons making application\n\nfor a firearms instructor shall not be required to pay the\n\napplication fee as provided in this section, but shall be required\n\nto pay the costs provided in paragraphs 6 and 8 of this subsection;\n\n5. The completed application form shall be signed by the\nthe event of a\n\ndenial of a handgun license or any suspension or revocation\n\nsubsequent to the issuance of a license. Persons making application\n\nfor a firearms instructor shall not be required to pay the\n\napplication fee as provided in this section, but shall be required\n\nto pay the costs provided in paragraphs 6 and 8 of this subsection;\n\n5. The completed application form shall be signed by the\n\napplicant in person before the sheriff. The signature shall be\n\ngiven voluntarily upon a sworn oath that the person knows the\n\ncontents of the application and that the information contained in\n\nthe application is true and correct. Any person making any false or\n\nmisleading statement on an application for a handgun license shall,\n\nupon conviction, be guilty of perjury as defined by Section 491 of\n\nthis title. Any conviction shall be punished as provided in Section\n\n500 of this title. In addition to a criminal conviction, the person\n\nshall be denied the right to have a handgun license pursuant to the\n\nprovisions of Section 1290.10 of this title and the Oklahoma State\n\nBureau of Investigation shall revoke the handgun license, if issued;\n\n6. Two passport-size photographs of the applicant shall be\n\nsubmitted with the completed application. The cost of the\n\nphotographs shall be the responsibility of the applicant. The\n\nsheriff is authorized to take the photograph of the applicant for\n\npurposes of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act and, if such photographs\n\nare taken by the sheriff, the cost of the photographs shall not\n\nexceed Ten Dollars ($10.00) for the two photos. All money received\n\nby the sheriff from photographing applicants pursuant to the\n\nprovisions of this paragraph shall be retained by the sheriff and\n\ndeposited into the Sheriff's Service Fee Account;\n\n7. The sheriff shall witness the signature of the applicant and\n\nreview or take the photographs of the applicant and shall verify\n\nthat the person making application for a handgun license is the same\n\nperson in the photographs submitted and the same person who signed\n\nthe application form. Proof of a valid Oklahoma driver license with\n\na photograph of the applicant or an Oklahoma state photo\n\nidentification for the applicant shall be required to be presented\n\nby the applicant to the sheriff for verification of the person's\n\nidentity;\n\n8. Upon verification of the identity of the applicant, the\n\nsheriff shall take two complete sets of fingerprints of the\n\napplicant. Both sets of fingerprints shall be submitted by the\n\nsheriff with the completed application, certificate of training,\n\ncertificate of competency and qualification or an exemption from\n\ntraining certificate, photographs and processing fee to the Oklahoma\n\nState Bureau of Investigation within fourteen (14) days of taking\n\nthe fingerprints. The cost of the fingerprints shall be paid by the\n\napplicant. The sheriff may charge a fee of up to Twenty-five\n\nDollars ($25.00) for the two sets of fingerprints. All fees\n\ncollected by the sheriff from taking fingerprints pursuant to the\n\nprovisions of this paragraph shall be retained by the sheriff and\n\ndeposited into the Sheriff's Service Fee Account;\n\n9. The sheriff shall submit to the Oklahoma State Bureau of\n\nInvestigation within the fourteen-day period, together with the\n\ncompleted application, including the certificate of training,\n\ncertificate of competency and qualification, exemption from training\n\ncertificate, photographs, processing fee and legible fingerprints\n\nmeeting the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation's Automated\n\nFingerprint Identification System (AFIS) submission standards, and a\n\nreport of information deemed pertinent to an investigation of the\n\napplicant for a handgun license. The sheriff shall make a\n\npreliminary investigation of pertinent information about the\n\napplicant and the court clerk shall assist the sheriff in locating\ns Automated\n\nFingerprint Identification System (AFIS) submission standards, and a\n\nreport of information deemed pertinent to an investigation of the\n\napplicant for a handgun license. The sheriff shall make a\n\npreliminary investigation of pertinent information about the\n\napplicant and the court clerk shall assist the sheriff in locating\n\npertinent information in court records for this purpose. If no\n\npertinent information is found to exist either for or against the\n\napplicant, the sheriff shall so indicate in the report;\n\n10. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, upon receipt of\n\nthe application and required information from the sheriff, shall\n\nforward one full set of fingerprints of the applicant to the Federal\n\nBureau of Investigation for a national criminal history records\n\nsearch. The cost of processing the fingerprints nationally shall be\n\npaid from the processing fee collected by the Oklahoma State Bureau\n\nof Investigation;\n\n11. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Oklahoma Self-Defense\n\nAct, or any other provisions of law, any person who has been granted\n\na permanent victim protective order by the court, as provided for in\n\nthe Protection from Domestic Abuse Act, may be issued a temporary\n\nhandgun license for a period not to exceed six (6) months. A\n\ntemporary handgun license may be issued if the person has\n\nsuccessfully passed the required weapons course, completed the\n\napplication process for the handgun license, passed the preliminary\n\ninvestigation by the sheriff and court clerk, and provided the\n\nsheriff proof of a certified permanent victim protective order and a\n\nvalid Oklahoma state photo identification card or driver license.\n\nThe sheriff shall issue a temporary handgun license on a form\n\napproved by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, at no cost.\n\nAny person who has been issued a temporary license shall carry the\n\ntemporary handgun license and a valid Oklahoma state photo\n\nidentification on his or her person at all times, and shall be\n\nsubject to all the requirements of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act\n\nwhen carrying a handgun. The person may proceed with the handgun\n\nlicensing process. In the event the victim protective order is no\n\nlonger enforceable, the temporary handgun license shall cease to be\n\nvalid;\n\n12. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation shall make a\n\nreasonable effort to investigate the information submitted by the\n\napplicant and the sheriff to ascertain whether or not the issuance\n\nof a handgun license would be in violation of the provisions of the\n\nOklahoma Self-Defense Act. The investigation by the Bureau of an\n\napplicant shall include, but shall not be limited to: a statewide\n\ncriminal history records search, a national criminal history records\n\nsearch, a Federal Bureau of Investigation fingerprint search, a\n\ncheck of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System\n\n(NICS), an Immigration Alien Query (IAQ) for non-United-States\n\ncitizens and, if applicable, an investigation of medical records or\n\nother records or information deemed by the Bureau to be relevant to\n\nthe application.\n\na. In the course of the investigation by the Bureau, it\n\nshall present the name of the applicant along with any\n\nknown aliases, the address of the applicant and the\n\nSocial Security number of the applicant to the\n\nDepartment of Mental Health and Substance Abuse\n\nServices. The Department of Mental Health and\n\nSubstance Abuse Services shall respond within ten (10)\n\ndays of receiving such information to the Bureau as\n\nfollows:\n\n(1) with a \"Yes\" answer, if the records of the\n\nDepartment indicate that the person was\n\ninvoluntarily committed to a mental institution\n\nin Oklahoma,\n\n(2) with a \"No\" answer, if there are no records\n\nindicating the name of the person as a person\n\ninvoluntarily committed to a mental institution\n\nin Oklahoma, or\nrespond within ten (10)\n\ndays of receiving such information to the Bureau as\n\nfollows:\n\n(1) with a \"Yes\" answer, if the records of the\n\nDepartment indicate that the person was\n\ninvoluntarily committed to a mental institution\n\nin Oklahoma,\n\n(2) with a \"No\" answer, if there are no records\n\nindicating the name of the person as a person\n\ninvoluntarily committed to a mental institution\n\nin Oklahoma, or\n\n(3) with an \"Inconclusive\" answer if the records of\n\nthe Department suggest the applicant may be a\n\nformerly committed person. In the case of an\n\ninconclusive answer, the Bureau shall ask the\n\napplicant whether he or she was involuntarily\n\ncommitted. If the applicant states under penalty\n\nof perjury that he or she has not been\n\ninvoluntarily committed, the Bureau shall\n\ncontinue processing the application for a\n\nlicense.\n\nb. In the course of the investigation by the Bureau, it\n\nshall check the name of any applicant who is twenty-\n\neight (28) years of age or younger along with any\n\nknown aliases, the address of the applicant and the\n\nSocial Security number of the applicant against the\n\nrecords in the Juvenile Online Tracking System (JOLTS)\n\nof the Office of Juvenile Affairs. The Office of\n\nJuvenile Affairs shall provide the Bureau direct\n\naccess to check the applicant against the records\n\navailable on JOLTS:\n\n(1) if the Bureau finds a record on JOLTS that\n\nindicates the person was adjudicated a delinquent\n\nfor an offense that would constitute a felony\n\noffense if committed by an adult within the last\n\nten (10) years, the Bureau shall deny the\n\nlicense,\n\n(2) if the Bureau finds no record on JOLTS indicating\n\nthe named person was adjudicated delinquent for\n\nan offense that would constitute a felony offense\n\nif committed by an adult within the last ten (10)\n\nyears, the Bureau shall continue processing the\n\napplication for a license, or\n\n(3) if the records suggest the applicant may have\n\nbeen adjudicated delinquent for an offense that\n\nwould constitute a felony offense if committed by\n\nan adult but such record is inconclusive, the\n\nBureau shall ask the applicant whether he or she\n\nwas adjudicated a delinquent for an offense that\n\nwould constitute a felony offense if committed by\n\nan adult within the last ten (10) years. If the\n\napplicant states under penalty of perjury that he\n\nor she was not adjudicated a delinquent within\n\nten (10) years, the Bureau shall continue\n\nprocessing the application for a license; and\n\n13. If the background check set forth in paragraph 12 of this\n\nsubsection reveals no records pertaining to the applicant, the\n\nOklahoma State Bureau of Investigation shall either issue a handgun\n\nlicense or deny the application within sixty (60) days of the date\n\nof receipt of the applicant's completed application and the required\n\ninformation from the sheriff. In all other cases, the Oklahoma\n\nState Bureau of Investigation shall either issue a handgun license\n\nor deny the application within ninety (90) days of the date of the\n\nreceipt of the applicant's completed application and the required\n\ninformation from the sheriff. The Bureau shall deny a license when\n\nthe applicant fails to properly complete the application form or\n\napplication process or, based on the background check set forth in\n\nparagraph 12 of this subsection, is determined not to be eligible as\n\nspecified by the provisions of Section 1290.9, 1290.10 or 1290.11 of\n\nthis title. The Bureau shall approve an application in all other\n\ncases. If an application is denied, the Bureau shall notify the\n\napplicant in writing of its decision. The notification shall state\n\nthe grounds for the denial and inform the applicant of the right to\n\nan appeal as may be provided by the provisions of the Administrative\n\nProcedures Act. All notices of denial shall be mailed by first-\n\nclass mail to the address of the applicant listed in the\n\napplication. Within sixty (60) calendar days from the date of\nify the\n\napplicant in writing of its decision. The notification shall state\n\nthe grounds for the denial and inform the applicant of the right to\n\nan appeal as may be provided by the provisions of the Administrative\n\nProcedures Act. All notices of denial shall be mailed by first-\n\nclass mail to the address of the applicant listed in the\n\napplication. Within sixty (60) calendar days from the date of\n\nmailing a denial of application to an applicant, the applicant shall\n\nnotify the Bureau in writing of the intent to appeal the decision of\n\ndenial or the right of the applicant to appeal shall be deemed\n\nwaived. Any administrative hearing on a denial which may be\n\nprovided shall be conducted by a hearing examiner appointed by the\n\nBureau. The decision of the hearing examiner shall be a final\n\ndecision appealable to a district court in accordance with the\n\nAdministrative Procedures Act. When an application is approved, the\n\nBureau shall issue the license and shall mail the license by first-\n\nclass mail to the address of the applicant listed in the\n\napplication.\n\nB. Nothing contained in any provision of the Oklahoma Self-\n\nDefense Act shall be construed to require or authorize the\n\nregistration, documentation or providing of serial numbers with\n\nregard to any firearm. For purposes of the Oklahoma Self-Defense\n\nAct, the sheriff may designate a person to receive, fingerprint,\n\nphotograph or otherwise process applications for handgun licenses.","path":["OK Code","Title 21"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os21.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"2dc1c6875f41f651523334514dedd5ddf276e74bcb856711d41730b02b9cb9b5","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-1290.11","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-1290.13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}