Grim_Night
Regular Member
-_- seems that living in pierce county, I am required to apply at the LESA office in down town tacoma... absolutely rediculous...
Does anybody know if you are required to apply for your CPL in the county that you reside? I live in Pierce county but I will be in Kitsap county the beginning of september and I would like to apply there since it seems that the silverdale sheriff's office has a very short waiting period for getting your CPL.
-_- seems that living in pierce county, I am required to apply at the LESA office in down town tacoma... absolutely rediculous...
If you want to apply in Kitsap then just wait until the first of September when you move their, obtain something with your new address as an electric bill, phone, rent receipt or such and go apply.
No... I have business in port orchard on the 7th... I figured I might as well apply for my CPL in kitsap county while I'm there since it seems that it's possible to be able to walk out with my CPL in hand same day that I apply. But it seems that since I live in pierce county, I have to apply in pierce county... and based on this...
If you live… ~~> Apply at…
In an unincorporated area of a county in Washington State ~~> Your county sheriff’s office
In an incorporated city or town in Washington State ~~> The police department in your city or town or Your county sheriff’s office
Outside of Washington State (not a Washington resident) ~~> Any local law enforcement agency in Washington
I *should* be able to apply at any sheriff's office in my county but pierce forces you to go to the LESA office in downtown tacoma only
RCW 9.41.070 (13) A person may apply for a concealed pistol license:
(a) To the municipality or to the county in which the applicant resides if the applicant resides in a municipality;
(b) To the county in which the applicant resides if the applicant resides in an unincorporated area; or
(c) Anywhere in the state if the applicant is a nonresident.
You live in Tacoma and are not planning to move then yes you get to apply at the LESA office, I have no idea why you thought you could apply in another county then the one you live in?
I am aware also that some counties will not take the application if you live within the city limits but by the time you end up fighting that your permit would have been with you for months already.
If you want to fight it with Pierce County then by all means.
Yes, that is correct, I do have the ability to take the easy way and go see Sherrif Elfo. I know the paper will take thirty days with bellingham, that is OK because it is the law. BUT. I must go to the city because the difficulty level is higher and I just enjoy the bloody hell out of that.
RCW 9.41.070
Concealed pistol license — Application — Fee — Renewal.
(13) A person may apply for a concealed pistol license:
(a) To the municipality or to the county in which the applicant resides if the applicant resides in a municipality;
(b) To the county in which the applicant resides if the applicant resides in an unincorporated area; or
(c) Anywhere in the state if the applicant is a nonresident.
Read post #19, just three posts before yours. Yes, you must apply in the county of your residence unless you are active duty military.
Why would you assume that every person in the state of Washington should know that?
It will be there day 30...
You live in Tacoma and are not planning to move then yes you get to apply at the LESA office, I have no idea why you thought you could apply in another county then the one you live in?
I am aware also that some counties will not take the application if you live within the city limits but by the time you end up fighting that your permit would have been with you for months already.
If you want to fight it with Pierce County then by all means.
Unless, of course, it isn't. I got my last renewal on day 33 because the lady who does them was out sick on day 30 and 31 and 32 were a weekend. I went in on day 29, was told it would be ready the next day, she wasn't there. No recourse at all, you just get it late. It was a bit annoying since I had waited too long to reapply and couldn't carry until they reissued it. That part was my fault but the blatant violation of state law was theirs.
amlevin: Some "Civil Servants" just do their jobs and others go out of their way to be "a-holes" just to make a statement on their views. It's kind of a peek into what it was like here in WA said:I live in Seattle and go downtown to renew...twice now when you hand in the form and they type it up and return it to 'check it for errors' I have found amazingly wrong info on them: bad address, wrong date of birth [by three years] and such.
Be careful and read it carefully.
No... I have business in port orchard on the 7th... I figured I might as well apply for my CPL in kitsap county while I'm there since it seems that it's possible to be able to walk out with my CPL in hand same day that I apply. But it seems that since I live in pierce county, I have to apply in pierce county... and based on this...
If you live… ~~> Apply at…
In an unincorporated area of a county in Washington State ~~> Your county sheriff’s office
In an incorporated city or town in Washington State ~~> The police department in your city or town or Your county sheriff’s office
Outside of Washington State (not a Washington resident) ~~> Any local law enforcement agency in Washington
I *should* be able to apply at any sheriff's office in my county but pierce forces you to go to the LESA office in downtown tacoma only
Grim_Night,
Your statement "by all rights, I should be able to go to the local sheriff's office" is based on what you wish were true (and I don't really disagree with you), NOT what the RCW actually says. RCW 9.41.070 (13) says: A person may apply for a concealed pistol license:...(b) To the county in which the applicant resides if the applicant resides in an unincorporated area...
Notice it doesn't say "to any sheriff's office", it says "to the county". And like it or not, LESA is the Pierce County Sheriff as far as criminal records, CPL issuance, dispatch, and probably a few other things too that I no longer remember.
It seems that according to bellingham police that they took their sweet time with the thirty days.
Application date 7/31
Issue date 8/30
I didn't get it in the mail until 9/4....
Was a holiday after all. All month long.
Plus these permits are big, bigger than an iPhone, larger than a hundred note, sure doesn't fit in a wallet.
How do you all carry this? In the waist band? Or an extra holster?
Fold it in half and put it behind your DL.
And laminate it after you fold it.