Applications by mail and Fingerprints from other agencies
1. Simply submitting a completed and notarized DPS 799c Temporary Pistol Permit application in person during normal business hours or by Certified U.S. Mail starts the clock for any appeal.
2. When the DPS 799c Temporary Permit Application is submitted to the LOCAL ISSUING AUTHORITY with a set of Fingerprints for the State and Federal Criminal History Records Check, a five day clock begins for the fingerprints to be forwarded to the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection SPBI Unit.
3. The application submitted should contain, (at a minimum), the following to be considered a “SUFFICIENT APPLICATION”
a. The DSP 799 c application properly filled out and notarized
b. Evidence of the applicant’s Firearm Safety Course completion
c. Required Government issued ID to establish I.D. and legal residence in the U.S.– Passport, Birth Certificate etc.
d. DD-214 (if prior military)
e. The three checks required, $70.00, $50.00 and $16.50 (the fifty dollar fee is subject to challenge)
f. A State of Connecticut Applicant fingerprint card properly filled out with the applicant’s fingerprints
Sec. 29-28a. Application for permit. Notice of decision to applicant. (a) Requests for temporary state permits under section 29-28 shall be submitted to the chief of police, or, where there is no chief of police, to the warden of the borough or the first selectman of the town, as the case may be, on application forms prescribed by the Commissioner of Public Safety. Upon written request by any person for a temporary state permit not on a prescribed application form, or upon request by any person for such application form, the local authority shall supply such forms. When any such request is made in person at the office of the local authority, the local authority shall supply such application form immediately. When any such request is made in any other manner, the local authority shall supply such application form not later than one week after receiving such request. If such application form is not supplied within the time limits required by this section, the request therefor shall constitute a sufficient application. If any local authority fails to supply an application form upon the request of any person, such person may request an application form from the Commissioner of Public Safety or any barracks of the Division of State Police, and the time limits and procedures set forth in this section for handling requests for such forms shall be applicable.
(b) The local authority shall, not later than eight weeks after a sufficient application for a temporary state permit has been made, inform the applicant that such applicant's request for a temporary state permit has been approved or denied. The local authority shall forward a copy of the application indicating approval or denial of the temporary state permit to the Commissioner of Public Safety. If the local authority has denied the application for a temporary state permit, no state permit may be issued. The commissioner shall, not later than eight weeks after receiving an application indicating approval from the local authority, inform the applicant in writing that the applicant's application for a state permit has been approved or denied, or that the results of the national criminal history records check have not been received. If grounds for denial become known after a temporary state permit has been obtained, the temporary state permit shall be immediately revoked pursuant to section 29-32.
4. Submission of a “SUFFICIENT APPLICTION” with the required checks by Certified U.S. Mail Return Receipt Requested should be directed SPECIFICALLY to the ISSUING AUTHORITY.
5. The applicant’s fingerprints taken by any local police department or the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protections SPBI unit on a single State of Connecticut Applicant fingerprint card are valid for submission with a Temporary Permit application.
Sec. 29-17c. Collection of fingerprints by municipal police department or Division of State Police. Fees. (a) No employee of a municipal police department or the Division of State Police within the Department of Public Safety shall refuse to collect the fingerprints of a person requesting such fingerprinting for the purposes of a criminal history records check in accordance with section 29-17a, or other noncriminal purposes, provided (1) such employee's duties include fingerprint collection, and (2) the person requesting such fingerprinting works or resides in the municipality where such department or division is located.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit a municipality from establishing a limited period of hours during which such fingerprints may be collected.
(c) A municipality may charge a reasonable fee for collecting fingerprints under this section. If a municipality submits fingerprints electronically to the Department of Public Safety, such municipality shall charge the person from whom the fingerprints were collected all applicable state or federal fees and shall forward such fees, monthly, to said department.