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Last Updated: 4/14/11
Permits/Licenses This State Honors
Indiana Honors all other states Permit/Licenses.
Indiana Honors Non-Resident Permits/Licenses
How to Apply for A Permit
You can apply on line by clicking on “CCW Application” in the right column above.
Application Process. From the ISP
The Relevant statute is IC 35-47-2-3
The application is really a two part process beginning with a recommendation from your local law
enforcement agency and then the application is sent to the Indiana State Police. The Indiana State Police
Superintendent is charged with the responsibility of actually issuing the license and administering the
licensing program.
If you live in a city or town, then you must begin the application process with the police department in that
city or town. If you do not live in a city or town, then you must begin the process with the sheriff of the
county in which you reside. The local department will charge a fee at that time; however, another fee will
have to be provided to the state when it is forwarded to the State Police. Please see the fee schedule at the
bottom of the FAQ page. Please understand that if someone else types your application for you, you are
responsible for reviewing and verifying that the information on the application is correct before you sign the
application.
Some local departments will mail the application to the Indiana State Police for you and others will have you
mail it.
An application is currently composed of three separate documents: 1) the original application, 2) the
supplemental application, and 3) a blue FBI applicant fingerprint card.
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The first is the application itself, which is composed of three carbonless sheets. The white copy is sent to the
state after being completed and signed by the chief of police, town marshal, or sheriff over the jurisdiction in
which you reside. The yellow copy is retained by the local agency and the pink copy is your receipt. The
class of license you are applying for will actually be selected on the supplemental application.
The supplemental form is one sheet and contains the lifetime handgun license selections and the fee schedule
that began July 1, 2006.
Finally a fingerprint card must be completed. Please make sure that all identifiers on the fingerprint card are
competed or the application packet will be returned to you.
A money order or certified check made payable to the state of Indiana for the proper amount must be
included.
IC 35-47-2-3 Application for License to Carry Handgun; Procedure
Sec. 3. (a) A person desiring a license to carry a handgun shall apply:
(1) to the chief of police or corresponding law enforcement officer of the municipality in which the
applicant resides;
(2) if that municipality has no such officer, or if the applicant does not reside in a municipality, to the
sheriff of the county in which the applicant resides after the applicant has obtained an application form
prescribed by the superintendent; or
(3) if the applicant is a resident of another state and has a regular place of business or employment in
Indiana, to the sheriff of the county in which the applicant has a regular place of business or employment.
The superintendent and local law enforcement agencies shall allow an applicant desiring to obtain or renew a
license to carry a handgun to submit an application electronically under this chapter if funds are available to
establish and maintain an electronic application system.
(b) The law enforcement agency which accepts an application for a handgun license shall collect the
following application fees:
(1) From a person applying for a four (4) year handgun license, a ten dollar ($10) application fee, five
dollars ($5) of which shall be refunded if the license is not issued.
(2) From a person applying for a lifetime handgun license who does not currently possess a valid
Indiana handgun license, a fifty dollar ($50) application fee, thirty dollars ($30) of which shall be refunded if
the license is not issued.
(3) From a person applying for a lifetime handgun license who currently possesses a valid Indiana
handgun license, a forty dollar ($40) application fee, thirty dollars ($30) of which shall be refunded if the
license is not issued.
Except as provided in subsection (h), the fee shall be deposited into the law enforcement agency's firearms
training fund or other appropriate training activities fund and used by the agency to train law enforcement
officers in the proper use of firearms or in other law enforcement duties, or to purchase firearms or firearm
related equipment, or both for the law enforcement officers employed by the law enforcement agency. The
state board of accounts shall establish rules for the proper accounting and expenditure of funds collected
under this subsection.
(c) The officer to whom the application is made shall ascertain the applicant's name, full address, length of
residence in the community, whether the applicant's residence is located within the limits of any city or town,
the applicant's occupation, place of business or employment, criminal record, if any, and convictions (minor
traffic offenses excepted), age, race, sex, nationality, date of birth, citizenship, height, weight, build, color of
hair, color of eyes, scars and marks, whether the applicant has previously held an Indiana license to carry a
handgun and, if so, the serial number of the license and year issued, whether the applicant's license has ever
been suspended or revoked, and if so, the year and reason for the suspension or revocation, and the
applicant's reason for desiring a license. The officer to whom the application is made shall conduct an
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investigation into the applicant's official records and verify thereby the applicant's character and reputation,
and shall in addition verify for accuracy the information contained in the application, and shall forward this
information together with the officer's recommendation for approval or disapproval and one (1) set of legible
and classifiable fingerprints of the applicant to the superintendent.
(d) The superintendent may make whatever further investigation the superintendent deems necessary.
Whenever disapproval is recommended, the officer to whom the application is made shall provide the
superintendent and the applicant with the officer's complete and specific reasons, in writing, for the
recommendation of disapproval.
(e) If it appears to the superintendent that the applicant:
(1) has a proper reason for carrying a handgun;
(2) is of good character and reputation;
(3) is a proper person to be licensed; and
(4) is:
(A) a citizen of the United States; or
(B) not a citizen of the United States but is allowed to carry a firearm in the United States under
federal law; the superintendent shall issue to the applicant a qualified or an unlimited license to carry any
handgun lawfully possessed by the applicant. The original license shall be delivered to the licensee. A copy
shall be delivered to the officer to whom the application for license was made. A copy shall be retained by
the superintendent for at least four (4) years in the case of a four (4) year license. The superintendent may
adopt guidelines to establish a records retention policy for a lifetime license. A four (4) year license shall be
valid for a period of four (4) years from the date of issue. A lifetime license is valid for the life of the
individual receiving the license. The license of police officers, sheriffs or their deputies, and law
enforcement officers of the United States government who have been honorably retired by a lawfully created
pension board or its equivalent after twenty (20) or more years of service, shall be valid for the life of these
individuals. However, a lifetime license is automatically revoked if the license holder does not remain a
proper person.
IC 35-47-2-4 Qualified or Unlimited Licenses to Carry Handguns; Fees; Exemptions from Payment of
Fees
Sec. 4. (a) Licenses to carry handguns shall be either qualified or unlimited, and are valid for:
(1) four (4) years from the date of issue in the case of a four (4) year license; or
(2) the life of the individual receiving the license in the case of a lifetime license.
A qualified license shall be issued for hunting and target practice. The superintendent may adopt rules
imposing limitations on the use and carrying of handguns under a license when handguns are carried by a
licensee as a condition of employment. Unlimited licenses shall be issued for the purpose of the protection of
life and property.
(b) In addition to the application fee, the fee for:
(1) a qualified license shall be:
(A) five dollars ($5) for a four (4) year qualified license;
(B) twenty-five dollars ($25) for a lifetime qualified license from a person who does not currently
possess a valid Indiana handgun license; or
(C) twenty dollars ($20) for a lifetime qualified license from a person who currently possesses a valid
Indiana handgun license; and
(2) an unlimited license shall be:
(A) thirty dollars ($30) for a four (4) year unlimited license;
(B) seventy-five dollars ($75) for a lifetime unlimited license from a person who does not currently
possess a valid Indiana handgun license; or
(C) sixty dollars ($60) for a lifetime unlimited license from a person who currently possesses a valid
Indiana handgun license.
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The superintendent shall charge a twenty dollar ($20) fee for the issuance of a duplicate license to replace a
lost or damaged license. These fees shall be deposited in accordance with subsection (e).
(c) Licensed dealers are exempt from the payment of fees specified in subsection (b) for a qualified license
or an unlimited license.
(d) The following officers of this state or the United States who have been honorably retired by a lawfully
created pension board or its equivalent after at least twenty (20) years of service or because of a disability are
exempt from the payment of fees specified in subsection (b):
(1) Police officers.
(2) Sheriffs or their deputies.
(3) Law enforcement officers.
(4) Correctional officers
Non-Resident Permits
IC 35-47-2-4
(f) The superintendent may not issue a lifetime qualified license or a lifetime unlimited license to a person
who is a resident of another state. The superintendent may issue a four (4) year qualified license or a four (4)
year unlimited license to a person who is a resident of another state and who has a regular place of business
or employment in Indiana as described in section 3(a)(3) of this chapter.
Note: Apply as directed for Residents. You will have to supply supporting evidence that you have a
business or employment in Indiana.
Places Off-Limits Even With A Permit/License
In or On School Property.
On A School Bus.
In or On Property That Is Being Used By a School for a School Function.
Private School (IC 20-9.1-1-3) & (IC 35-41-1-24.7).
Head Start (IC 35-41-1-24.7
Preschool (IC 35-41-1-24.7).
IC 35-47-9-1 Allows the carry of firearms by persons permitted to possess and who are transporting a
person to or from school or a school function.
On a Commercial or Charter Aircraft.
Controlled Access Areas Of An Airport
During Annual State Fair 80 IAC 4-4-4 (Must lock in Vehicle.)
Shipping Port 130 IAC 4-1-8 (Controlled by the Indiana Port Commission)
A Riverboat Casino.
68 IAC 1-7-1 Weapons on the Riverboat
(d) The riverboat licensee shall provide a secure place to which patrons do not have access to store
weapons checked by patrons, off duty law enforcement officers, or off duty federal enforcement
officers.
No Firearms "Handgunlaw.us highly recommends that you not enter a place that is posted "No
Signs no matter what the state laws read/mean on signage. We recommend you print out the No Guns =
Firearms"
No Money Cards and give one to the owner of the establishment that has the signage." As responsible gun
owners and upholders of the 2nd Amendment we should also honor the rights of property owners to control
their own property even if we disagree with them."
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”No Firearm” signs in Indiana have no force of law unless they are posted on property that is
specifically mentioned in State Law as being off limits to those with a Permit/License to Carry. If you are in
a place not specifically mentioned in the law that is posted and they ask you to leave, you must leave. If you
refuse to leave then you are breaking the law and can be charged. Even if the property is not posted and you
are ask to leave you must leave. Always be aware of the possibility that responding Police Officers who may
have been called without your knowledge and may not know the laws on trespass etc. could arrest you even
if you are within the law.
From "Indiana Firearm Law Reference Manual 3rd Edition" by Bryan Lee Ciyou, Esq. (Used with
Permission)
Retail Establishments With "No Handguns Allowed" Posted at Entry: As a possessor with a real property
interest, a retailer, has the right to limit, and qualify the right to enter the property, subject to not carrying a
handgun. It would be improper to enter, and the Licensee would be subject to ejection for possession of a
handgun thereat. Failure to leave once requested, would subject the Licensee to arrest for criminal trespass.
City Restrictions
Indy City Admin Rules Indianapolis Does not allow firearms in City Parks.
Parking Lot Storage Law
IC 34-28-7 Possession of Firearms and Ammunition in Locked Vehicles
Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to possession of a firearm or ammunition by an individual who may
possess the firearm or ammunition legally. This chapter does not apply to the possession of a firearm,
ammunition, or other device for which an individual must possess a valid federal firearms license issued
under 18 U.S.C. 923 to possess the firearm, ammunition, or other device.
Sec. 2. (a) Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided in subsection (b), a person may not
adopt or enforce an ordinance, a resolution, a policy, or a rule that:
(1) prohibits; or
(2) has the effect of prohibiting;
an employee of the person, including a contract employee, from possessing a firearm or ammunition that is
locked in the trunk of the employee's vehicle, kept in the glove compartment of the employee's locked
vehicle, or stored out of plain sight in the employee's locked vehicle.
(b) Subsection (a) does not prohibit the adoption or enforcement of an ordinance, a resolution, a policy, or
a rule that prohibits or has the effect of prohibiting an employee of the person, including a contract
employee, from possessing a firearm or ammunition:
(1) in or on school property, in or on property that is being used by a school for a school function, or on
a school bus in violation of IC 20-33-8-16 or IC 35-47-9-2;
(2) on the property of:
(A) a child caring institution;
(B) an emergency shelter care child caring institution;
(C) a private secure facility;
(D) a group home;
(E) an emergency shelter care group home; or
(F) a child care center in violation of 465 IAC 2-9-80, 465 IAC 2-10-79, 465 IAC 2-11-80, 465 IAC
2-12-78, 465 IAC 2-13-77, or 470 IAC 3-4.7-19;
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(3) on the property of a penal facility (as defined in IC 35-41-1-21);
(4) in violation of federal law;
(5) in or on property belonging to an approved postsecondary educational institution (as defined in IC
21-7-13-6(b));
(6) on the property of a domestic violence shelter;
(7) at a person's residence;
(8) on the property of a person that is:
(A) subject to the United States Department of Homeland Security's Chemical Facility Anti-
Terrorism Standards issued April 9, 2007; and
(B) licensed by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission under Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations;
(9) on property owned by:
(A) a public utility (as defined in IC 8-1-2-1) that generates and transmits electric power; or
(B) a department of public utilities created under IC 8-1-11.1; or
(10) in the employee's personal vehicle if the employee, including a contract employee, is a direct
support professional who:
(A) works directly with individuals with developmental disabilities to assist the individuals to
become integrated into the individuals' community or least restrictive environment; and
(B) uses the employee's personal vehicle while transporting an individual with developmental
disabilities.
Sec. 3. (a) An individual who believes that the individual has been harmed by a violation of section 2 of
this chapter may bring a civil action against the person who is alleged to have violated section 2 of this
chapter, other than a person set forth in IC 34-6-2-103(j)(2).
(b) If a person is found by a court, in an action brought under subsection (a), to have violated section 2 of
this chapter, the court may do the following:
(1) Award:
(A) actual damages; and
(B) court costs and attorney's fees; to the prevailing individual.
(2) Enjoin further violations of this chapter.
Sec. 4. This chapter does not limit a person's rights or remedies under any other state or federal law.
Sec. 5. A court does not have jurisdiction over an action brought against an employer who is in
compliance with section 2 of this chapter for any injury or damage resulting from the employer's compliance
with section 2 of this chapter.
Carry In State Parks/State & National Forests/WMA/Road Side Rest Areas
Carry Allowed in these Areas:
State Parks: YES DNR Regs
State/National Forests: YES DNR Regs
WMA’s: YES DNR Regs
Road Side Rest Areas: YES
RV/Car Carry Without A Permit/License
You can not carry a loaded firearm in any vehicle without a Permit/License.
C 35-47-2-1
Carrying a handgun without a license or by person convicted of domestic battery
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Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) and section 2 of this chapter, a person shall not carry a
handgun in any vehicle or on or about the person's body, except in the person's dwelling, on the person's
property or fixed place of business, without a license issued under this chapter being in the person's
possession.
As added by P.L.311-1983, SEC.32. Amended by P.L.326-1987, SEC.1; P.L.195-2003, SEC.6; P.L.98-2004,
SEC.155; P.L.118-2007, SEC.35.
IC 35-47-2-2
Excepted persons
Sec. 2. Section 1 of this chapter does not apply to:
(11) any person while carrying a handgun unloaded and in a secure wrapper from the place of purchase
to his dwelling or fixed place of business, or to a place of repair or back to his dwelling or fixed place of
business, or in moving from one dwelling or business to another.
As added by P.L.311-1983, SEC.32.
Indiana law does not mention transporting a firearm through the state in a vehicle. You would have to follow
Federal Law:
§ 926A. Interstate Transportation of Firearms
Notwithstanding any other provision of any law or any rule or regulation of a State or any political
subdivision thereof, any person who is not otherwise prohibited by this chapter from transporting, shipping,
or receiving a firearm shall be entitled to transport a firearm for any lawful purpose from any place where he
may lawfully possess and carry such firearm to any other place where he may lawfully possess and carry
such firearm if, during such transportation the firearm is unloaded, and neither the firearm nor any
ammunition being transported is readily accessible or is directly accessible from the passenger compartment
of such transporting vehicle: Provided, That in the case of a vehicle without a compartment separate from the
driver’s compartment the firearm or ammunition shall be contained in a locked container other than the glove
compartment or console.
State Preemption
IC 35-47-11
Chapter 11. Local Regulation of Firearms
IC 35-47-11-1 Applicability of Chapter
Sec. 1. (a) Section 2 of this chapter applies to all units (as defined in IC 36-1-2-23). All other sections of
this chapter apply to all units other than townships.
(b) This chapter applies only if a statute expressly grants a legislative body the authority to adopt an
emergency ordinance under this chapter.
(c) This chapter does not affect the validity of an ordinance adopted before, and in effect on, January 1,
1994.
As added by P.L.140-1994, SEC.13.
IC 35-47-11-2 Regulation of Firearms By Units Other Than Townships (Effective 7/1/10)
Sec. 2. Notwithstanding IC 36-1-3, a unit may not regulate in any manner the ownership, possession, sale,
transfer, or transportation of firearms (as defined in IC 35-47-1-5) or ammunition except as follows:
(1) This chapter does not apply to land, buildings, or other real property owned or administered by a
unit, except highways (as defined in IC 8-23-1-23) or public highways (as defined in IC 8-2.1-17-14).
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Sec. 2. Notwithstanding IC 36-1-3, a unit may not regulate in any manner the ownership, possession, sale,
transfer, or transportation of firearms (as defined in IC 35-47-1-5) or ammunition except as follows:
(2) Notwithstanding the limitation in this section, a unit may use the unit's planning and zoning powers
under IC 36-7-4 to prohibit the sale of firearms within two hundred (200) feet of a school by a person having
a business that did not sell firearms within two hundred (200) feet of a school before April 1, 1994.
Deadly Force Laws
Title 35
Article 41. Substantive Criminal Provisions
Chapter 3. Defenses Relating to Culpability
35-41-3-2 Use of force to protect person or property
35-41-3-3 Use of force relating to arrest or escape
Knife Laws State/Cities
To access State/Local Knife Laws Click “Here”
Carry in Restaurants That Serve Alcohol
YES
Note: What is defined as carry in a restaurant that serves alcohol is a place like Friday’s or Red
Lobster. This may or may not mean the bar or the bar area of a restaurant. But you can carry your
firearm into a restaurant that serves alcohol and sit and eat. Handgunlaw.us recommends you not sit
at the Bar or in the Bar area of such restaurants. In some states it is illegal to be in the Bar area of
such restaurants. Handgunlaw.us believes you should never consume alcohol when carrying your
firearm. In some states it is illegal to take even one drink while carrying a firearm.
Chemical Sprays/Stun Gun/Higher Capacity Magazine Laws
IC 35-41-1-8
"Deadly Weapon" Defined
Sec. 8. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), "deadly weapon" means the following:
(1) A loaded or unloaded firearm.
(2) A destructive device, weapon, device, taser (as defined in IC 35-47-8-3) or electronic stun weapon
(as defined in IC 35-47-8-1), equipment, chemical substance, or other material that in the manner it is used,
or could ordinarily be used, or is intended to be used, is readily capable of causing serious bodily injury.
(3) An animal (as defined in IC 35-46-3-3) that is:
(A) readily capable of causing serious bodily injury; and
(B) used in the commission or attempted commission of a crime.
(4) A biological disease, virus, or organism that is capable of causing serious bodily injury.
(b) The term does not include:
(1) a taser (as defined in IC 35-47-8-3);
(2) an electronic stun weapon (as defined in IC 35-47-8-1);
(3) a chemical designed to temporarily incapacitate a person; or
(4) another device designed to temporarily incapacitate a person;
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If the device described in subdivisions (1) through (4) is used by a law enforcement officer who has been
trained in the use of the device and who uses the device in accordance with the law enforcement officer's
training and while lawfully engaged in the execution of official duties.
As added by P.L.311-1983, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.318-1985, SEC.1; P.L.140-1994, SEC.4; P.L.156-2001,
SEC.8; P.L.123-2002, SEC.33; P.L.143-2006, SEC.1.
LEOSA State Information
LEOSA in Indiana Statutes
Attorney General Opinions/Court Cases
Handgunlaw.us can find no AG Opinions or Court Cases concerning the carrying of firearms.
This does not mean there are no AG Opinions or Court Cases. We could just not find any.
Airport Carry/Misc. Information
Airport Carry: Parking Lots and Terminal OK IC 35-47-6-1 & IC 35-47-6-1.3 Unless Posted.
Training Valid for: No time limit specified in law.
Time Period to Establish Residency: Law just states “Resident”
Minimum Age for Permit/License: 18
Permit/License Info Public Information: No
State Fire arm Laws: IC 35-47-1-1 thru 47-11-6
State Deadly Force Laws: IC 35-41-3-2 & 3-3
State Knife Laws: IC 35-47-5-2.
Chemical/Electric Weapons Laws: IC 35-41-1-6.6/41-1-8/47-8
Body Armor Laws: IC 35-47-5-13
Does Your Permit Cover Other Weapons Besides Firearms? NO IC 35-47-2-3
Is Carrying of a Concealed Firearm with Permit/License
for Defensive Purposes Only While Hunting Legal? Yes IN DNR Deer, Turkey and
Hunting/Trapping Guides
Notes
What Does IN Consider A Loaded Firearm?
IC 35-47-10 Children and Firearms
"Loaded" Defined
Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "loaded" means having any of the following:
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(1) A cartridge in the chamber or cylinder of a firearm.
(2) Ammunition in close proximity to a firearm so that a person can readily place the ammunition in the
firearm.
As added by P.L.140-1994, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.203-1996, SEC.3.
Note: This law falls under Children and Firearms and may not apply to other sections of Indiana Code but
this would be the min I would consider the law in Indiana to be.
Permit License Image
I have been told the back of the IN License is blank.
This image has been digitally assembled from 2 or more images. It may not be 100% accurate but gives a good representation of the actual Permit/License.
Updates to this Page
1/22/09 LEOSA and Links updated
8/19/09 – All Links checked and repaired if broken.
12/23/09 – Link Repaired
3/14/10 - Permit/license Info Public Updated. All Links Checked and Updated.
3/19/10 – Parking Lot storage law Added.
5/15/10 – Parking Lot Storage Section Added. Preemption Law Updated.
8/10/10 – All Links checked and repaired if necessary.
9/27/10 – RV/Car Carry Section Updated.
1/1/11 – IA Now Honors IN. Notes Section Added. Permit/License Image Added. Indianapolis No Guns In City Parks Added.
1/5/11 – Law on what IN considers a loaded firearm added.
4/5/11 – Link Repaired. All Links Checked.
4/14/11 – No Gun Sign Information Updated. Information on Carrying While Hunting Added.
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