Kentucky CCW Reciprocity Map
States that Honor Kentucky's CCW Permit:
Alabama,
Alaska,
Arizona,
Arkansas,
Colorado,
Delaware,
Florida,
Georgia,
Idaho,
Indiana,
Kansas,
Kentucky,
Louisiana,
Michigan,
Minnesota,
Mississippi,
Missouri,
Montana,
New Hampshire,
New Mexico,
North Carolina,
North Dakota,
Ohio,
Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania,
South Dakota,
Tennessee,
Texas,
Utah,
Virginia,
West Virginia,
Wyoming
State CCW Permits that Kentucky Honors:
Alabama,
Alaska,
Arizona,
Arkansas,
California,
Colorado,
Connecticut,
Delaware,
Florida,
Georgia,
Hawaii,
Idaho,
Indiana,
Iowa,
Kansas,
Kentucky,
Louisiana,
Maine,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Michigan,
Minnesota,
Mississippi,
Missouri,
Montana,
Nebraska,
Nevada,
New Hampshire,
New Jersey,
New Mexico,
New York,
North Carolina,
North Dakota,
Ohio,
Oklahoma,
Oregon,
Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island,
South Carolina,
South Dakota,
Tennessee,
Texas,
Utah,
Virginia,
Washington,
Washington DC,
West Virginia,
Wyoming,
Frequently Asked CCW Questions:
Qualifications for a CCDW License
The applicant for a carry concealed deadly weapon (CCDW) license must:
? Be a citizen of the United States; and ? Be a resident of Kentucky
for at least six months prior to filing the application or a member of
the Armed Forces of the United States who is on active duty, who is at
the time of application assigned to a military posting in Kentucky, and
who has been assigned to a posting in Kentucky for six months or longer
immediately preceding the filing of the application; and ? Be
twenty-one (21) years of age or older; and ? Not be under indictment
for, or have been convicted of, a crime punishable by imprisonment for
a term exceeding one year; and ? Not be a fugitive from justice; and ?
Not be an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance; and
? Not have been adjudicated as a mental defective or have committed to
a mental institution; and ? Not have been discharged from the Armed
Forces under dishonorable conditions; and ? Not be subject to a
domestic violence order or emergency protective order; and ? Not have
been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence (see section
below for discussion of misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence); and ?
Not be prohibited from the purchase, receipt or possession of firearms,
ammunition or both pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 922(g), 18 U.S.C. 922(n), or
applicable state law; and ? Not have been committed to a state or
federal facility for abuse of a controlled substance or convicted of a
misdemeanor relating to a controlled substance within the three-year
period immediately preceding the date the application was submitted;
and ? Not have two or more convictions for violating KRS 189A.010
(Operating motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or other
substance which impairs driving ability) within the three (3) years
immediately preceding the date on which the application is submitted;
and ? Not have been committed as an alcoholic pursuant to KRS Chapter
222 or similar laws of another state within the three (3) year period
immediately preceding the date on which the application is submitted;
and ? Not owe a child support arrearage which equals or exceeds the
cumulative amount which would be owed after one (1) year of nonpayment;
and ? Have complied with any subpoena or warrant relating to child
support or paternity proceedings; and ? Have not been convicted of a
violation of KRS 508.030 (Assault in the fourth degree) or 508.080
(Terroristic Threatening in the third degree) within the three years
immediately preceding the date on which the application is submitted;
and ? Demonstrate competence with a firearm by successful completion of
a firearms safety or training course offered or approved by the
Department of Criminal Justice Training. NOTE - ONLY SOME OF THE
OFFENSES LISTED ABOVE HAVE A THREE-YEAR LIMITATION. OTHER OFFENSES,
SUCH AS FELONIES AND MISDEMEANOR CRIMES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DO NOT
HAVE A TIME LIMIT. IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF A
FELONY OR MISDEMEANOR CRIME OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, YOU ARE INELIGIBLE
FOR A CCDW LICENSE AND ARE PROHIBITED FROM POSSESSING A FIREARM UNDER
FEDERAL LAW, NO MATTER HOW LONG AGO YOU WERE CONVICTED.
CCDW Application Process
An applicant for a CCDW license must complete an application form at
the sheriff's office in his or her county of residence. The applicant
must also pay the $60 application fee at the time of application
(active and retired peace officers that meet the requirements of KRS
237.110(7) are exempt from paying the application or renewal fee). The
sixty-dollar fee is to be allocated as follows: ? Payment of twenty
dollars to the sheriff of your county of residence. ? A check or money
order for forty dollars (the portion of the CCDW fee allocated to the
KSP and the Administrative Office of the Courts by statute) payable to
the Department of State Police. The KSP will collect the portion of the
fee designated for the Administrative Office of the Courts on its
behalf. Applications that are not accompanied by a check or money order
for forty dollars ($40.00) payable to the Department of State Police
will be returned unprocessed to the sheriff of the applicant’s county
of residence.
The application will be sent to the Kentucky State Police within five
working days.
The application form, completed under oath, must include the following:
? Name, Address, Date of Birth, Gender and Social Security Number. ?
Recent color photograph: full head shot no smaller than 3 ½ x 4 nor
larger than 4x5 inches. ? A photocopy of a certificate or an affidavit
or document certifying completion of a firearms training course offered
or approved by the Department of Criminal Justice Training. Effective
July 12, 2006, U.S. citizenship is required to be eligible to obtain a
CCDW license. The CCDW License Application - Citizenship Affidavit (KSP
131) must be completed and submitted to the sheriff of your county of
residence to be attached to the application. You can download the KSP
131 by clicking here.
Renewal Process
Not less than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the expiration
date of a CCDW license, the Department of State Police shall mail to
each licensee a written notice of the expiration and a renewal form. If
you wish to renew your CCDW license, you must take the renewal notice,
a CCDW License Renewal Affidavit stating that you remain qualified to
possess a CCDW license pursuant to KRS 237.110(3) and (4) and a color
photograph to the Sheriff of your county of residence. You can download
the CCDW License Renewal Affidavit (KSP 125) to be submitted with the
renewal form to the Sheriff of your county of residence by clicking
here. The photograph must be in color. The photograph must be no less
than three and one-half (3 ½) inches by four (4) inches and no more
than four (4) inches by five (5) inches. The photograph shall display
the full front of the head and the facial features of the applicant.
The applicant shall not wear sunglasses or attire that obscures their
facial features in the photograph. The photograph shall be an original
photograph or a photographic copy developed from the negative of an
original photograph and must not be an image produced by a computer,
copier or other copy machine. Digital photographs or their printed
images are not acceptable. If you fail to renew your license on or
before the expiration date and wish to renew your license, you will be
required to pay an additional late fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00). To
pay the renewal fee, you must submit a payment to the Sheriff in the
amount of twenty dollars and a check or money order in the amount of
forty dollars (fifty five dollars if the renewal application is
submitted after the expiration date of the license) payable to the
Department of State Police. If six months or more has passed since the
expiration date of your license, your license has permanently expired
and cannot be renewed. If your license has permanently expired, you may
reapply for licensure pursuant to KRS 237.110 by obtaining a CCDW
application from the Sheriff of your county of residence. Lost, Stolen
or Destroyed licenses
If your license is lost, stolen or destroyed you must submit a REQUEST
FOR DUPLICATE CCDW LICENSE (KSP 126) to the Kentucky State Police with
a check or money order, payable to the Department of State Police, in
the amount of fifteen dollars ($15.00).
OFFICIAL KENTUCKY STATE
POLICE PRESS RELEASE
For More Information Contact:
Lt. Lisa Rudzinski
(502) 695-6344
JUSTICE CABINET ANNOUNCES CHANGES
REGARDING THE CARRY CONCEALED DEADLY WEAPONS PROGRAM
FRANKFORT, KY -- The Kentucky Justice Cabinet announced today actions
that will be taken to strengthen procedures used to monitor training
and the issuance of licenses for the Carry Concealed Deadly Weapons
(CCDW) program.
The announcement comes at the conclusion of a five-month joint federal
and state investigation into instructors failing to provide mandatory
firearms training. The carry concealed law mandates that each applicant
receive a minimum of eight hours of classroom training and demonstrate
proficiency on the firing range.
Six individuals indicted today in U.S. Federal District Court in
Lexington provided applicants with training certificates, which allowed
them to apply for a carry concealed deadly weapon license. These
instructors knowingly failed to require applicants to complete either
all or a portion of the mandatory training, which initially could
affect up to 3,000 individuals. Each applicant paid a fee to the
instructor for a training certificate.
"Upon learning that some CCDW license holders may have been misled
regarding the training requirements, we asked the Department of State
Police and the Department of Criminal Justice Training to immediately
look into the situation," said Justice Cabinet General Counsel Barbara
Jones. The two departments administer the program. State Police issues
the license after a criminal background check and receipt of a training
certificate from the Department of Criminal Justice Training indicating
that the applicant has completed firearms training. A CCDW license is
then issued for a 5-year period.
As a result of this investigation, the Justice Cabinet is taking the
following corrective action to ensure integrity to the program.
The Department of Criminal Justice Training (DOCJT) will file emergency
administrative regulations to change training procedures: 1. All
instructors must notify DOCJT, in writing, 30 days before each CCDW
class they teach. Notification must include time, date and place of the
class along with a class roster.
2. All Justice Cabinet instructor training shall now be provided
directly by DOCJT, including re-certification training.
3. Instructors who have not taught a class in the three years they are
certified will not be eligible for re-certification. They may choose to
repeat the entire instructor course again through DOCJT. 4. If an
individual has violated instructor requirements OR becomes ineligible
to hold a CCDW license, then the instructor certificate will be
revoked. Criminal Justice Training will notify by mail all of the
state’s 753 CCDW instructors of the changes in the law. Those license
holders discovered through this investigation who have not received the
mandatory training will have their CCDW license immediately revoked.
The state police will send notification to these license holders.
Letters will go out Friday from the state police to license holders who
we have reason to believe were not properly trained and who may have
been misled regarding the mandatory training requirements. These
license holders will be required to verify the content of their
training. They will be required to provide a response by March 28,
2002. Letters will go out Friday from Criminal Justice Training to
trainees who have not applied for a CCDW license. The letter will
indicate that we believe they were not properly trained and may have
been misled regarding the mandatory training requirements. These
license holders will be required to verify the content of their
training by March 28, 2002. If a license holder feels that they have
not completed all of the training components required by the CCDW law,
they should immediately cease carrying their weapon concealed.
The Kentucky State Police is establishing a toll-free number to answer
questions concerning the CCDW licensing program. The number is
866-294-0134.