Drop off completed applications to the Records Department - Monday – Friday, 8:00am – 4:00pm, excluding Holidays. 
No appointments are necessary to drop off your completed application. 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR A PERMIT TO CARRY A HANDGUN
Read ALL instructions PRIOR to completing your application

Please Note:  Incomplete, Incorrect or Illegible Applications Will Be Returned and Will Need to be Resubmitted

PLEASE PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING AT TIME OF APPLICATION

1. Driver’s License and Birth Certificate OR Driver’s License and Passport OR Driver’s License and Naturalization Paperwork/Green Card.
2. Two (2) completed ORIGINAL double-sided State of New Jersey Applications For Permit To Carry A Handgun, form SP642 - signed, dated and notarized, with three (3), 1 ^½ x 1 ^½ passport size/style photos of applicant. Download and TYPE in the application at https://nj.gov/njsp/firearms/pdf/PTC_Updated_Application_20230120.pdf
3. Please list ALL prior names on the application and if more room is needed, write them on a separate piece of paper. If you are a female applicant and have no maiden name, please put N/A next to your last name on the application.
4. References CANNOT be related to you by blood or law.
5. Completed Consent for Mental Health Records Search Form, however,
   DO NOT SIGN IT. Your signature must be witnessed by police personnel. Download and TYPE in the form at https://www.njsp.org/firearms/pdf/sp-066_201907.pdf
6. Written proof of ownership of all handguns you intend to carry & qualification with one of the handgun(s) you intend on carrying.
7. Proof of ownership can be a purchase receipt or purchase permit or a notarized letter of ownership listing make, model, and serial number of handgun(s) that you intend to carry.
8. Written qualification must be within six months of application and include Instructors Name and Certification, make, model, caliber and serial number of one of the handgun(s) you intend to carry.
9. Money Order in the amount of $50.00 payable to; “New Jersey State Police”
10. Money Order in the amount of $150.00 payable to; “Lower Township Police”
11. Please place money orders and all photos in an envelope for submission.
12. When you drop off your completed application, we will give you a form with a case number to schedule your fingerprint appointment.

Additional Notes from the NJSP:

** ALL APPLICANTS (INITIAL AND RENEWAL) FOR PERMIT TO CARRY A HANDGUN MUST BE FINGERPRINTED.

** THE REQUIRED WRITTEN FIREARMS QUALIFICATION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH N.J.A.C. 13:54-2.4(B), CAN BE OBTAINED AT MOST FIREARM RANGES THROUGHOUT THE STATE. A LIST IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE, https://nj.gov/njsp/firearms/shooting-ranges.shtml

** A NEW JERSEY PERMIT TO CARRY IS VALID FOR TWO (2) YEARS FROM TIME OF APPROVAL.

2C:58-4 -  a. Scope of authority.  Any person who holds a valid permit to  carry a handgun issued pursuant to this section shall be authorized to carry a handgun in all parts of this State, except as prohibited by subsection e. of N.J.S.2C:39-5.  One permit shall be sufficient for all handguns owned by the holder thereof, but the permit shall apply only to a handgun carried by the actual and legal holder of the permit.