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
- Driver’s License and Birth Certificate OR Driver’s License and Passport OR Driver’s License and Naturalization Paperwork/Green Card.
- 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
- 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.
- References CANNOT be related to you by blood or law.
- 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
- Written proof of ownership of all handguns you intend to carry & qualification with one of the handgun(s) you intend on carrying.
- 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.
- 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.
- Money Order in the amount of $50.00 payable to; “New Jersey State Police”
- Money Order in the amount of $150.00 payable to; “Lower Township Police”
- Please place money orders and all photos in an envelope for submission.
- 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. |