You must telephone the Sheriff's Office before to coming to the office at 712-757- 3415.  New procedures require you to make an appointment with the Administrative Assistant handling weapons permits. If you do not do this you may not be able to renew at the office at that time. In order to renew you must apply 30 days prior to expiration of your permit. The Sheriff has 30 days to approve a permit. New permit applicants (after 1/1/2011) must review Chapter 724.9 for proper documentation of training to provide proof of training. Please review the information below to become familiar with the new law (Effective 1/1/2011).
Applications for a Permit to Carry or Permit to Acquire must be in person at the Sheriff's Office. Weapons Permit Office hours are Monday - Thursday from
8am -12pm & 1pm- 4pm. Valid Drivers License or non-operator's identification card  required.

PROCEDURES FOR WEAPONS "CARRY PERMIT" AND "PERMIT TO PURCHASE WEAPONS"

A Non-Professional Permit to Carry authorizes the permit holder to carry weapons with no restrictions as set by the Iowa Code. A Non-Professional Permit to Carry is valid for five years from the issuing date.

Application procedures for a Non-Professional Permit to Carry a weapon:
1. Apply to the sheriff in the county of their residence.
2. Submit a completed application form in person to the sheriff's office.
3. Submit a completed certified handgun safety training course or military DD-214 form.
4. Provide a form of identification.
5. Applicant must be at least 21 years of age.
6. Must meet all applicable requirements in Iowa Code Chapter 724.
7. Pay the required fee: $50.00 for a new permit and $25.00 for a renewal permit; an additional $10.00 will be charged for a plastic card.

In order to purchase a handgun, an Iowa resident must obtain an Iowa Permit to Acquire if the resident does not already have a Permit to Carry.
A Permit to Acquire authorizes the holder to acquire pistols/revolvers; however, this does not authorize the holder to carry a weapon. An Iowa
Permit to Acquire is valid for one year after the date of application and is valid throughout the state of Iowa.
Application procedures for a Permit to Acquire pistols or revolvers:
1. Apply to the sheriff in the county of their residence.
2. Submit a completed application form in person to the sheriff's office.
3. Provide a form of identification.
4. Applicant must be at least 21 years of age.
5. Must meet all applicable requirements in Iowa Code Chapter 724.
6. Pay the required fee; $10.00 for a new and renewal permit

    The links located directly below are information releases from various stakeholders in the new Iowa Weapons Carry Law that became effective on January 1, 2011. This information from the various sources should be informational and any specific
questions about the new law should be directed to your County Sheriff's Office.

                                          Iowa Firearms Coalition Public Information on new weapons law SF2379

                                          Iowa DNR's Response - SF2379 - Hunting laws & applicability of the new weapons law 

                    Excerpts from Iowa Weapons Law
                    Chapter 724 – Effective January 1, 2011

724.7  NONPROFESSIONAL PERMIT TO CARRY WEAPONS:
Any person who is not disqualified under section 724.8, who satisfies the training requirements of section 724.9, and who files an application in accordance with section 724.10 shall be issued a Nonprofessional permit to carry weapons. Such permits shall be on a form prescribed and published by the commissioner of public safety, which shall be readily distinguishable from the professional permit, and shall identify the holder of the permit. Such permits shall not be issued for a particular weapon and shall not contain information about a particular weapon including the make, model, or serial number of the weapon or any ammunition used in that weapon. All permits so issued shall be for a period of five years and shall be valid throughout the state except where the possession or carrying of a firearm is prohibited by state or federal law.

724.8  PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR PERMIT TO CARRY WEAPONS:
No professional or nonprofessional permit to carry weapons shall be issued to a person who is subject to any of the following:
1.  Is less than eighteen years of age for a professional permit or less than twenty-one years of age for a nonprofessional permit.
2.  Is addicted to the use of alcohol
3.  Probable cause exists to believe, based upon documented specific actions of the person, where at least one of the actions occurred within two years immediately preceding the date of the permit Application, that the person is likely to use a weapon unlawfully or in such other manner as would endanger the person's self or others.
4.  Is subject to the provisions of section 724.26.
5.  Has, within the previous three years, been convicted of any serious or aggravated misdemeanor defined in chapter 708, not involving the use of a        firearm or explosive.
6.  Is prohibited by federal law from shipping, transporting, possessing, or receiving a firearm.

724.9  FIREARM TRAINING PROGRAM:
1.  An applicant shall demonstrate knowledge of firearm safety by any of the following means:
a.  Completion of any national rifle association handgun safety training course.
b.  Completion of any handgun safety training course available to the general public offered by a law enforcement agency, community college, college, private or public institution or organization, or firearms training school, utilizing instructors certified by the national rifle association or the department of public safety or another state's department of public safety, state police department, or similar certifying body.
c.  Completion of any handgun safety training course offered for security guards, investigators, special deputies, or any division or subdivision of a law enforcement or security enforcement agency approved by the department of public safety.
d.  Completion of small arms training while serving with the armed forces of the United States as evidenced by any of the
following:
(1)  For personnel released or retired from active duty, possession of an honorable discharge or general discharge under
honorable conditions.
(2)  For personnel on active duty or serving in one of the national guard or reserve components of the armed forces of the United States, possession of a certificate of completion of basic training with a service record of successful completion of small arms training and qualification.
e.  Completion of a law enforcement agency firearms training course that qualifies a peace officer to carry a firearm in the normal course of the peace officer's duties.
2.  Evidence of qualification under this section may be documented by any of the following:
a.  A photocopy of a certificate of completion or any similar document indicating completion of any course or class identified in subsection 1.
b.  An affidavit from the instructor, school, organization, or group that conducted or taught a course or class identified in subsection 1 attesting to the completion of the course or class by the applicant.
c.  A copy of any document indicating participation in any firearms shooting competition.
3.  An issuing officer shall not condition the issuance of a permit on training requirements that are not specified in or that exceed the requirements of this section.

724.10  APPLICATION FOR PERMIT TO CARRY WEAPONS BACKGROUND CHECK REQUIRED:
1.  A person shall not be issued a permit to carry weapons unless the person has completed and signed an application on a form to be prescribed and published by the commissioner of public safety.  The application shall require only the full name, driver's license or non-operator's identification card number, residence, place of birth, and date of birth of the applicant, and shall state whether the applicant meets the criteria specified in sections 724.8 and 724.9.  An applicant may provide the applicant's social security number if the applicant so chooses.  The applicant shall also display an identification card that bears a distinguishing number assigned to the cardholder, the full name, date of birth, sex, residence address, and a brief description
and colored photograph of the cardholder.
2.  The issuing officer, upon receipt of an initial or renewal application under this section, shall immediately conduct a background check concerning each applicant by obtaining criminal history data  from the department of public safety which shall include an inquiry of the national instant criminal background system maintained by the federal bureau of investigation or any successor agency.
3.  A person who makes what the person knows to be a false statement of material fact on an application submitted under this section or who submits what the person knows to be any materially falsified or forged documentation in connection with such an application commits a class "D" felony.

724.26  POSSESSION, RECEIPT, TRANSPORTATION, OR DOMINION AND CONTROL OF FIREARMS AND OFFENSIVE
WEAPONS BY FELONS:

A person who is convicted of a felony in a state or federal court, or who is adjudicated delinquent on the basis of conduct that would constitute a felony if committed by an adult, and who knowingly has under the person's dominion and control or possession, receives, or transports or causes to be transported a firearm or offensive weapon is guilty of a class "D" felony.  

724.4A  WEAPONS FREE ZONES -- ENHANCED PENALTIES:

1.  As used in this section, "weapons free zone" means the area in or on, or within one thousand feet of, the real property comprising a public or private elementary or secondary school, or in or on the real property comprising a public park.  A weapons free zone shall not include that portion of a public park designated as a hunting area under section 461A.42.

2.  Notwithstanding sections 902.9 and 903.1, a person who commits a public offense involving a firearm or offensive weapon, within a weapons free zone, in violation of this or any other chapter shall be subject to a fine of twice the maximum amount which may otherwise be imposed for the public offense.


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