Permit to carry a handgun

In-person appointment required

For new and renewal applications you must make an appointment and come in person.

A permit to carry is good for five years.

Documents and other items to bring to your appointment

• If you can’t print and bring an application with you, we have them on site.
• Completed and printed – not signed or dated – application. Sign and date it in person. Permit to carry application
• Training certificate from a course authorized by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Must be issued no more than one year before your appointment date.
• Driver’s license or other government ID with your current address
• Payment: cash, check, Visa or Mastercard. Credit card payments include 2.5% convenience fee to credit card provider.

New permit

$100

Renewal permit

$75

You can renew a permit up to 90 days before it expires.

Late renewals

A permit is not valid once it expires.

You can renew your expired permit for a higher fee.

1 to 30 days after expiration

$85

31 or more days after expiration

$100

Appointment hours and locations

Minneapolis

Phone: 612-348-8008

Make an appointment at Minneapolis

Minneapolis City Hall, Room 22
Hennepin County Sheriff's Office
Gun Permit Unit
350 South 5th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Map

Monday – Friday
7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Plymouth

Phone: 612-348-8008

Make an appointment at Plymouth

Hennepin County Sheriff's Office
Patrol Headquarters
1345 Shenandoah LN
Plymouth 55447 
Map

Monday – Friday
7:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Change or cancel appointment

If you need to cancel more than 24 hours before your appointment time, you can edit your appointment in your confirmation email.
If it’s less than 24 hours before your appointment time, email us at sheriff.gunpermit@hennepin.us or call us at 612-348-8008.

Processing time

We have 30 days to process and mail a permit to carry, or to deny the application for a permit to carry.

If you don’t hear from us within 30 days, bring all your paperwork to one of our gun permit locations. You don’t need an appointment. We can only give limited information by phone.

No appointment needed to change a current permit

To change your current permit, notify the sheriff's office that issued your permit.

You can walk into any of our gun permit locations.

You can change your:

• Address
• Name 

To update your permit

In person

• Fill out page one only of an application. Permit to carry application. If you can’t print and bring an application with you, we have them on site.
• If you would like an updated permit to carry card, a payment of $10 is required. 
• Pay $10 by check, cash, credit or debit cards. Cards have a 2.5% convenience fee.

Locations and hours

Minneapolis

Phone: 612-348-8008

Minneapolis City Hall, Room 22
Hennepin County Sheriff's Office
Gun Permit Unit
350 South 5th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Map

Monday – Friday
7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Plymouth

Phone: 612-348-8008

Hennepin County Sheriff's Office
Patrol Headquarters
1345 Shenandoah LN
Plymouth 55447 
Map

Monday – Friday
7:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

By mail

Step 1

Fill out page one only of the application, print and sign it. Permit to carry application (PDF) View

Step 2

Mail these items:

• Completed application
• If you would like an updated permit to carry card, a payment of $10 is required. 

Mailing address

Hennepin County Sheriff's Office
Gun Permit Unit
Minneapolis City Hall
350 South 5th Street, Room 22
Minneapolis, MN 55415

Correcting errors on your permit

If you received your permit and it has errors, call 612-348-8008 or stop into one of our gun permit locations. You don’t need an appointment. 

Lost or stolen permits

If you have lost your permit to carry card, please contact 612-348-8008 for more information.

Greenfield, Hanover, Medicine Lake and Rockford residents

Apply for a permit to purchase through the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office.

We are required to do a background check. We are also required to either issue the permit or provide a denial letter within 7 days from the date we receive the application.

Permit to purchases are valid for 1 year and there is no fee.

Requirements

• Be at least 21
• Be a U.S. citizen or have legal alien status
• Cannot be a fugitive or have any warrant including for petty misdemeanors
• Cannot be listed as the respondent in a restraining order
• Not be excluded from purchasing a firearm under any criteria listed in Minnesota law (statute 624.714)

Application

• Fill in, sign and date the application with the date you present it at our office.
• Giving false information on an application could result in criminal charges.
• Present a valid and current Minnesota driver’s license or ID card with your current address. You may also use a passport with proof of residency.

Minnesota application for permit to purchase a firearm (PDF)

After you fill out the application

You can drop it off at any of our locations during normal hours.

You don’t need an appointment to drop of the application.

But if you like, you can schedule an appointment at any of our locations:

• Minneapolis appointment scheduler 
• Plymouth appointment scheduler

We will give you a receipt at the time you apply.

Minneapolis residents 

• Apply in person at the City of Minneapolis Service Center, 505 4th Ave. You may also apply by mail. 
• No fee
• Permit valid one year
• City of Minneapolis gun permit office

Other county residents

Apply for a permit to purchase it at your local police department.

2025

• Wednesday, January 1, 2025 (New Year's Day)
• Monday, January 20, 2025 (Martin Luther King)
• Monday, February 17, 2025 (President's Day)
• Monday, May 26, 2025 (Memorial Day)
• Thursday, June 19, 2025 (Juneteenth)
• Friday, July 4, 2025 (Independence Day)
• Monday, September 1, 2025 (Labor Day)
• Tuesday, November 11, 2025 (Veteran's Day)
• Thursday, November 27, 2025 (Thanksgiving Day)
• Friday, November 28, 2025 (Thanksgiving Friday)
• Thursday, December 25, 2025 (Christmas Day)