That_FNG
6.5 Creedmoor
Out of curiosity with PA is there anywhere you can find of list of places that are restricted/no go for PA permit holders to carry? Does no guns allowed signs have force of law?
Time for My PA Non-Resident
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Following. New PA holder her ( last Friday kinda new)
JRtraderny
6.5 Creedmoor
This is a good place to start . Pennsylvania Firearm Owners Association Discussion Forum
Bob
6.5 Creedmoor
Handgunlaw.us does a pretty good job of breaking it down. https://handgunlaw.us/states/pennsylvania.pdf
JRtraderny
6.5 Creedmoor
This should help .
thughes
.357 mag
A must for anyone that has one or more state's permits or a state permit that gives reciprocity with multiple states. I am GTG to conceal carry in 40 states and I travel a lot, it's critical to know all the nuances of every state you travel through. This app is everything you need to keep your ass from running afoul of the law.
CCW – Concealed Carry 50 State - Apps on Google Play
Follow complex state CCW permit laws and lawfully carry firearms in each state.
(or the Apple version)
GTN
.308 Win
Great app. It cost a few bucks but worth itA must for anyone that has one or more state's permits or a state permit that gives reciprocity with multiple states. I am GTG to conceal carry in 40 states and I travel a lot, it's critical to know all the nuances of every state you travel through. This app is everything you need to keep your ass from running afoul of the law.
CCW – Concealed Carry 50 State - Apps on Google Play
Follow complex state CCW permit laws and lawfully carry firearms in each state.play.google.com
(or the Apple version)
That's great, but keep in mind that reciprocity agreements are subject to change at any time, and do change frequently.A must for anyone that has one or more state's permits or a state permit that gives reciprocity with multiple states. I am GTG to conceal carry in 40 states and I travel a lot, it's critical to know all the nuances of every state you travel through. This app is everything you need to keep your ass from running afoul of the law.
CCW – Concealed Carry 50 State - Apps on Google Play
Follow complex state CCW permit laws and lawfully carry firearms in each state.
(or the Apple version)
Always check more than one source for reciprocity information - it might just save your ass. Also, check any source for their update frequency. Information that isn't updated is easily BAD information.
thughes
.357 mag
Sound advice.
This app updates its laws and reciprocity data "every month or more frequently". It also checks daily for updates in the background (if you allow it to) and every time you open it (if you don't allow background checks).
I'm pretty comfortable with that frequency, YMMV.
In the last 30 days it added "court updates" for in-process cases in IL (mag limit and aw ban), NJ (prohibited places), TN (age restrictions), and TX (age restrictions)....with links to relevant documentation/legal decisions/penal code for each update.
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That_FNG
6.5 Creedmoor
Well decided to take a drive to Erie PA and got my PA conceal carry permit. Took 10 minutes and was issued on the spot. Cost was 20 bucks, filled out one form, and made a copy of drivers license and nys unrestricted conceal carry permit.
talk about night and day compared to getting a permit in NYS. For the reason one could even put simple self defense, no explanation required. Imagine that! Decided to celebrate by stopping by sportsman’s warehouse and filling a shopping cart with ammo. Then got some chik-fil-a and headed back with a truck load of ammo that nys got no tax money and has no clue what or how much I bought. Suck on that Governor hokey.
Decided to get the PA one as I’ll be spending more time in PA since for now nys has made it illegal for me to visit the Adirondacks as well as various nys forests and hiking trails.
talk about night and day compared to getting a permit in NYS. For the reason one could even put simple self defense, no explanation required. Imagine that! Decided to celebrate by stopping by sportsman’s warehouse and filling a shopping cart with ammo. Then got some chik-fil-a and headed back with a truck load of ammo that nys got no tax money and has no clue what or how much I bought. Suck on that Governor hokey.
Decided to get the PA one as I’ll be spending more time in PA since for now nys has made it illegal for me to visit the Adirondacks as well as various nys forests and hiking trails.
As to the question of reasons why on the PA permit, I had a flashback to my NYS application, and checked nearly every reason available.
The clerk simply chose self defense lol.
Smelled like freedom my friend.
"No Gun" signs have NO Force of Law in PA. I ignore such signage on a daily basis. My local Sheriff had a Q&A session at me gun club a couple months ago and confirmed this.
No Force of Law in PA. Carry with confidence anywhere if you have a permit.
No loaded long guns in a vehicle however. This is under hunting and game laws and is a low level misdemeanor.
That_FNG
6.5 Creedmoor
I spent some time late last night reading up on it. Basically can carry almost anywhere except for a few places. Can carry in state parks. Possibly even can open carry although there seems to be confusion on it. From what I understood it is legal to conceal carry at your home and workplace with no permit required. Legal to carry in your vehicle with just a ny permit. I put my carry piece in my vehicle safe, drove down and got my permit, and then immediately started conceal carrying once I had it.
cardinalny
.40 S&W
PA non-resident pistol permit renewal in 2024
I’ve had a PA non-res permit for 10 yrs. Received my original non-res permit at Scranton and also the renewal 5 yrs ago. 20 minutes and $20 and walked out with new pistol permit. I’ve read that Scranton, Lackawanna County was no longer issuing non- res permits. I live in the Fishkill area and would travel on I-84 to PA, which PA Sheriff’s offices can I go to in order to get my same day renewal?
I’ve had a PA non-res permit for 10 yrs. Received my original non-res permit at Scranton and also the renewal 5 yrs ago. 20 minutes and $20 and walked out with new pistol permit. I’ve read that Scranton, Lackawanna County was no longer issuing non- res permits. I live in the Fishkill area and would travel on I-84 to PA, which PA Sheriff’s offices can I go to in order to get my same day renewal?
kev74
20×102mm Vulcan
Milford does it. I was in and out in 15 minutes.
Steal2B
.700 Nitro Express
Pike County Sheriff (in Milford) is closer for you and even faster than Scranton. (FYI the sheriff's office is less than an hour from Dutchess County Pistol.)
In fact both my wife and I got confirmation calls within several minutes of sending the email with attached information.
We were only in the sheriff's office for several minutes for pics and processing.
See the previous posts for heads up about leaving cell phones in your car and it's small town street parking.
Pike County Sheriff's Office Online License to Carry Gun Permit Director
pikepa.permitium.com
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pshift
.338 Win Mag
Pike County changed their policies...
ATTENTION APPLICANTS:
ATTENTION APPLICANTS:
- You must be a current resident of Pike County in order to apply for, (or renew), a License to Carry.
- The address on your Pennsylvania Driver’s License or Pennsylvania State Identification Card MUST be your current residence location. We will accept a change of address card when supplied with your PA Driver’s License or PA State ID. We do not accept PA Driver’s Licenses or PA State IDs with only a PO Box number as a residence.
- Be advised that a Pennsylvania Hunting or Fishing License is absolutely not a substitute for a “Pennsylvania License to Carry Concealed Firearms” permit.
Steal2B
.700 Nitro Express
This note has been on PA County Sheriff sites for ages, and the Pike County Sheriff office confirmed with us that this note applies only to PA residents, not to out of state permit holders obtaining or renewing PA non-resident permits , and all PA Counties follow this home county only law for PA residents.
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Vapor
.308 Win
Last I knew my county, Susquehanna, was giving them out as long as you had your current NYS permit. In fact they gave me apps for my brothers.
masterswimmer
.450/400 Nitro Ex
I went through the PA out of state (OOS) renewal process.....today. My info and experience I'm about to share is as current as can be.
I received my initial PA OOS permit in Lackawanna County (Scranton) in Feb 2014, in person. Pike County, at that time did not issue OOS permits.
I renewed my permit in 2019, again in Scranton, in person.
After reading the updates on this thread and having called Scranton a few weeks ago to check their most current policies about OOS renewals, I learned they no longer offered OOS renewals. They informed me I could renew in Pike County. I just didn't realize it was now required to do it online and not allowed to renew in person. At 11:48pm last night I decided to check my permit for the exact expiration date. My permit had an expiration date of 2/19/24, yesterday. I knew it was in February, I just forgot the exact date. I had 12 minutes to submit for renewal on time.
Not what I was hoping for.
I scrambled to get pictures of my NYS permit, my PA OOS LTCF permit, and my NYS drivers license uploaded to the Pike County website, along with their short 2 page application, and credit card payment done before 11:59pm. Not quite the speed typist here. Scanning the permits/license and inputting payment, then pressing SUBMIT took me to 12:07am. My permit was officially expired. I had no idea if they offered any grace period.
2 minutes after I clicked SUBMIT, at 12:09am, I received an automated text message from the Pike County Sheriff's Dept confirming receipt of my application. This was not an approval. They made sure to make that very clear. It was nothing more than an acknowledgement that they'd received it and would process it in the order in which it was received.
At 1:56pm today, just short of 14 hours later, I received another text, email, and phone call from the Sheriff's Department notifying me that my renewal application was approved and that I had 30 days to make an appointment to go there in person, with the same documents I'd scanned and uploaded, to receive my new PA OOS LTCF permit.
Any information contrary to this experience of mine I'd take with a grain of salt. This info is as up to date as you can get. Will it change in the future? I have no doubt it will. I just have no idea when. This info is good, at least for today.
Good luck to everyone else. I hope it goes as smooth as this for everyone.
Oh, one last thing. In Scranton, in person, the fee was $20. This online renewal process was $20 + $5 admin fee + $1.69 credit card processing fee. Total to the CC was $26.69. I was going to tell them to stick it with all these extra fees. Like highway robbery. Lmao, j/k, Well worth it in my opinion.
I received my initial PA OOS permit in Lackawanna County (Scranton) in Feb 2014, in person. Pike County, at that time did not issue OOS permits.
I renewed my permit in 2019, again in Scranton, in person.
After reading the updates on this thread and having called Scranton a few weeks ago to check their most current policies about OOS renewals, I learned they no longer offered OOS renewals. They informed me I could renew in Pike County. I just didn't realize it was now required to do it online and not allowed to renew in person. At 11:48pm last night I decided to check my permit for the exact expiration date. My permit had an expiration date of 2/19/24, yesterday. I knew it was in February, I just forgot the exact date. I had 12 minutes to submit for renewal on time.
Not what I was hoping for. I scrambled to get pictures of my NYS permit, my PA OOS LTCF permit, and my NYS drivers license uploaded to the Pike County website, along with their short 2 page application, and credit card payment done before 11:59pm. Not quite the speed typist here. Scanning the permits/license and inputting payment, then pressing SUBMIT took me to 12:07am. My permit was officially expired. I had no idea if they offered any grace period.
2 minutes after I clicked SUBMIT, at 12:09am, I received an automated text message from the Pike County Sheriff's Dept confirming receipt of my application. This was not an approval. They made sure to make that very clear. It was nothing more than an acknowledgement that they'd received it and would process it in the order in which it was received.
At 1:56pm today, just short of 14 hours later, I received another text, email, and phone call from the Sheriff's Department notifying me that my renewal application was approved and that I had 30 days to make an appointment to go there in person, with the same documents I'd scanned and uploaded, to receive my new PA OOS LTCF permit.
Any information contrary to this experience of mine I'd take with a grain of salt. This info is as up to date as you can get. Will it change in the future? I have no doubt it will. I just have no idea when. This info is good, at least for today.
Good luck to everyone else. I hope it goes as smooth as this for everyone.
Oh, one last thing. In Scranton, in person, the fee was $20. This online renewal process was $20 + $5 admin fee + $1.69 credit card processing fee. Total to the CC was $26.69. I was going to tell them to stick it with all these extra fees. Like highway robbery. Lmao, j/k, Well worth it in my opinion.
kev74
20×102mm Vulcan
I think they treat renewal and initial application the same. I let mine lapse by a couple of months and didn't have any issues renewing.I went through the PA out of state (OOS) renewal process.....today. My info and experience I'm about to share is as current as can be.
I received my initial PA OOS permit in Lackawanna County (Scranton) in Feb 2014, in person. Pike County, at that time did not issue OOS permits.
I renewed my permit in 2019, again in Scranton, in person.
After reading the updates on this thread and having called Scranton a few weeks ago to check their most current policies about OOS renewals, I learned they no longer offered OOS renewals. They informed me I could renew in Pike County. I just didn't realize it was now required to do it online and not allowed to renew in person. At 11:48pm last night I decided to check my permit for the exact expiration date. My permit had an expiration date of 2/19/24, yesterday. I knew it was in February, I just forgot the exact date. I had 12 minutes to submit for renewal on time.
I scrambled to get pictures of my NYS permit, my PA OOS LTCF permit, and my NYS drivers license uploaded to the Pike County website, along with their short 2 page application, and credit card payment done before 11:59pm. Not quite the speed typist here. Scanning the permits/license and inputting payment, then pressing SUBMIT took me to 12:07am. My permit was officially expired. I had no idea if they offered any grace period.
2 minutes after I clicked SUBMIT, at 12:09am, I received an automated text message from the Pike County Sheriff's Dept confirming receipt of my application. This was not an approval. They made sure to make that very clear. It was nothing more than an acknowledgement that they'd received it and would process it in the order in which it was received.
At 1:56pm today, just short of 14 hours later, I received another text, email, and phone call from the Sheriff's Department notifying me that my renewal application was approved and that I had 30 days to make an appointment to go there in person, with the same documents I'd scanned and uploaded, to receive my new PA OOS LTCF permit.
Any information contrary to this experience of mine I'd take with a grain of salt. This info is as up to date as you can get. Will it change in the future? I have no doubt it will. I just have no idea when. This info is good, at least for today.
Good luck to everyone else. I hope it goes as smooth as this for everyone.
Oh, one last thing. In Scranton, in person, the fee was $20. This online renewal process was $20 + $5 admin fee + $1.69 credit card processing fee. Total to the CC was $26.69. I was going to tell them to stick it with all these extra fees. Like highway robbery. Lmao, j/k, Well worth it in my opinion.
masterswimmer
.450/400 Nitro Ex
Possibly, but there is at least one application difference. On a new license you're required to provide two non family references. On the renewal I didn't need to provide any references.
Vapor
.308 Win
The sheriff in my county laughed about the references. They never call. He said something like that's Harrisburg Democrat crap.
Steal2B
.700 Nitro Express
Last time I checked, PA has a one year grace period on the 5 year renewal date for both Resident and Non-Resident.
Acer-m14
.950 JDJ
Question
What if you are a PA resident and now live in a RV moving from place to place in PA and all you have is a PO box ??
What if you are a PA resident and now live in a RV moving from place to place in PA and all you have is a PO box ??
Steal2B
.700 Nitro Express
Acer-m14
.950 JDJ
i read that .. but you sold your home and now live in a RV ..
what is your address for the RV when you move all over the place in PA ..
my Resident Address is in a 1970 Winnebago ... ???
i'm just question there bull shit rules on what could happen ..
my uncle is a resident of PA and is a Rv'er .. if he just sold the house and kept the Rv .. now what ??
Drivers License Changed to PO box ..
JaguarJaguarGolf
6.5 Creedmoor
I got a new PA non-resident license a few weeks ago in Milford. It took 20 minutes.
I had to get a new one because my previous one was issued in Scranton.
My first one many moons ago was issued in Milford. Five years ago they were not doing non-resident licenses
I had to get a new one because my previous one was issued in Scranton.
My first one many moons ago was issued in Milford. Five years ago they were not doing non-resident licenses
holdover
.475 A&M Magnum
You mean country?