Sheriff notification.

[Brian]

By statute, the CLEO in Colorado IS the Sheriff in the County in which you reside. In other states, it is the top State Police Officer. There is no "local" about it. "Chief Law Enforcement Officer" has a specific meaning and trying to be cute is how folks end up in the slammer.

I sent my CLEO notification in to the JeffCo Sheriff at the same time I sent in my Form 4 with a check and the accompanying requirements.

Good info, Mark do you by chance know the statute# or have any information on this that I could pull up and document for future use?

[MarkCO]

The Office of Sheriff is created by the Colorado Constitution, (art.XIV, sect 8). There is something elsewhere that gives the CLEO authority, but I have no idea where. Most of the Sheriff offices websites use the language, "Chief Law Enforcement Officer" to describe the elected Sheriff. There was some squabble several years ago about a DA claiming he was the CLEO, he got proven wrong.

[Circuits]

The Office of Sheriff is created by the Colorado Constitution, (art.XIV, sect 8). There is something elsewhere that gives the CLEO authority, but I have no idea where. Most of the Sheriff offices websites use the language, "Chief Law Enforcement Officer" to describe the elected Sheriff. There was some squabble several years ago about a DA claiming he was the CLEO, he got proven wrong.

For purposes of fulfilling the FEDERAL requirement of "notifying the CLEO", the sheriff is not the only acceptable candidate, as far as the ATF is concerned. What may be true for Colorado law does not bind the feds.

From the text of 41F:

An "appropriate State or local official" is the local chief of police, county sheriff, head of the State police, or State or local district attorney or prosecutor of the locality in which the applicant, transferee, or responsible person is located.