CCW wait time in Adams Co.

[Robb]

FYI It took me approximately 55 days to get my CCW through Adams Co. Had a few issues like having to go back twice for fingerprints because mine seem to be overly smooth. Received my card in the mail yesterday, my name was spelled incorrectly so I called at about 4:30pm and went to voicemail. The gal running that dept returned my call this morning at 8:30am saying a new card would be sent out right away.

I've heard Adams Co. isn't friendly toward fun toys like suppressors and SBR's but as far as my CCW experience it has been completely positive.

Robb

[spqrzilla]

Yeah, Adams Co Sheriff dept is smooth and helpful for CCW permit.

[JM Ver. 2.0]

The lady that does the CCW stuff out here is really nice. She likes her job too, which helps a lot.

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

Good for you. It took me 93 days o get mine.

[Mazin]

74 days and Yea I agree the lady that does the prints and pics is very cool. I'm use to not smiling in pics because my work (Federal Contractor) want only "Neutral Appearing" pictures, so when I didn't smile she says "You know this isn't a license to kill", just struck me funny so yea I'm grinning ear to ear in my pic.

[50bmg]

89 days

[Buckaroobonsai]

I agree. Seems you're more likely to get the call back to pick it up during the last week of the 90 days for some reason...

89 days

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

I agree. Seems you're more likely to get the call back to pick it up during the last week of the 90 days for some reason...

The reason is Doug darr is a bastard that forgets that we pay his wages. We are legal Colorado residents that wanna do the right thing by jumping through the hoops and get our ccw. Slowing the process down just makes him and his staff look like bigger a holes.

[KestrelBike]

I just moved to CO last month, and I got all of my paperwork in order, had a photocopy of my birth-certificate (more on this later!) and my training certificates. I read both the sheriff's CHL website and their PDF information packet.

I went yesterday (tuesday) at 1pm and stupidly realized I had read Thursday's hours of operations instead of Tuesday's. I guess it really strains that ghost-town of a headquarters to have more than 8hours a week total to accept an application that takes "90 days" to approve. Knowing outward displays of frustration would get me nowhere, I kindly asked the receptionist to help me make sure I had brought all of the correct paperwork, anyways. Here's the results:

A) The photocopy of my birth certificate was a No-Go, it MUST be the original that they then photocopy.
i) Luckily, they DO take a valid US Passport in lieu of a BC, which I had with me just in case.

B) The photocopies of my Training Certificate were a NO-GO, they must have the originals with an original signature that they then photocopy. I suppose you could have a photocopy of your certificate that was signed again by the instructor, but if you had lost your certificate, I'd think the instructor would just cut you an identical new one.
i) I actually have 3 certificates. Two of them are NRA first-steps, once in 2007 and the other earlier this year. My first is only an emailed PDF from the instructor that obviously just has a digital signature. I doubt the SD will accept this. The second NRA first-steps is the original color certificate, however the signature was a "digital" signature (ie it was printed, not done with a pen). I imagine the SD also giving me grief about this. My 3rd certificate was for a Defensive Pistol I Class I took, and the signature is with a pen luckily. I'll be bringing all 3 certificates with me.

Also, don't forget to only sign the application when you submit it, and bring $152.50 in the form of a check or cash.

Now about that $152.50: I read that a CHL was to not cost more than $100. I love how the sheriff's department works in that extra $52.50 to process your fingerprints. If a private enterprise was doing business this way, they'd be plywood-windows & dust by now. The card it's done on is $0.02. The time it takes to take your prints is 2 minutes, tops. The time it takes to scan it in can be no longer than 5 minutes. That makes it a $450/hr job?

I'll edit my thread tomorrow when hopefully everything goes well!

[mahabali]

Took me the full 90 days