On Thursday April 8th the Lorain County Sheriff's Office will start distributing and accepting applications to comply with the new Concealed Carry Law enacted in Ohio.

Applications for the Gun license will only be accepted at the Sheriff's Office on Murray Ridge Road, no applications will be available at the sub-stations. The hours to drop off completed License applications will be 8 am thru 6 pm Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Sheriff Stammitti wants to remind everyone when picking up or dropping off applications that they DO NOT bring their gun with them. We also want to remind everyone to check over the application to make sure it is completely filled out and have their picture and training certificate with the application.

 The fee for the license is $55.00 dollars. If you have not been a resident of Ohio for five years, the fee will be $79.00 dollars as additional background checks are required.

Payment for the license will be accepted in the following forms; Certified bank check, Money order or cashiers check; cash will not be accepted.

Ohio law allows forty-five days to process the applications; with the volume of persons expected to submit applications, we are asking people to be patient. Applications will be processed as swiftly as possible.

For general questions regarding the new law, click here for Ohio Attorney General's web page and click on "concealed carry information".