REQUIREMENTS TO OBTAIN A CONCEALED PISTOL LICENSE

State Requirements:

• Citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted into the United States

• Resident of Michigan for not less than six months

• Successful completion of a pistol safety training course

• Not subject to an order or disposition for any of the following:

• Not subject to a conditional bond release where firearm possession is prohibited

• Not subject to a Personal Protection Order

• Not prohibited by MCL 750.224f (felon in possession of a firearm)

• Has never been convicted of a felony in Michigan or elsewhere

• Has no felony charge pending in Michigan or elsewhere

• Has not been dishonorably discharged from the United States Armed Forces

Has not been convicted of one of the following misdemeanors in the 8 years immediately preceding the date of application:

• Failing to stop when involved in a personal injury accident, MCL 257.617a

• Operating while intoxicated, second offense, MCL 257.625, punishable as provided in subsection (9)(b)

• Drunk driving, commercial vehicle, MCL 257.625m punishable under subsection (4) of that section

• Reckless driving, MCL 257.626

• Driving while license suspended or revoked, MCL 257.904 punishable as a second or subsequent offense.

• Operating aircraft while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance with prior conviction, MCL 259.185

• Hindering or obstructing certain persons performing official weights and measures duties, MCL 290.629

• Hindering, obstructing, assaulting, or committing bodily injury upon director or authorized representative, MCL 290.650

• Operating ORV under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance, second or subsequent offense, MCL 324.81134, punishable under subsection (5) or (6) of that section

• Operating a snowmobile under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance, MCL 324.82127 punishable as a second or subsequent offense under section 82128(1)(b) or (c) of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL324.82128.

• Operating vessel under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance, second or subsequent offense). 324.80176 punishable under section 80177(1)(b)

• Knowingly or intentionally possessing controlled substance, controlled substance analogue, or prescription form, MCL 333.7403.

• Operating locomotive under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance, or while visibly impaired, MCL 462.353 punishable under subsection (4) of that section.

• Displaying sexually explicit matter to minors, MCL 722.677

• Assault or domestic assault, MCL 750.81

• Aggravated assault or aggravated domestic assault, MCL 750.81a

• Entering without breaking, MCL 750.115

• Fourth degree child abuse, MCL 750.136b

• Accosting, enticing, or soliciting a child for immoral purposes, MCL 750.145a

• Vulnerable adult abuse, MCL 750.145n

• Solicitation to commit a felony, MCL 750.157b

• Impersonating peace officer or medical examiner, MCL 750.215

• Illegal sale of a firearm or ammunition, MCL 750.223

• Illegal sale of a self-defense spray, MCL 750.224d

• Sale or possession of a switchblade, MCL 750.226a

• Improper transportation of a loaded firearm, MCL 750.227c

• Failure to have a pistol inspected, MCL 750.228

• Accepting a pistol in pawn, MCL 750.229

• Failure to register the purchase of a firearm or a firearm component, MCL 750.232

• Improperly obtaining a pistol, making a false statement on an application to purchase a pistol, or using false Identification to purchase a pistol, MCL 750.232a

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• Intentionally aiming a firearm without malice, MCL 750.233

• Intentionally discharging a firearm aimed without malice, MCL 750.234

• Possessing a firearm on prohibited premises, MCL 750.234d

• Brandishing a firearm in public, MCL 750.234e

• Possession of a firearm by an individual less than 18 years of age, MCL 750.234f

• Intentionally discharging a firearm aimed without malice causing injury, MCL 750.235

• Parent of a minor who possessed a firearm in a weapon free school zone, MCL 750.235a

• Setting a spring gun or other device, MCL 750.236

• Possessing a firearm while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a drug, MCL 750.237

• Weapon free school zone violation, MCL 750.237a

• Indecent exposure, MCL 750.335a

• Stalking, MCL 750.411h

• Reckless, careless, or negligent use of a firearm resulting in injury or death, MCL 752.861

• Careless, reckless, or negligent use of a firearm resulting in property damage, MCL 752.862

• Reckless discharge of a firearm, MCL 752.863a

• Violation of a law of the United States, another state, or a local unit of government of this state or another state substantially corresponding to a violation described above

Has not been convicted of one of the following misdemeanors in the 3 years immediately preceding the date of application:

• Operating under the influence, MCL 257.625

• Refusal of commercial vehicle driver to submit to a chemical test, MCL 257.625a

• Negligently fails to comply, MCL 257.625k

• Circumventing an ignition interlocking device, MCL 257.625l

• Operating a commercial vehicle with alcohol content, MCL 257.625m, punishable under subsection (3) of that section

• Operating aircraft under the influence, MCL 259.185

• Operating ORV under the influence, MCL 324.81134

• Operating ORV while visibly impaired, MCL 324.81135

• Operating a snowmobile under the influence, MCL 324.82127

• Controlled substances, MCL 333.7401 to 333.7461

• Operating locomotive under the influence, MCL 462.353 punishable under subsection (3) of that section.

• Disorderly person, MCL 750.167

• Embezzlement, MCL 750.174

• False pretenses, MCL 750.218

• Larceny, MCL 750.356

• Retail fraud, MCL 750.356d

• Larceny-vacant building, MCL 750.359

• Larceny by conversion, MCL 750.362

• Defrauding lessor, MCL 750.362a

• Malicious destruction of property, MCL 750.377a

• Malicious destruction of real property, MCL 750.380

• Failure to obey police direction, MCL 750.479a

• Receiving stolen property, MCL 750.535

• Malicious use of telephones, MCL 750.540e

• Violation of a law of the United States, another state, or a local unit of government of this state or another state substantially corresponding to a violation described above

• The applicant has not been found guilty but mentally ill of any crime and has not offered a plea of not guilty of, or been acquitted of, any crime by reason of insanity.

• The applicant has never been subject to an order of involuntary commitment due to a mental illness.

• The applicant does not have a diagnosed mental illness at the time the application is made regardless of whether he or she is receiving treatment.

• The applicant is not under a court order of legal incapacity in this state or elsewhere.

Federal Requirements:

• Not convicted in any court of, or under indictment for, a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year (i.e. felony, or any misdemeanor punishable by more than 2 years)

• Not a fugitive of justice

• Not an unlawful user of, or addicted to, any controlled substance (as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802))

• Not adjudicated as a mental defective or who has been committed to a mental institution

• Not an alien who is illegally or unlawfully in the United States

• Not discharged from the Armed Forces under dishonorable conditions

• Not renounced his/her citizenship

• Not subject to a court order prohibiting harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner or child of such intimate partner or from engaging in other conduct that would place the partner or child in reasonable fear of bodily injury

• Not convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.

(See misdemeanor crimes above. The applicant is prohibited for the time periods designated in the misdemeanors above that have the element of domestic violence; i.e. 3 or 8 years.)