724.10  Application for permit to carry weapons--criminal history check required.

A person shall not be issued a permit to carry weapons unless the person has completed and signed an application on a form to be prescribed and published by the commissioner of public safety. The application shall state the full name, social security number (optional), residence, and age of the applicant, and shall state whether the applicant has ever been convicted of a felony, whether the person is addicted to the use of alcohol or any controlled substance, and whether the person has any history of mental illness or repeated acts of violence. The applicant shall also display an identification card that bears a distinguishing number assigned to the card holder, the full name, date of birth, sex, residence address, and a brief description and colored photograph of the card holder. Upon notification that criminal history data is available but not later than July 1, 1991, the sheriff shall conduct immediately a criminal history check concerning each applicant by obtaining criminal history data from the department of public safety. A person who knowingly makes a false statement of material fact on the application commits a class "D" felony.

Section History: Early form

  [S13, § 4775-4a, -7a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 12939, 12940; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, § 695.5, 695.6; C79, 81, § 724.10]

Section History: Recent form

  90 Acts, ch 1147, §1

Internal References

  Referred to in § 80A.13, 724.11, 724.13


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