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Nevada Concealed Carry Permit

Nevada requires a Concealed Firearm Permit to carry. It is shall-issue, the minimum age is 21, and training is required.

Requirements at a glance

Permit name Concealed Firearm Permit
Issuing authority County sheriff of the county where the applicant resides (non-residents may apply to the sheriff of any Nevada county). The Nevada Department of Public Safety, Records, Communications and Compliance Division prescribes the application form and publishes the out-of-state recognition list, but does not itself issue permits.
System shall-issue
Minimum age 21 — NRS 202.3657(3)(a): the sheriff shall issue to a qualified applicant who is (1) twenty-one years of age or older, or (2) at least 18 but less than 21 if the person is a member of the U.S. Armed Forces, a reserve component thereof, or the National Guard, or was discharged or released from such service under honorable conditions. An 18-20 year old applicant must document this with a current military ID card or a DD Form 214 / other document of honorable separation (NRS 202.3657(7)(f)). Separately, NRS 202.3657(4)(l) requires denial if the applicant was discharged under conditions other than honorable and is less than 21 years of age.
Training required Yes, live fire required
State fee $99 initial / $64 renewal — the state's own charge, not the total
Valid for 5 years
Processing time Up to 120 days. NRS 202.366(3): 'Within 120 days after a complete application for a permit is submitted, the sheriff to whom the application is submitted shall grant or deny the application.' A denial must be accompanied by written notification setting forth the reasons. Processing may be suspended beyond that window if the sheriff receives notice that the applicant has been charged with a crime involving the use or threatened use of force or violence, in which case processing is suspended until final disposition of the charges (NRS 202.3657(6)).
Fingerprints Required
Non-resident permit Available

What it actually costs

The state fee is rarely the whole bill. Fingerprinting is usually charged by a private vendor, training is bought from an instructor, and several states add photographs, notarisation or other requirements on top.

Training course $75–$250 (private instructor)
Sheriff's fee $60 — a cap under NRS 202.3657(7)(h); $25 at renewal
Background reports varies — passed through at the non-volunteer rate charged by the Central Repository and the FBI
Representative county total $99 — Washoe County charges $99 new, including a $39 state fingerprinting fee

Nevada writes the pass-through into the statute itself: NRS 202.3657(7)(g) charges whatever the Central Repository and the FBI happen to charge, and (h) adds a sheriff's fee capped at $60. Washoe County's published $99 is a real number and a useful anchor, but the other sixteen counties publish their own, so it is representative rather than statewide. Competence must be shown for a permit, though carrying without one requires nothing.

Fees vary by county because NRS sets only caps and pass-through costs. INITIAL permit (NRS 202.3657(7)): (g) a nonrefundable fee equal to the nonvolunteer rate charged by the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History and the FBI for the required background reports, plus (h) 'a nonrefundable fee set by the sheriff not to exceed $60.' RENEWAL (NRS 202.3677(2)): (c) the same background-check pass-through fee, plus (d) 'a nonrefundable fee of $25'; a permittee who fails to renew on or before the expiration date must include an additional nonrefundable LATE FEE of $15. Duplicate permit (address change, or lost/stolen/destroyed): $15 nonrefundable (NRS 202.367(2)(b)). The numbers reported here are the Washoe County Sheriff's Office published Service Charge Schedule amounts -- $99.00 new and $64.00 renewal, each stated to include a $39.00 state fingerprinting fee -- used as a representative figure. Clark County (LVMPD) and the other 15 counties publish their own totals, which differ. All fees are non-refundable. Note the sheriff must restore a suspended permit without a fee if the permittee is acquitted or charges are dropped (NRS 202.3657(6)).

How to apply

  1. Confirm eligibility under NRS 202.3657 -- age 21+ (or 18-20 with qualifying military service), not prohibited under NRS 202.360, and none of the mandatory denial grounds in NRS 202.3657(4).
  2. Complete a qualifying firearm safety course: either a course approved by a Nevada sheriff (which must meet Nevada Sheriffs' and Chiefs' Association standards) or a course offered by a federal/state/local law enforcement agency, community college, university, or a national organization that certifies firearm safety instructors. The course must include instruction in the use of handguns and in Nevada law relating to the use of a firearm. Obtain the Certificate of Completion and, where the county requires it (e.g. Washoe), the Firearm Proficiency Certificate. Counties commonly require the training to have been completed within the 12 months before you apply.
  3. Identify the correct sheriff: Nevada residents apply to the sheriff of the county where they reside; non-residents may apply to the sheriff of ANY Nevada county (NRS 202.3657(1)).
  4. Obtain and complete the application form prescribed by regulation of the Department of Public Safety and furnished by the county sheriff. One application covers all handguns you own or later acquire -- you are not required to list individual handguns (NRS 202.3657(2)).
  5. Sign the application under oath; your signature must be witnessed by an employee of the sheriff or notarized by a notary public (NRS 202.3657(7)).
  6. Appear at the sheriff's office to have a complete set of fingerprints and a front-view color photograph taken by the sheriff or the sheriff's agent, and to present your driver's license or ID number (Nevada DMV number for residents; out-of-state license/ID number for non-residents). 18-20 year olds must also present a current military ID or DD Form 214 / other honorable-separation document.
  7. Pay the nonrefundable fees: the state/FBI background-check pass-through fee plus the sheriff's fee (statutory cap $60 for an initial permit). Example total: Washoe County $99.00 including a $39.00 state fingerprinting fee.
  8. The sheriff conducts the investigation -- fingerprints forwarded to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to the FBI, plus a NICS check -- and must grant or deny within 120 days of a complete application (NRS 202.366).
  9. If denied, seek judicial review by petition in the district court for the county where you applied; review is limited to whether the denial was arbitrary, capricious or an abuse of discretion (NRS 202.3663).
  10. After issuance: carry the permit together with proper identification whenever you are in actual possession of a concealed firearm, and present both on a peace officer's request -- failure is a $25 civil penalty per violation (NRS 202.3667). Notify the issuing sheriff in writing within 30 days of an address change or a lost/stolen/destroyed permit; a duplicate costs $15 (NRS 202.367).
  11. Renew before the 5-year expiration: submit a renewal application signed under oath to the issuing sheriff, undergo a fresh NRS 202.366 investigation, pay the background-check fee plus $25 (plus a $15 late fee if filed after expiration), and complete a course prescribed by the renewing sheriff to demonstrate continued competence (NRS 202.3677). Washoe warns that failing to renew within 120 days after expiration requires re-applying as a new applicant.

Apply on the official Nevada site

What disqualifies you

Where to get the required training

Nevada does not publish a central list of certified instructors. Confirm directly with County sheriff of the county where the applicant resides (non-residents may apply to the sheriff of any Nevada county). The Nevada Department of Public Safety, Records, Communications and Compliance Division prescribes the application form and publishes the out-of-state recognition list, but does not itself issue permits. that a course will be accepted before you pay for it.

Training providers in Nevada

Businesses in our directory that offer firearms training. These are not state-verified as certified permit instructors — check against the official list above, or ask the provider directly.

All firearms training in Nevada →

Reciprocity

Carrying into Nevada

Nevada recognizes permits from 28 other jurisdictions.

Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming

30 jurisdictions honor a Nevada permit

Derived from what each of those states officially publishes.

Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Iowa, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming

Official Nevada reciprocity page Full reciprocity matrix →

Building your own in Nevada

Build for personal use
Prohibited
Serial number required
Yes

Nevada effectively PROHIBITS building a firearm for personal use. NRS 202.3635(1): 'A person shall not manufacture or cause to be manufactured or assemble or cause to be assembled a firearm that is not imprinted with a serial number issued by a firearms importer or manufacturer in accordance with federal law and any regulations adopted thereunder' unless the firearm (a) has been rendered permanently inoperable, (b) is an antique firearm, or (c) has been determined to be a collector's item under 26 U.S.C. Chapter 53 or a curio or relic under 18 U.S.C. Chapter 44. 'Assemble' means 'to fit together component parts'; 'manufacture' means 'to fabricate, make, form, produce or construct by manual labor or machinery.' Because a private individual is not a federally licensed importer or manufacturer and cannot issue such a serial number, an unlicensed person cannot lawfully build a firearm in Nevada. Penalty: gross misdemeanor for a first offense; CATEGORY D FELONY for a second or subsequent offense (NRS 193.130). Supporting provisions: NRS 202.363(1) bars possessing, purchasing, transporting or receiving an unfinished frame or receiver unless the person is a firearms importer or manufacturer or the unfinished frame/receiver is federally required to be, and has been, imprinted with a serial number -- so acquiring an '80% receiver' is itself unlawful. NRS 202.3625(1) bars selling, offering to sell or transferring an unfinished frame or receiver on parallel terms. NRS 202.364(1) bars possessing, selling, offering to sell, transferring, purchasing, transporting or receiving any firearm without a serial number, except by a law enforcement agency or a firearms importer/manufacturer, or where the firearm has been rendered permanently inoperable, was manufactured before 1969, is an antique firearm, or is a collector's item/curio or relic. Each carries the same gross-misdemeanor-then-category-D-felony penalty. NRS 202.3645 created a one-time wind-down allowing sale of unfinished frames/receivers or unserialized firearms to importers, manufacturers or licensed dealers before January 1, 2022; that window has closed. SERIALIZATION vs REGISTRATION: these statutes require a federally issued serial number on the firearm; they do not create a state firearm registry, and nothing in NRS 202.3625-202.3645 provides a mechanism for a private individual to apply to Nevada for a serial number on a self-made firearm. The pre-1969 exception in NRS 202.364(1)(b)(2) applies to POSSESSION of an unserialized firearm, not to newly manufacturing one.

NRS 202.3625, 202.363, 202.3635, 202.364, 202.3645 (added by 2021 Nev. Stat. 3223-3224, AB 286), codified under the heading 'Untraceable Firearms'

Federal law, gunsmithing schools, and tools →

Statutes

What we could not confirm

  • FEES VARY BY COUNTY; the reported $99 initial / $64 renewal are Washoe County figures used as a representative example, not a statewide amount. NRS fixes only the sheriff's component (up to $60 initial, exactly $25 renewal) plus a pass-through equal to the Central Repository/FBI 'nonvolunteer rate.' I could not retrieve the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (Clark County) fee schedule -- lvmpd.com returned HTTP 403 to both WebFetch and direct curl -- so the largest county's current figure is unverified. The Washoe fee schedule page carried an effective date of 11/26/2019, so even that figure may have been revised.
  • LIVE FIRE is reported as required based on the Washoe County Sheriff's requirement of a separate 'Firearm Proficiency Certificate' in addition to a Certificate of Completion. NRS 202.3657(3)(c) itself does not mention live fire; it requires only instruction in the use of handguns and in Nevada firearm law. The live-fire/qualification standard flows from the Nevada Sheriffs' and Chiefs' Association course standards that NRS 202.3657(3) directs sheriffs to apply, but I was NOT able to retrieve the NSCA standards document from a primary source. Applicants in counties other than Washoe should confirm locally.
  • TRAINING HOURS left blank because no Nevada statute, and no official page I retrieved, prescribes a minimum number of hours. Course length is set by the sheriff-approved curriculum and varies. I deliberately did not fill in a commonly quoted hour figure because I could not source one officially.
  • The 12-MONTH TRAINING RECENCY window is documented in the Washoe County Sheriff's CCW packet, not in NRS. It may not apply identically in all 17 counties.
  • AB 286 (2021) LITIGATION STATUS: the untraceable-firearms sections (NRS 202.3625-202.3645) that make home manufacture unlawful were challenged in court after enactment. They appear in the Nevada Legislature's current official codification with no repeal or annotation, which is strong evidence they are operative, but a codified statute would still display normally even if a court had enjoined enforcement. I could not confirm the current injunction/appellate status from a primary court source and am reporting the statute as codified. Verify current enforcement status with counsel before relying on the home-manufacture answer.
  • OFFICIAL APPLICATION URL: Nevada has no statewide online application. NRS 202.3657(1) says the form is 'prescribed by regulation of the Department' but is 'furnished by the sheriff of each county upon request,' and the DPS CCW page publishes no downloadable statewide form. The URL given is the DPS hub page; the actual application comes from the individual county sheriff -- e.g. Washoe uses https://forms.washoecounty.us/f/CCWApplication.
  • INSTRUCTOR REGISTRY is null because Nevada publishes no statewide certified-instructor list; the Washoe County page states explicitly that each county maintains its own list. An instructor list must be resolved per county.
  • NON-RESIDENT PERMITS: NRS 202.3657(1) unambiguously allows a non-resident to apply to the sheriff of any Nevada county, but individual sheriffs' scheduling and in-person fingerprint/photo requirements may make this impractical in some counties; I did not verify per-county non-resident practice.
  • The reciprocity list is regenerated annually on or before July 1 under NRS 202.3689 and states can drop on or off. The captured list is the 2026 edition; it will be superseded on or about July 1, 2027.
  • One WebFetch summarization of the statute returned FABRICATED content (it claimed NRS 202.3657 requires U.S. citizenship and 6 months of Nevada residency -- neither appears anywhere in the actual statute). All statutory facts reported here were instead taken from the raw downloaded chapter text read verbatim, not from summarizer output.
  • WebSearch was unavailable for this session (search budget exhausted before the first query), so official pages were reached by direct URL construction and link-following rather than search. An official Nevada page may exist that I did not discover, though the DPS division page and the statute itself are the controlling sources.

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