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Utah Concealed Carry Permit

Utah allows permitless carry for non-prohibited adults 21+. A CFP is still available and is what other states recognize.

Permitless carry is legal in Utah

A non-prohibited adult aged 21 or older may carry a concealed handgun without a permit (since 2021). YES. A non-prohibited adult 21 or older may carry a handgun concealed in Utah with no permit. Two independent confirmations from the current code: (1) § 53-5a-102.2(1)(b) states an individual 21 or older who may otherwise lawfully possess firearms 'may open or conceal carry, without a conceal carry permit' a loaded or unloaded firearm on a public street, in a vehicle in which they are lawfully present, or in any other place not prohibited by state statute or federal law; (2) the criminal offense itself, § 76-11-202, is titled 'Unlawful carrying of a concealed firearm by an individual under 21 years old' and its elements require that 'the actor is younger than 21 years old.' Permitless carry began 5/5/2021 (HB 60) via former § 76-10-523(5) and survived the 2025 recodification and 2026 amendments unchanged in substance. Limits still apply to permitless carriers under § 53-5a-102.2(2)(b): no carry in a posted secure area (§ 76-8-311.1), on K-12 school premises, on institution-of-higher-education premises, on daycare premises, in an airport secure area, in a house of worship or private residence where weapons are prohibited, or anywhere else barred by state or federal law. A Utah permit is still required to carry on public school premises. Ages 18-20 are NOT covered: they may only open carry an unloaded firearm on a public street (and a loaded or unloaded handgun in a vehicle) unless they hold a provisional permit; carrying a loaded firearm on a public street at 18-20 without a provisional permit is a class B misdemeanor under § 76-11-220.

Getting the permit anyway is still worth it for most people: other states recognize the permit, not your residency, so without one you generally cannot carry across state lines.

Utah Code § 53-5a-102.2(1)(b) (eff. 5/6/2026); Utah Code § 76-11-202 (offense reaches only individuals under 21); originally enacted by HB 60, 2021 Gen. Sess., eff. 5/5/2021 (former § 76-10-523(5))

There are 9 details on this page we could not confirm from a primary source. Read what they are before relying on this.

Requirements at a glance

Permit name Concealed Firearm Permit
Issuing authority Utah Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Criminal Identification (BCI)
System shall-issue
Minimum age 21 — 21 for the standard Concealed Firearm Permit (§ 53-5a-303(1)(a); BCI: 'Applicant must be at least 21 years of age for the standard permit'). Utah also issues a Provisional Concealed Firearm Permit to applicants '18 years old but younger than 21 years old' under § 53-5a-304; it is valid statewide only until the holder turns 21, and a provisional holder may not carry on K-12 school premises (§ 53-5a-102.2(2)(d)(i)). A provisional holder may apply for the standard permit within 90 days before turning 21 for a $10 application fee and need not retake the firearms training (§ 53-5a-303(1)(b)).
Training required Yes
State fee $52 initial / $20 renewal — the state's own charge, not the total
Valid for 5 years
Processing time Statute: BCI 'shall issue' within 60 days after receiving an application unless it finds proof the applicant is disqualified (§ 53-5a-303(1)(a)). BCI lists 'normal processing time for this service is 4 weeks' for renewals; it does not publish a separate figure for initial applications.
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.

State fee $52
Training course $75–$250 (private instructor)
Non-resident surcharge varies — non-residents pay $87 initial and $50 renewal
Realistic total $127–$302

Utah's published $52 already contains BCI's fingerprint and background-check processing: the statutory base fee is $25, and the difference is the check. Training is required but no minimum hours are set — § 53-5a-303(8)(a) asks for familiarity with the firearm and with the law on use of force, satisfiable by a bureau-approved course, a certified instructor, or equivalent competition or law enforcement experience. Since 1 July 2026 the statute lets the bureau set the amounts outright, so this figure can move without a legislative amendment.

BCI published fees: initial application $52 for Utah residents, $87 for non-residents; renewal $20 for residents ($20.75 online with convenience fee), $50 for non-residents ($50.75 online). Statutory base fees in § 53-5a-307 (before July 1, 2026) are $25 initial and $20 renewal for residents, plus a $35 non-resident surcharge on initial applications and a $30 non-resident surcharge on renewals; BCI adds fingerprint/background-check processing costs, which is why the published resident initial fee is $52 rather than $25. Non-resident initial ($87) and non-resident renewal ($50) rose effective May 7, 2025 under 2025 legislation. Provisional permit (ages 18-20): $25, plus $10 for non-residents (§ 53-5a-308); replacement $10. Provisional-to-standard conversion at age 21: $10 (§ 53-5a-303(1)(b)(iii)(B)). IMPORTANT: on and after July 1, 2026 the statute replaces every fixed amount with a fee 'set by the bureau,' so amounts may change without a statutory amendment — verify current fees on the BCI page before relying on them. Fees are waived for law enforcement officers, active-duty service members and their spouses, and school employees. Instructor certification: $50 initial, $25 renewal (before July 1, 2026).

How to apply

  1. Confirm eligibility: 21 or older for the standard permit (18-20 may apply for a provisional permit under § 53-5a-304) and not disqualified under § 53-5a-303(2)-(3).
  2. Complete a BCI-certified firearms familiarity course in person before applying; have the certified instructor complete and seal the certification block on the application. No live fire is required. Find an instructor on BCI's in-state or out-of-state certified instructor lists.
  3. Download and complete the BCI Concealed Firearm Permit / Provisional Concealed Firearm Permit application from https://bci.utah.gov/concealed-firearm/concealed-firearm-permit-applications/
  4. Get one complete, legible fingerprint card taken by a trained fingerprint technician (available from BCI, many local law enforcement agencies, or private providers). Illegible cards are returned and delay processing.
  5. Attach a photocopy of your state-issued driver license and one recent passport-quality color photograph.
  6. Non-residents only: if your home state recognizes the Utah permit or has reciprocity with Utah, you must first obtain a concealed carry permit from your home state and submit a copy with your application. Active-duty service members ordered to duty in Utah, and their accompanying spouses, are exempt from this requirement.
  7. Submit the application with the fee ($52 resident / $87 non-resident; checks and money orders payable to 'Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification') by mail or in person at BCI, 4315 South 2700 West, Suite 1300, Taylorsville, UT 84129, 8:00 am-5:00 pm.
  8. BCI runs a criminal background check and must issue or deny within 60 days. A denial, suspension, or revocation may be appealed to the Concealed Firearm Review Board within 60 days.
  9. Renew within 90 days before expiration (and no later than 1 year after) online at https://secure.utah.gov/concealed-firearms or by mail/in person; watch the required firearms safety and suicide prevention video first. No repeat course is needed if the permit is unexpired or expired less than one year.

Apply on the official Utah site

What disqualifies you

Where to get the required training

Utah publishes an official list of certified instructors. That list is authoritative — a certificate from an instructor who is not on it may not be accepted. View the official instructor list

Training providers in Utah

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 Utah →

Reciprocity

Carrying into Utah

Utah recognizes permits from 49 other jurisdictions.

Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming

34 jurisdictions honor a Utah permit

Derived from what each of those states officially publishes.

Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming

Official Utah reciprocity page Full reciprocity matrix →

Building your own in Utah

Build for personal use
Allowed
Serial number required
No

Utah has no statute prohibiting an individual from building a firearm for personal use, and no statute requiring a self-made firearm to bear a serial number or be registered with the state. Utah affirmatively legislates in favor of state-made firearms: Title 53, Chapter 5a, Part 4 (Utah State-Made Firearms Protections) declares in § 53-5a-402 that a personal firearm, action, receiver, accessory, or ammunition manufactured in Utah to be used or sold within Utah 'is not subject to federal law or federal regulation,' and § 53-5a-403 applies that Part to firearms made in-state from basic materials without significant imported parts (excluding crew-served firearms, bores over 1-1/2 inches using smokeless powder, firearms discharging two or more projectiles per trigger pull other than shotguns, and chemically-explosive projectiles). Serialization: there is no general mandate. § 53-5a-105(1) provides only that the department 'upon request, may assign' a distinguishing number to a handgun that lacks a manufacturer's number - voluntary, not required. TRAP WORTH FLAGGING: § 53-5a-105(2) makes it a CLASS A MISDEMEANOR for an individual to place or stamp any identification mark or distinguishing number on a handgun other than one assigned by the department (exceptions: department-authorized restoration of an original marking by the owner, a manufacturer marking a new handgun in the ordinary course of business, and antique firearms). So a home builder who wants a number on a self-made handgun should request one from DPS rather than invent and stamp one. Separately, § 53-5a-404 requires that a firearm, action, or receiver 'manufactured or sold in Utah under this part' be stamped 'Made in Utah' or 'Made in UT' on a central metallic part such as the receiver or frame - this marking obligation attaches to firearms made under the Part 4 intrastate regime, not to every home-built gun generally. TWO SERIOUS FEDERAL CAVEATS: (1) Part 4's premise that in-state manufacture escapes federal jurisdiction is a Firearms Freedom Act-style provision; materially identical state laws have been rejected by the federal courts, and federal law (18 U.S.C. ch. 44, including the licensing requirement for manufacturing for sale or distribution, the National Firearms Act, and ATF's 2022 frame-or-receiver rule) continues to apply regardless of what Utah says. Do not treat § 53-5a-402 as a shield against federal prosecution. (2) A prohibited person may not build or possess a firearm under either Utah law (Title 76, Chapter 11, Part 3) or federal law.

Utah Code § 53-5a-105 (number or mark assigned to a handgun by the department); § 53-5a-403 (intrastate firearm manufacturing); § 53-5a-404 (required markings); § 53-5a-402 (legal considerations); § 53-5a-102 (uniform firearm laws / state preemption)

Federal law, gunsmithing schools, and tools →

Statutes

What we could not confirm

  • MAJOR RECODIFICATION - citations in circulation are stale. Effective 5/7/2025 (2025 Gen. Sess. ch. 173 and ch. 208), Utah moved its weapons offenses from Title 76, Chapter 10, Part 5 into a new Title 76, Chapter 11 (Weapons), and moved the Concealed Firearm Act from Title 53, Chapter 5, Part 7 into a new Title 53, Chapter 5a (Firearm Laws). The old sections (76-10-503, 76-10-504, 76-10-505, 76-10-523, 53-5-704, 53-5-707) NO LONGER EXIST - le.utah.gov returns no current version for them. Any source still citing 76-10-523(5) or 53-5-704 is out of date. BCI's own application page still cites the repealed '76-10-503,' so even the agency site lags the code; the code text was treated as controlling where they diverge.
  • Fees after July 1, 2026: §§ 53-5a-303, 53-5a-307 and 53-5a-308 replace every fixed dollar amount with a fee 'set by the bureau' on and after 7/1/2026. BCI's published page still shows $52/$87 initial and $20/$50 renewal and carries no post-7/1/2026 update, so it is unclear whether BCI has since re-set them. Fees should be re-verified against BCI before publication.
  • No stated processing time for INITIAL applications. BCI publishes '4 weeks' only for renewals; the 60-day figure is the statutory maximum in § 53-5a-303(1)(a), not an observed turnaround.
  • District of Columbia and U.S. territory (PR, VI, GU, AS, MP) licenses: neither § 53-5a-102.2(1)(c) ('another state') nor BCI's page ('any other state or county') expressly addresses them, so they were deliberately omitted from reciprocity.honors rather than guessed. Practically moot for anyone 21+ given permitless carry.
  • Internal cross-reference conflict in the code: the 5/7/2025 text of § 53-5a-102.2 cites § 53-5a-305 as the provisional-permit section and § 53-5a-304 as the temporary-permit section, while the Part 3 table of contents and § 76-11-202 both identify § 53-5a-304 as the provisional permit and § 53-5a-305 as the temporary permit. This appears to be a drafting error in the recodification. Section 304 was read directly and is titled 'Provisional permit to carry concealed firearm' covering ages 18-20, which is the reading used here.
  • BCI's 'Provisional Concealed Firearm Permit' page (https://bci.utah.gov/concealed-firearm/provisional-concealed-firearm-permit/) returned HTTP 404, so provisional-permit details come from statute (§§ 53-5a-304, 53-5a-308) rather than agency guidance.
  • Training hours: Utah sets no numeric hour requirement anywhere in statute, so training.hours is left empty rather than filled with a commonly-repeated but unsourced figure (e.g. '4 hours'). Actual course length is set by the individual BCI-certified instructor.
  • Web search quota was exhausted at the start of this task, so no discovery search was run. All findings come from directly fetched official pages (bci.utah.gov and le.utah.gov). It is possible an official page not reachable by URL guessing (e.g. a recent BCI news/alert item) contains a change not reflected here.
  • Utah's state-made firearms Part (§§ 53-5a-401 to 404) asserts that in-state-manufactured firearms are outside federal jurisdiction. No court decision applying this specific Utah provision was located; materially similar state statutes elsewhere have been held preempted. The federal-law exposure of a Utah home builder is not resolved by the Utah statute and was flagged rather than endorsed.

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