202.366 - Investigation of applicant for permit; issuance or denial of permit; expiration of permit.
202.366 Investigation of applicant for permit; issuance or denial of permit; expiration of permit.
1. Upon receipt by a sheriff of an application for a permit, the sheriff shall conduct an investigation of the applicant to determine if the applicant is eligible for a permit. In conducting the investigation, the sheriff shall forward a complete set of the applicant’s fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its report concerning the criminal history of the applicant. The sheriff shall issue a permit to the applicant unless the applicant is not qualified to possess a handgun pursuant to state or federal law or is not otherwise qualified to obtain a permit pursuant to NRS 202.3653 to 202.369, inclusive, or the regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
2. To assist the sheriff in conducting the investigation, any local law enforcement agency, including the sheriff of any county, may voluntarily submit to the sheriff a report or other information concerning the criminal history of an applicant.
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. If the application is denied, the sheriff shall send the applicant written notification setting forth the reasons for the denial. If the application is granted, the sheriff shall provide the applicant with a permit containing a colored photograph of the applicant and containing such other information as may be prescribed by the Department. The permit must be in substantially the following form:
NEVADA CONCEALED FIREARM PERMIT
County............................................... Permit Number....................................
Expires............................................... Date of Birth.......................................
Height................................................ Weight..................................................
Name................................................. Address.................................................
City..................................................... Zip.........................................................
Photograph
Signature...........................................
Issued by...........................................
Date of Issue....................................
Make, model and caliber of each authorized semiautomatic firearm, if any...
Revolvers authorized................................................... Yes.................................... No
4. Unless suspended or revoked by the sheriff who issued the permit, a permit expires 5 years after the date on which it is issued.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2723; A 1999, 2094; 2001, 614, 620; 2003, 13, 2846; 2007, 3153)