Section 23-7-8 - Application for permit--Form and contents--Distribution and retention ofcopies--Issuance of official permit.
23-7-8. Application for permit--Form and contents--Distribution and retention of copies--Issuance of official permit. The application for a permit to carry a concealed pistol shall be filed either electronically or in triplicate on a form prescribed by the secretary of state. The application shall require the applicant's complete name, address, occupation, place and date of birth, physical description, a statement that the applicant has never pled guilty to, nolo contendere to, or been convicted of a crime of violence, a sworn statement that the information on the application is true and correct, and the applicant's signature. If filed in triplicate, the original shall be delivered to the applicant as the temporary permit, the duplicate shall within seven days be sent by first class mail to the secretary of state who shall issue the official permit, and the triplicate shall be preserved for four years by the authority issuing the permit. If the application is filed electronically, two copies shall be made and each shall be signed by the applicant. One copy shall be delivered to the applicant as the temporary permit, and the other copy shall be preserved for four years by the authority issuing the permit.
Source: SDC 1939, § 21.0107; SL 1972, ch 145, § 2; SL 1985, ch 190, § 10; SL 2002, ch 117, § 1; SL 2002, ch 118, § 6.