Iowa Permit to Acquire,
Professional & Nonprofessional
Weapons Permits Info
Updated 1/09/2018
Sheri Dan L Picke
Bremer County Sheri’s Oce
111 4th St. N.E.
Waverly, IA 50677
Phone: 319-352-5400
Fax: 319-352-0233
Any person who desires to acquire ownership of
any pistol or revolver shall rst obtain an annual
permit.
Applicaon procedures for an Iowa permit to
acquire pistols/revolvers:
1) Submit a fully and accurately completed and
signed applicaon.
2) Submit a copy of an Iowa driver’s license or non-
operator’s idencaon card , containing a
Bremer County address.
3) Submit payment of $25.00
4) The State of Iowa will mail your permit card in 5-7
business days to the mailing address stated on the
applicaon.
**Cash in the exact amount of the permit
fee is required or checks are accepted**
The Bremer County Sheri’s Oce processes and
issues permits during normal business hours of
Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Local Handgun Safety Training Course
Izaak Walton (Waverly):
for more informaon call Doyle Wegner 563-
578-8076 (oce), 563-920-1219 (cell) or Barth
Steere at 319-240-4220.
Handgun safety training may be taken by any
NRA cered instructor.
Open and Concealed Carry Informaon
can be found by vising:
www.usacarry.com
This site provides concealed carry permit
reciprocity maps by state; you can search
states that honor my permit, or permits
honored by state.
Iowa will honor any valid carry permit
issued by any other state and will grant all
privileges to such permit holders as those
granted to Iowa residents.
Iowa permits are valid unl expiraon
despite the permit holder’s residence,
within the state of Iowa.
A permit holder who wants any
informaon changed on their valid permit,
including an address change, must apply
for a new permit, and pay the new permit
fee of $50.
A permit holder who loses their permit
may go to the county which issued their
inial permit to obtain a duplicate permit
for the $25 fee. This permit will contain
the exact same informaon and dates as
the inial permit.
Permit to Acquire a Pistol/Revolver
Sheri Dan L Picke
“New Applicaon”
Training requirements for new applicants
who have never held a permit or held a
permit issued prior to Jan 1, 2011:
Applicant must show compleon of training
within a 24 month period before the
applicaon date.
Compleon of any Naonal Rie Associaon
(NRA) handgun safety training course.
Compleon of any handgun safety training
course available to the general public oered
by law enforcement agency, community
college, college, public or private instuon, or
rearms training school, ulizing instructors
cered by the NRA or certain other rearms
training cerfying bodies, such as the Iowa Law
Enforcement Academy.
Compleon of any handgun safety training
course oered for security guards,
invesgators, special depues, or any division
of law or security enforcement approved by
Iowa Department of Public Safety.
If former member of Armed Forces,
compleon of small arms training while serving
with the armed forces of the United States
with honorable discharge or general discharge
under honorable condions (at any me prior
to applicaon)
If current member of Armed Forces,
possession of a cercate of compleon of
basic training with a service record of
successful compleon of small arms training
and qualicaon
Compleon of a hunter educaon program
approved by the natural resource commission
pursuant to secon 483A.27, if the program
includes handgun safety training and
compleon of the handgun safety training is
included on the cercate of compleon.
Training requirements for new applicants
who held a permit aer Jan 1, 2011 but are
outside the renewal period:
Applicant will need to apply for a new permit
Applicant is not required to present proof of
addional training
“Renewal Applicaon”
Applicaons must be led within a 60 day
window, beginning 30 days prior to the
expiraon date or 30 days past the expiraon
date of a current permit to be eligible for the
statutory $25.00 renewal fee.
Applicant will need to apply for a renewal
There is no requirement for addional training.
Applicants who have moved to a dierent
county are able to renew their permit in their
new county of residence within the 60 day
window. They will need to provide an updated
drivers license, permit from previous county,
and approved training documentaon.
An Iowa nonprofessional permit to carry weapons
allows a permit holder concealed or open carrying
of handguns, ries, shotguns, excluding those
classied by Iowa law as oensive weapons. A
nonprofessional permit to carry weapons is valid
ve years from the date of issuance. A
nonprofessional permit is also valid to use as a
permit to acquire throughout its validity.
An Iowa professional permit to carry may be
issued when a person’s employment reasonably
juses that person going armed. A Professional
permit to carry weapons is valid for one year from
the date of issuance.
Applicaon procedures for an Iowa
professional and nonprofessional permit to
carry weapons:
1) Submit a fully and accurately completed and
signed applicaon for permit to carry weapons.
2) Submit rearm training documentaon if
required.
3) Submit a copy of an Iowa driver’s license or non-
operator’s idencaon card, containing a Bremer
County address.
A) $50 fee for new applicaon
B) $25 fee for renewal applicaon
4) The State of Iowa will mail your permit card in 5-
7 business days to the mailing address stated on
the applicaon.
**Cash in the exact amount of the permit
fee is required or checks are accepted**
