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(8) employees of the United States duly
authorized to carry handguns;
(9) employees of express companies when
engaged in company business; or
(10) any person engaged in the business of
manufacturing, repairing, or dealing in
firearms or the agent or representative of
any such person having in the person’s
possession, using, or carrying a handgun
in the usual or ordinary course of that busi-
ness.
35-47-2-3. Issuance of licenses.
(a) Aperson desiring a license to carry a hand-
gun shall apply:
(1) to the chief of police or corresponding
law enforcement officer of the municipal-
ity in which the applicant resides;
(2) if that municipality has no such officer,
of if the applicant does not reside in a
municipality, to the sheriff of the county in
which the applicant resides after the appli-
cant has obtained an application form pre-
scribed by the superintendent; or
(3) if the applicant is a resident of another
state and has a regular place of business or
employment in Indiana, to the sheriff of the
county in which the applicant has a regu-
lar place of business of employment.
The superintendent and local law enforcement
agencies shall allow an applicant desiring to obtain
or renew a license to carry a handgun to submit
an application electronically under this chapter if
funds are available to establish and maintain an
electronic application system.
(b) The law enforcement agency which accepts
an application for a handgun license shall collect
the following application fees:
(1) From a person applying for a four (4)
year handgun license, a ten dollar ($10)
application fee, five dollars ($5) of which
shall be refunded if the license is not
issued.
(2) From a person applying for a lifetime
handgun license who does not currently
possess a valid Indiana handgun license, a
fifty dollar ($50) application fee, thirty
dollars ($30) of which shall be refunded if
the license is not issued.
(3) From a person applying for a lifetime
handgun license who currently possesses
a valid Indiana handgun license, a forty
dollar ($40) application fee, thirty dollars
($30) of which shall be refunded if the
license is not issued.
Except as provided in subsection (h), the fee shall
be deposited into the law enforcement agency’s
firearms training fund or other appropriate train-
ing activities fund and used by the agency to train
law enforcement officers in the proper use of
firearms or in other law enforcement duties, or to
purchase firearms, firearm related equipment, or
body armor (as defined in IC 35-47-5-13(a)) for
the law enforcement officers employed by the
law enforcement agency. The state board of
accounts shall establish rules for the proper
accounting and expenditure of funds collected
under this subsection.
(c) The officer to whom the application is
made shall ascertain the applicant’s name, full
address, length of residence in the community,
whether the applicant’s residence is located within
the limits of any city or town, the applicant’s
occupation, place of business or employment,
criminal record, if any, and convictions (minor traf-
fic offenses excepted), age, race, sex, nationality,
date of birth, citizenship, height, weight, build,
color of hair, color of eyes, scars and marks,
whether the applicant has previously held an
Indiana license to carry a handgun and, if so, the
serial number of the license and year issued,
whether the applicant’s license has ever been sus-
pended or revoked, and if so, the year and reason
for the suspension or revocation, and the appli-
cant’s reason for desiring a license. The officer to
whom the application is made shall conduct an
investigation into the applicant’s official records
and verify thereby the applicant’s character and
reputation, and shall in addition verify for accu-
racy the information contained in the application,
and shall forward this information together with
the officer’s recommendation for approval or dis-
approval and one (1) set of legible and classifiable
fingerprints of the applicant to the superinten-
dent.
(d) The superintendent may make whatever
further investigation the superintendent deems
necessary. Whenever disapproval is recom-
