Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-29 : — PUBLIC SAFETY AND STATE POLICEDIVISION OF STATE POLICE —29 - Information concerning criminal records of applicants for permits

(a) No temporary state permit for carrying any pistol or revolver shall be issued under the provisions of section 29-28 unless the applicant for such permit gives to the local authority, upon its request, full information concerning the applicant's criminal record. The local authority shall require the applicant to submit to state and national criminal history records checks. The local authority shall take a full description of such applicant and make an investigation concerning the applicant's suitability to carry any such weapons.
(b) The local authority, or the commissioner in the case of an application pursuant to subsection (f) of section 29-28, shall take the fingerprints of such applicant or conduct any other method of positive identification required by the State Police Bureau of Identification or the Federal Bureau of Investigation, unless the local authority or the commissioner determines that the fingerprints of such applicant have been previously taken and the applicant's identity established, and such applicant presents identification that the local authority or the commissioner verifies as valid. The local authority or the commissioner shall record the date the fingerprints were taken in the applicant's file and, within five business days of such date, shall forward such fingerprints or other positive identifying information to the State Police Bureau of Identification which shall conduct criminal history records checks in accordance with section 29-17a.
(c) The local authority may, in its discretion, issue a temporary state permit before a national criminal history records check relative to such applicant's record has been received. Upon receipt of the results of such national criminal history records check, the commissioner shall send a copy of the results of such national criminal history records check to the local authority, which shall inform the applicant and render a decision on the application within one week of the receipt of such results. If such results have not been received within eight weeks after a sufficient application for a permit has been made, the local authority shall inform the applicant of such delay, in writing. No temporary state permit shall be issued if the local authority has reason to believe the applicant has ever been convicted of a felony, or that any other condition exists for which the issuance of a permit for possession of a pistol or revolver is prohibited under state or federal law.
(d) The commissioner may investigate any applicant for a state permit and shall investigate each applicant for renewal of a state permit to ensure that such applicant is eligible under state law for such permit or for renewal of such permit.
(e) No state permit may be issued unless either the local authority or the commissioner has received the results of the national criminal history records check.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-29

(1949 Rev., S. 4160; P.A. 92-130, S. 6, 10; P.A. 98-129, S. 5; P.A. 01-130, S. 6; P.A. 01-175, S. 22, 32.)

Amended by P.A. 22-0102,S. 4 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2022 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2022.

Cited. 193 Conn. 7; 200 C. 453; 209 Conn. 322. Cited. 7 CA 457; 9 Conn.App. 169; judgment reversed, see 205 Conn. 370. Cited. 39 CS 202; 42 Conn.Supp. 157.

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