Issuance of a Georgia Weapons Carry License - The Application for Georgia Weapons Carry License, Renewal, & Replacement may be completed and submitted online or printed to present to our office. We highly recommend you utilize the online application process.
How do I renew my gun permit/weapons carry license? Please go to to submit a Weapons Carry Application online. You can select new license or renewal. Complete and submit the application online.
Applications must be made at the Probate Court in the Applicant's county of residence. For more information regarding the issuance of a Georgia Weapons Carry License please review the Official Code of Georgia Annotated (O.C.G.A) § 16-11-126 through 16-11-135.
Georgia Weapons Carry License Renewal Applications must be submitted online. Applicants will complete the application and answer all questions online before coming to court to sign the application.
Pursuant to Georgia Code 16-11-126(a), any person who is not prohibited by law from possessing a handgun or long gun may have or carry on his or her person a weapon or long gun on his or her property or inside his or her home, motor vehicle, or place of business without a valid weapons carry license.
YOU MUST HAVE A PERMIT THAT IS NOT EXPIRED OR IS RECENTLY EXPIRED TO BE ELIGIBLE. You must complete the renewal application online prior to appearing in person at the Probate Court. To do so, click here: Online Weapons Carry License Application.
Any person not so licensed who is of age and who is not a convicted felon also may transport a loaded firearm in any private passenger motor vehicle in an open manner and fully exposed to view or in a glove compartment or console.
If you're legally detained and an officer asks if you have weapons on your person or accessible to you in your vehicle, yes, you need to tell them.