                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

FEES FOR CONCEALED HANDGUN PERMITS (§ 18.2-308.03)

A. The clerk shall charge a fee of $10 for the processing of an application or
issuing of a permit, including his costs associated with the consultation with
law-enforcement agencies. The local law-enforcement agency conducting the
background investigation may charge a fee not to exceed $35 to cover the cost of
conducting an investigation pursuant to this article. The $35 fee shall include
any amount assessed by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation for providing
criminal history record information, and the local law-enforcement agency shall
forward the amount assessed by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation to the
State Police with the fingerprints taken from any nonresident applicant. The
State Police may charge a fee not to exceed $5 to cover its costs associated
with processing the application. The total amount assessed for processing an
application for a permit shall not exceed $50, with such fees to be paid in one
sum to the person who receives the application. Payment may be made by any
method accepted by that court for payment of other fees or penalties. No payment
shall be required until the application is received by the court as a complete
application.

B. No fee shall be charged for the issuance of such permit to a person who has
retired from service (i) as a magistrate in the Commonwealth; (ii) as a special
agent with the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority or as a
law-enforcement officer with the Department of State Police, the Department of
Wildlife Resources, or a sheriff or police department, bureau, or force of any
political subdivision of the Commonwealth, after completing 15 years of service
or after reaching age 55; (iii) as a law-enforcement officer with the U.S.
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Secret
Service Agency, Drug Enforcement Administration, United States Citizenship and
Immigration Services, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of State
Diplomatic Security Service, U.S. Marshals Service, or Naval Criminal
Investigative Service, after completing 15 years of service or after reaching
age 55; (iv) as a law-enforcement officer with any police or sheriff&#8217;s
department within the United States, the District of Columbia, or any of the
territories of the United States, after completing 15 years of service; (v) as a
law-enforcement officer with any combination of the agencies listed in clauses
(ii) through (iv), after completing 15 years of service; (vi) as a designated
boarding team member or boarding officer of the United States Coast Guard, after
completing 15 years of service or after reaching age 55; (vii) as a correctional
officer as defined in &#xA7; 53.1-1, after completing 15 years of service; or
(viii) as a probation and parole officer authorized pursuant to &#xA7; 53.1-143,
after completing 15 years of service.

HISTORY: 2013, cc. 135, 559, 746; 2015, cc. 38, 730; 2017, c. 241; 2020, c. 958.