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Apply For A License To Carry Boston Police Department
Apply For A License To Carry
Applicants are required call the Boston Police Licensing Unit to schedule an appointment.
Boston Police Headquarters
Licensing Unit, 1st Floor
One Schroeder Plaza
Boston, MA 02120
617-343-4425
Customer Service Hours
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
from 8:30am-4:00pm
Tuesday from 8:30am-6:00pm
Application Process
On the day / time of your appointment, the applicant must report to the Licensing Unit with the proper documents, see below. Do not bring any weapons, including firearms, to your appointment. Applicants must complete and sign a license to carry firearms application. All applicants will be fingerprinted, photographed and interviewed by a police officer from the Licensing Unit. Applicants will be issued a dated receipt to confirm the application. A background investigation and determination of suitability will be conducted on all applicants.
Pursuant to MGL. Ch. 140, § 131, applicants must be at least 21 years old. The nonrenewable processing fee is $100.00 dollars, payable by cash or money order. Credit cards and checks are not accepted. Renewal fee will be waived for applicants 70 years of age and older. Applicants must reside or have a place of business in the City of Boston. Applicants must submit a copy of the following applicable documents:
New applicants must provide a Firearm Safety Certificate or Hunting Safety Course Certificate issued by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . No Safety Certificate required for active military personnel.
Birth Certificate, valid US Passport or Certificate of Citizenship
Mass. Drivers License or Mass ID card with an address in the City of Boston
Business certificate or corporation documents with an address in the City of Boston, if applicable
Expiring LTC card, if renewing
Permanent Resident Alien Card, if applicable
Naturalization Papers, if applicable
All answers to questions on the submitted License to Carry Application must be truthful. Failure to answer any question on the submitted License to Carry Application in a truthful manner will result in an automatic denial of a License to Carry.
Applicants will be required to qualify at the Boston Police Department Firearms Range at Moon Island within two weeks of the date of the application.
An LTC is valid for not more than six years and will expire on the licensee’s birthday.
Statutory disqualifications include:
Felony conviction
Misdemeanor conviction punishable by imprisonment for more than two years
Misdemeanor conviction involving domestic violence as defined by 18. U.S.C 921(a)(33)
Conviction of a violent crime as defined in MGL Chapter 140, Section 121
Violation of any law regulating the use, possession, ownership, transfer, purchase, sale, lease, rental or transportation of weapons or ammunition
Violation of any law regulating the use, possession, or sale of controlled substances as defined in Section 1 of MGL Chapter 94C
Commitment to any hospital or institution for mental illness
Currently the subject of a MGL 209A order
Currently the subject of an outstanding arrest warrant
Commitment for drug addiction or habitual drunkenness
Pursuant to MGL. Ch. 140 § 131, the licensing authority will make a determination of suitability on all LTC applicants and active licensees. If the licensing authority determines an applicant or licensee could create a risk to public safety, the licensing authority will deny the issuance of a new LTC or suspend / revoke an active LTC.
Change of Address
Licensee shall notify, in writing, the issuing licensing authority, the Chief of Police into whose jurisdiction the licensee moves and the Firearm Record Bureau of any change of address. Notification shall be made within thirty days by certified mail. Failure to notify shall be cause for suspension or revocation.
Applicant Notification and Record Challenge
Officials at the governmental institutions and other entities authorized to submit fingerprints and receive FBI identification records under this authority must notify the individuals fingerprinted that the fingerprints will be used to check the criminal history records of the FBI. The officials making the determination of suitability for licensing or employment shall provide the applicants the opportunity to complete, or challenge the accuracy of, the information contained in the FBI identification record. These officials also must advise the applicants that procedures for obtaining a change, correction, or updating of an FBI identification record are set forth in Title 28, C.F.R., 16.34. Officials making such determinations should not deny the license or employment based on information in the record until the applicant has been afforded a reasonable time to correct or complete the record, or has declined to do so.
License to Carry Guidelines
APPLICATION: Print and complete the attached LTC / FID application. References
listed on the 3 page of the application are not required. You must be a resident of
Boston to submit your application with the Boston Police. If you have moved outside of
Boston, you must renew in the city/town where you reside. Be sure that all of the
information you provide is accurate. Applications submitted with incomplete or
false information will be denied. If you have concerns about any questions on the
application, call 617.343.4425 to speak to an officer.
NEW LTC / FID: Applicants must submit:
1. Completed Application
2. COPY of Basic Firearms Safety Certificate or Basic Hunter Education Course
Certificate
3. COPY of US Birth Certificate or valid US Passport or Naturalization documents or
valid permanent resident card
4. COPY of Valid Massachusetts Driver’s license or Massachusetts ID. With a Boston
address.
5. Proof of payment.
Once your application is processed, you will be contacted and given a date & time to
come to the Licensing Unit to be interviewed and fingerprinted.
RENEWALS: Processing renewal applicants will be done remotely. Applicants must
submit:
1. Completed Application
2. Expired or expiring LTC/FID
3. Valid Massachusetts driver’s license or Massachusetts ID
4. Proof of payment.
As long as your renewal is processed prior to your expiration date, your LTC/FID will
not expire. Your card will remain active. You will receive your card in the mail. The
process usually takes several weeks.
PAYMENT: The fee for LTC / FID applications is $100 dollars, payable on-line at:
boston.gov/police-payments, complete all relevant fields. To select the amount to pay,
click the pull down box marked “Stored Items” and choose “Firearm & FID - $100”
Print a copy of your payment receipt before leaving the site. If you are mailing or
dropping off your application, you can pay by check or money order payable to the City
of Boston. DO NOT SEND CASH!!! Renewal applicants 70 year old and over are free –
no payment form needed.
UPLOAD, MAIL OR DROP OFF: The completed LTC / FID application, payment
receipt, and verifying documents can be uploaded to the secure website here.
The documents can be sent via US Mail to: Boston Police Licensing Unit, 1 Schroeder
Plaza, Boston, MA 02120. You can also drop the information in the locked mailbox
marked “Firearm Licensing” located at the front door of Boston Police Headquarters, 1
Schroeder Plaza, Boston. NO CASH!
Call the Licensing Unit with any questions - 617.343.4425
Thank You for Your Cooperation,
Boston Police Licensing Unit
The provisions a municipal licensing page most often touches: G.L. c. 140, § 131 (licenses to carry), G.L. c. 140, § 121F (applications, suitability, judicial review), G.L. c. 140, § 131P (the safety certificate).