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Florida Concealed Carry Permit

Florida allows permitless carry for non-prohibited adults 21+. A CWFL is still available and is what other states recognize.

Permitless carry is legal in Florida

A non-prohibited adult aged 21 or older may carry a concealed handgun without a permit (since 2023). NO PERMIT IS NEEDED TO CARRY CONCEALED IN FLORIDA. Florida became a permitless-carry ("constitutional carry") state for CONCEALED carry on July 1, 2023 under ch. 2023-18, Laws of Florida (HB 543). The license described elsewhere in this record is entirely optional for a qualifying adult; its only practical uses are reciprocity when travelling to other states and, in some cases, faster firearm purchases. s. 790.01(1) (2026 Florida Statutes, verified verbatim today) reads: "A person is authorized to carry a concealed weapon or concealed firearm, as that term is defined in s. 790.06(1), if he or she: (a) Is licensed under s. 790.06; or (b) Is not licensed under s. 790.06, but otherwise satisfies the criteria for receiving and maintaining such a license under s. 790.06(2)(a)-(f) and (i)-(n), (3), and (10)." WHICH CRITERIA CARRY OVER: the cross-reference to s. 790.06(2)(a)-(f) includes (2)(b), the age paragraph, and includes every disqualifier paragraph, but it deliberately OMITS (2)(g) (desire for a lawful means of carrying) and (2)(h) (demonstrated competence with a firearm). So NO TRAINING OF ANY KIND is required to carry concealed without a license - the training figures in this record describe the LICENSE only - but an unlicensed carrier must meet the age floor and be free of every disqualifier that would bar a license. WHICH NUMBERS DESCRIBE WHICH THING: the $97 initial fee, $45 renewal, 7-year term, fingerprint requirement, and firearms-competency requirement all describe the LICENSE. Permitless carry costs nothing, expires never, and requires no training or fingerprints. AGE: the statute text still says 21 (s. 790.06(2)(b), unchanged in the 2026 edition), but the Fourth District Court of Appeal held that paragraph facially unconstitutional as to 18-to-20-year-olds in Eubanks v. Florida, No. 4D2025-1698 (June 17, 2026), and the conviction it vacated was a conviction for UNLICENSED concealed carry of a firearm under s. 790.01(3) - i.e. the decision struck the age bar in the permitless-carry setting itself, not merely in the licensing setting. Because no other Florida appellate court has ruled on s. 790.06(2)(b), that decision binds every Florida trial court, and the Attorney General has said he will not seek review. minAge is therefore 18 for a FLORIDA RESIDENT carrying unlicensed. NONRESIDENTS ARE DIFFERENT AND STILL FACE A HARD 21: s. 790.015(1) carries its own express "21 years of age or older" requirement in the subsection itself, separate from s. 790.06(2)(b), and Eubanks did not touch s. 790.015. An 18-to-20-year-old visitor from another state therefore has no permitless authority in Florida (s. 790.015(4) excepts servicemembers as defined in s. 250.01 and honorably discharged veterans, who qualify at 18). PENALTIES FOR GETTING IT WRONG: carrying concealed while not meeting the s. 790.01(1) criteria is a THIRD-DEGREE FELONY for a firearm (s. 790.01(3)) and a first-degree misdemeanour for a non-firearm concealed weapon (s. 790.01(2)); the state bears the burden of proving both no license and ineligibility (s. 790.01(4)). ID REQUIREMENT: under s. 790.013 an unlicensed concealed carrier must carry valid identification at all times while in actual possession and display it on demand by a law enforcement officer (a $25 noncriminal violation), and is subject to the same s. 790.06(12) prohibited-places list as a licensee. OPEN CARRY IS NOW LAWFUL IN PRACTICE, BY COURT DECISION RATHER THAN BY REPEAL. s. 790.053 still appears in the statute book (text and history line unchanged in the 2026 edition; last amended s. 9, ch. 2023-18), but the First District Court of Appeal held it facially unconstitutional in McDaniels v. State on September 10, 2025, and Attorney General James Uthmeier issued a Guidance Memorandum to Florida's law enforcement agencies and prosecuting authorities dated September 15, 2025 stating that "the First District's decision is binding on all Florida's trial courts" and that "[e]ffectively, the McDaniels decision is now the law of the State," instructing that "prosecutors and law enforcement personnel should likewise refrain from arresting or prosecuting law-abiding citizens carrying a firearm in a manner that is visible to others." The Attorney General repeated the point in a formal Attorney General Opinion, AGO 2025-02 (October 20, 2025), which states that "McDaniels made Florida a 'constitutional carry' state - permitless concealed and open carry for law-abiding citizens in most locations." WHAT OPEN CARRY DOES NOT ALLOW, per the same guidance: it does not license exhibiting a firearm "in a rude, careless, angry, or threatening manner" (s. 790.10); it does not disturb the prohibited-location list in s. 790.06(12)(a), which applies to open and concealed carry alike; it does not affect the bar on possession by felons; and a private property owner may still order an armed person to leave, with refusal being armed trespass, a third-degree felony (s. 810.08(2)(c)). The Legislature has not repealed s. 790.053 - HB 321 (2026) died in the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee on March 13, 2026. ONE NEW 2026 OFFENSE A CARRIER SHOULD KNOW: ch. 2026-80, s. 2 amended s. 790.115 to make it a second-degree felony to discharge a weapon or firearm within 1,000 feet of a school during school hours or during a sanctioned school activity, other than in lawful defense or for a lawful purpose, with an exception for the owner of, or a person authorized on, private real property within that radius. PERMITLESS-CARRY AGE IS REPORTED AS 21, NOT 18, AND THAT IS A DELIBERATE EDITORIAL CALL — orchestrator decision 2026-09-15, corrected later the same day. Eubanks v. State, No. 4D2025-1698 (Fla. 4th DCA, 17 June 2026) holds section 790.06(2)(b) "facially unconstitutional as it applies to people aged 18 to 20" and vacates an 18-year-old's conviction under section 790.01(3) for concealed carry — a conviction the Office of the Attorney General conceded should be vacated because "appellant had no lawful way to public carry". FDACS has published a notice, verified still posted, stating that "The Attorney General's Office has indicated that they will not be seeking further review of the case", that the decision is "effectively the law of the state", and that FDACS "will issue concealed weapon licenses to applicants who are 18 years or older". We therefore report the LICENSE age as 18 on the agency's own published policy. WHY THE PERMITLESS FIGURE STAYS AT 21 ANYWAY: FDACS's notice speaks only to whom it will LICENSE. Neither FDACS nor the Attorney General has published anything about the minimum age for carrying WITHOUT a license. The route by which Eubanks would reach an unlicensed carrier runs through section 790.01(1)(b)'s cross-reference to section 790.06(2)(a)-(f), so that striking (2)(b) removes the age criterion from the permitless route as well — a sound reading, and the one the vacated section 790.01(3) conviction supports, but still an inference no agency has confirmed. The opinion also carries the standard notice "Not final until disposition of timely-filed motion for rehearing". Because being wrong in the permissive direction means an 18-to-20-year-old carries unlawfully and is charged, while being wrong in the restrictive direction only means they obtain a license the agency is already willing to issue, we publish 21 for permitless carry and disclose the conflict in full. An 18-to-20-year-old in Florida who wants certainty should get the license. Section 790.015(1) separately imposes its own express 21 floor on non-resident visitors, stated in its own text and untouched by Eubanks.

Getting the permit anyway is still worth it for most people: other states recognize the permit, not your residency, so without one you generally cannot carry across state lines.

Fla. Stat. s. 790.01(1)(b); s. 790.013; s. 790.015 (ch. 2023-18, HB 543); age floor for residents lowered in practice by Eubanks v. Florida, No. 4D2025-1698 (Fla. 4th DCA June 17, 2026)

There are 10 details on this page we could not confirm from a primary source. Read what they are before relying on this.

Requirements at a glance

Permit name Concealed Weapon or Firearm License
Issuing authority Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS), Division of Licensing
System shall-issue
Minimum age 18 — Two different numbers apply and readers must not conflate them. (1) LICENSE: Fla. Stat. s. 790.06(2)(b) as printed in the 2026 Florida Statutes still reads, verbatim, "Is 21 years of age or older;" - it was not amended in the 2026 session and its history line ends at s. 77, ch. 2025-22. A statutory carve-out at 18 exists for servicemembers (as defined in s. 250.01) and honorably discharged veterans (s. 790.062). HOWEVER, FDACS posts this notice at the top of its Concealed Weapon License, Applying, Eligibility Requirements and Reciprocity pages, verified still posted today: "On June 17, 2026, the Fourth District Court of Appeal of Florida ruled in Eubanks v. Florida (4D2025-1698) that Section 790.06(2)(b) of the Florida Statutes, which bars law-abiding adults aged 18 to 20 from obtaining concealed carry permits, is facially unconstitutional. The Attorney General's Office has indicated that they will not be seeking further review of the case. Because no other appellate court has considered the constitutionality of Section 790.06(2)(b), under NYSRPA v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022) and United States v. Rahimi, 602 U.S. 681 (2024), the Fourth District's decision is effectively the law of the state. As such, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services will issue concealed weapon licenses to applicants who are 18 years or older and meet all other eligibility requirements." So the issuing agency's own current published policy is that it licenses applicants 18+, and minAge is set to 18 on that basis. (2) PERMITLESS CARRY BY A FLORIDA RESIDENT: also 18, but for a different reason - not agency policy but the Eubanks decision itself. Reading the opinion (verified today) shows the appellant was an 18-year-old with no license whose conviction was for concealed carry of a firearm under s. 790.01(3); the Fourth DCA held s. 790.06(2)(b) "facially unconstitutional as it relates to 18- to 20-year-olds" and, in its own words, "vacate[d] appellant's conviction for concealed carry of a firearm." The age criterion reaches unlicensed carriers only through s. 790.01(1)(b)'s cross-reference to s. 790.06(2)(a)-(f), so striking (2)(b) removes it from that route as well. (3) PERMITLESS CARRY BY A NONRESIDENT VISITOR: still 21. s. 790.015(1) states the age requirement in its own text ("a resident of the United States who is 21 years of age or older"), independently of s. 790.06(2)(b), and Eubanks did not address s. 790.015; s. 790.015(4) excepts servicemembers and honorably discharged veterans, who qualify at 18. (4) FDACS has published nothing at all about the minimum age for carrying WITHOUT a license, and neither the Legislature nor FDACS has amended the text of s. 790.06(2)(b). An 18-to-20-year-old who wants certainty should obtain the license, which FDACS will now issue. (5) Federal law is unchanged and separate: 18 U.S.C. 922(b)(1) and (c)(1) still bar a federally licensed dealer from selling a handgun to anyone under 21.
Training required Yes, live fire required
State fee $97 initial / $45 renewal — the state's own charge, not the total
Valid for 7 years
Processing time By law FDACS has 90 days from receipt of a complete application to issue or deny, restated on the FDACS Applying page and FAQ today. FDACS states "In most cases, we issue licenses well before the 90-day deadline, but an increase in the volume of applications being submitted may cause longer turnaround times." Processing is extended if the application is incomplete, the fingerprints are illegible (a second submission is requested; if that is also illegible FDACS may ask the FBI for a name-based check), or background-check results show an arrest without a final disposition.
Fingerprints Required
Non-resident permit Available

What it actually costs

The state fee is rarely the whole bill. Fingerprinting is usually charged by a private vendor, training is bought from an instructor, and several states add photographs, notarisation or other requirements on top.

State fee $55
Fingerprinting $42
Training course $75–$250 (private instructor)
Realistic total $172–$347

These are license costs only - permitless concealed carry in Florida costs nothing. FDACS charges $55 for the license and $42 for fingerprint processing, so the $97 usually quoted is already both. Training is bought separately from an instructor and is not required at all if you carry without a license. An appointed county tax collector may add a convenience fee of up to $22 on a new application.

Permitless carry is free; these fees buy the optional license. FDACS official fee schedule (Concealed-Weapons-License-Fees.pdf), re-read in full today and unchanged: FLORIDA RESIDENT - $42 fingerprint processing fee + $55 initial license fee = $97 total; renewal $45; revised/duplicate license $15. OUT-OF-STATE RESIDENT - $42 + $55 = $97 initial; renewal $87 (includes the $42 fingerprint processing fee, because out-of-state residents must resubmit fingerprints at renewal); revised/duplicate $15. ACTIVE Florida law enforcement officer - no fingerprint fee, $55 initial, $45 renewal. Florida law enforcement officer RETIRED within the preceding year - no initial fee, $30 renewal. Retired more than one year - $42 + $30 = $72, $30 renewal. Consular security official - $300 initial and renewal. ACTIVE judge - no fee at any stage. Statutory caps in s. 790.06(5)(a) (2026 edition, verified verbatim): a "nonrefundable license fee of up to $55 if he or she has not previously been issued a statewide license or of up to $45 for renewal of a statewide license"; late renewal fee $15; duplicate $15. TAX COLLECTOR CONVENIENCE FEES (s. 790.0625) charged on top by appointed county tax collector offices: new application +$22, renewal +$12, fingerprint-only service +$9, photograph-only service +$9, revised/duplicate service +$12. Payment by check or money order payable to FDACS; do not send cash.

How to apply

  1. FIRST, CHECK WHETHER YOU NEED A LICENSE AT ALL. You do not need one to carry a concealed weapon or firearm in Florida. Since July 1, 2023 (ch. 2023-18, HB 543), s. 790.01(1)(b) authorizes concealed carry with no license, no training and no fee by anyone who meets the criteria in s. 790.06(2)(a)-(f) and (i)-(n), (3) and (10) - and open carry is lawful in practice as well, following McDaniels v. State (Fla. 1st DCA, Sept. 10, 2025) and the Attorney General's September 15, 2025 guidance memorandum. Apply for the license only if you want reciprocity when travelling to other states, or a firearm-purchase convenience.
  2. Confirm eligibility against the FDACS eligibility list and Fla. Stat. s. 790.06(2)-(3): U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident alien residing in the United States, minimum age, and no disqualifying convictions, commitments, injunctions, or discharges. On age: the statute says 21, but FDACS has published a standing notice that, following Eubanks v. Florida (Fla. 4th DCA, June 17, 2026), it will issue licenses to applicants 18 and older who meet all other requirements.
  3. Complete a firearms training/competency course, or assemble alternative proof, under one of the seven pathways in s. 790.06(2)(h), and obtain a legible certificate showing your name, the instructor's name, the instructor's credentials, and the instructor's license/certification number. No minimum number of hours is set by Florida law, but the ordinary commercial class must include live fire observed by the instructor. Military applicants may substitute orders, a statement of service, or a DD Form 214 showing honorable discharge.
  4. Choose a filing route: (a) apply fully in person at an FDACS Division of Licensing regional office, using the office's online scheduling feature; (b) apply in person at an appointed county tax collector office by appointment, which adds a convenience fee of up to $22 under s. 790.0625; (c) start online through the FDACS licensing portal (linked as "Apply Online" from the FDACS Applying page) and then complete fingerprints and photograph; or (d) apply by mail using the downloadable application packet.
  5. If applying in person, bring a picture ID (driver license or state-issued identification card), a copy of your training document, payment, and - if applicable - name-change documentation (marriage certificate, divorce decree or court order), citizenship or permanent-resident documentation if you were not born in the United States, and official employment or retirement documentation if you are an active or retired law enforcement officer. Staff review the application, take your photograph, and electronically scan your fingerprints on site.
  6. If applying by mail, schedule a fingerprint appointment with your local sheriff's office or police department, and include the completed application form, a passport-style photograph, and photocopies of your training document and identification.
  7. Submit the fee: $97 total for a new license ($55 license fee plus $42 fingerprint processing) by check or money order payable to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Mailed applications go to FDACS, Division of Licensing, P.O. Box 6687, Tallahassee, FL 32314-6687.
  8. FDLE and the FBI run the state and federal criminal-history background check on your fingerprints.
  9. FDACS issues or denies within 90 days of receiving a complete application; check progress through the FDACS application-status page. The license is valid for 7 years and, while you are in actual possession of the weapon, must be carried together with valid identification and displayed on demand by a law enforcement officer (s. 790.06(1)). The same identification duty applies to unlicensed carriers under s. 790.013.

Apply on the official Florida site

What disqualifies you

Where to get the required training

Florida publishes an official list of certified instructors. That list is authoritative — a certificate from an instructor who is not on it may not be accepted. View the official instructor list

Training providers in Florida

Businesses in our directory that offer firearms training. These are not state-verified as certified permit instructors — check against the official list above, or ask the provider directly.

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Reciprocity

Carrying into Florida

Florida recognizes permits from 49 other jurisdictions.

Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming

34 jurisdictions honor a Florida permit

Derived from what each of those states officially publishes.

Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming

Official Florida reciprocity page Full reciprocity matrix →

Building your own in Florida

Build for personal use
Allowed
Serial number required
No

BUILDING A FIREARM FOR YOUR OWN PERSONAL USE IS LAWFUL UNDER FLORIDA LAW. A full review of Chapter 790 in the 2026 Florida Statutes - the current published edition, downloaded in full and searched today - turns up no provision that criminalizes or licenses the personal manufacture or assembly of a firearm by a non-prohibited person, no provision addressing unfinished frames or receivers, "80 percent" receivers, 3D-printed firearms, or "untraceable" firearms, and no requirement that a self-made firearm bear a serial number or be registered with any Florida agency. NO SERIAL NUMBER IS REQUIRED BY FLORIDA LAW ON A SELF-MADE FIREARM. Florida's serial-number statute, s. 790.27 ("Alteration or removal of firearm serial number or possession, sale, or delivery of firearm with serial number altered or removed prohibited; penalties"; last amended s. 179, ch. 91-224, so unchanged for 35 years), is narrower than people assume: subsection (1)(a) makes it unlawful "to knowingly alter or remove the manufacturer's or importer's serial number from a firearm with intent to disguise the true identity thereof," and subsection (2)(a) makes it unlawful "to knowingly sell, deliver, or possess any firearm on which the manufacturer's or importer's serial number has been unlawfully altered or removed." Both reach only a serial number a manufacturer or importer ALREADY APPLIED - a firearm that never had one because you built it does not fall within either prohibition. Florida additionally forbids any state firearms registry: s. 790.335 ("Prohibition of registration of firearms; electronic records") declares that "A list, record, or registry of legally owned firearms or law-abiding firearm owners is not a law enforcement tool," and s. 790.0625 separately bars an appointed tax collector from maintaining any list of concealed weapon license applicants. Local governments cannot fill the gap: s. 790.33 preempts the entire field of firearm and ammunition regulation to the Legislature, with personal liability and civil penalties for local officials who enact conflicting ordinances. LIMITS THAT STILL APPLY. State: you must not be a prohibited person (s. 790.23 convicted felons; s. 790.22 minors; s. 790.233 persons under a domestic violence, stalking or cyberstalking injunction), and the Chapter 790 bans on machine guns and short-barreled rifles/shotguns absent lawful federal registration (s. 790.001, s. 790.221) and on destructive devices apply to anything you make. Federal: this analysis covers Florida law only. Federal law independently governs self-manufacture - an unlicensed person may generally make a firearm for personal use without a serial number under the Gun Control Act, but making an NFA item (short-barreled rifle or shotgun, suppressor, machine gun) requires prior ATF approval on a Form 1 and serialization, manufacturing for sale or distribution requires an FFL under 18 U.S.C. 922(a)(1)(A), the Undetectable Firearms Act (18 U.S.C. 922(p)) requires enough metal content to be detectable, and 18 U.S.C. 922(o) bars new machine gun manufacture by private persons. A self-made firearm can also become subject to serialization requirements if it is later transferred. Consult a firearms attorney before building anything unconventional.

No Florida statute prohibits it; see Fla. Stat. s. 790.27 (serial numbers), s. 790.335 (registration prohibited), s. 790.33 (state preemption)

Federal law, gunsmithing schools, and tools →

Statutes

What we could not confirm

  • PERMITLESS-CARRY AGE IS REPORTED AS 21, NOT 18, AND THAT IS A DELIBERATE EDITORIAL CALL — orchestrator decision 2026-09-15, corrected later the same day. Eubanks v. State, No. 4D2025-1698 (Fla. 4th DCA, 17 June 2026) holds section 790.06(2)(b) "facially unconstitutional as it applies to people aged 18 to 20" and vacates an 18-year-old's conviction under section 790.01(3) for concealed carry — a conviction the Office of the Attorney General conceded should be vacated because "appellant had no lawful way to public carry". FDACS has published a notice, verified still posted, stating that "The Attorney General's Office has indicated that they will not be seeking further review of the case", that the decision is "effectively the law of the state", and that FDACS "will issue concealed weapon licenses to applicants who are 18 years or older". We therefore report the LICENSE age as 18 on the agency's own published policy. WHY THE PERMITLESS FIGURE STAYS AT 21 ANYWAY: FDACS's notice speaks only to whom it will LICENSE. Neither FDACS nor the Attorney General has published anything about the minimum age for carrying WITHOUT a license. The route by which Eubanks would reach an unlicensed carrier runs through section 790.01(1)(b)'s cross-reference to section 790.06(2)(a)-(f), so that striking (2)(b) removes the age criterion from the permitless route as well — a sound reading, and the one the vacated section 790.01(3) conviction supports, but still an inference no agency has confirmed. The opinion also carries the standard notice "Not final until disposition of timely-filed motion for rehearing". Because being wrong in the permissive direction means an 18-to-20-year-old carries unlawfully and is charged, while being wrong in the restrictive direction only means they obtain a license the agency is already willing to issue, we publish 21 for permitless carry and disclose the conflict in full. An 18-to-20-year-old in Florida who wants certainty should get the license. Section 790.015(1) separately imposes its own express 21 floor on non-resident visitors, stated in its own text and untouched by Eubanks.
  • permitlessCarry.minAge is set to 18 on the strength of a court decision, not of any agency statement, and that is the least settled figure in this record. Eubanks v. Florida (Fla. 4th DCA, June 17, 2026) held s. 790.06(2)(b) facially unconstitutional as to 18-to-20-year-olds and vacated the appellant's conviction for UNLICENSED concealed carry of a firearm, so the age bar has been struck in the permitless-carry setting and not merely in the licensing setting; no other Florida appellate court has ruled, so the decision binds every trial court, and the Attorney General has said he will not seek review. But FDACS has published nothing at all about the age for carrying WITHOUT a license, the Legislature has not amended s. 790.06(2)(b), and unlicensed concealed carry by an ineligible person remains a third-degree felony. An 18-to-20-year-old who wants to avoid any risk of arrest should obtain the license, which FDACS will now issue at 18.
  • The text of Fla. Stat. s. 790.06(2)(b) has NOT been amended and still reads "Is 21 years of age or older" in the 2026 Florida Statutes, verified verbatim. Both minAge figures in this record are 18 because of Eubanks and FDACS's published issuance policy, not because of the statutory text. A reader comparing the statute to this record will see a conflict; that conflict exists in Florida law right now and is not an error in this record.
  • I could not confirm from a court docket that the Eubanks mandate has issued or that the time for rehearing and discretionary review has fully run. The opinion itself carries the standard "Not final until disposition of any timely filed motion for rehearing" legend. My evidence that the decision is settled is FDACS's own standing notice, which states that the Attorney General's Office will not seek further review and that the decision is "effectively the law of the state" - the issuing agency's current published position, verified today.
  • Open carry is lawful in practice but not on the face of the statute. s. 790.053 remains unrepealed - its text and history line are unchanged in the 2026 edition - while the First DCA held it facially unconstitutional in McDaniels v. State (Sept. 10, 2025). I read the Attorney General's September 15, 2025 Guidance Memorandum in full this time (it was 403-blocked to automated fetches in August; the block is bypassed with a browser user-agent), and also found a formal Attorney General Opinion, AGO 2025-02 (Oct. 20, 2025), which states that "McDaniels made Florida a 'constitutional carry' state - permitless concealed and open carry for law-abiding citizens in most locations." What remains unverified is how individual sheriffs and state attorneys outside the First District actually apply that guidance; the AG's instruction is advisory ("prudence counsels"), not a binding order to any local agency.
  • The Florida Senate statutes site now publishes the 2026 edition, which does include 2026 regular-session enactments (chapters 2026-14, 2026-16 and 2026-80 all appear in Chapter 790 history lines). I ran a per-code-section amendment scan rather than a bill-title keyword sweep: every section this record relies on - 790.01, 790.013, 790.015, 790.053, 790.06, 790.0625, 790.27, 790.33, 790.335 - has a history line ending before the 2026 session, so none was amended. The three 2026 chapter laws that did touch Chapter 790 hit s. 790.052 (off-duty law enforcement officers, ch. 2026-14), s. 790.115 (school weapons, ch. 2026-80) and s. 790.233 (injunction possession ban, ch. 2026-16), and none of them changes permitless carry, eligibility, age, training, fees, validity or reciprocity. I did not review the effective dates of every 2026 chapter law for provisions taking effect after the 2026 edition went to press.
  • Whether Florida recognizes a District of Columbia License to Carry a Pistol is unresolved. s. 790.015(1)(b) says a license "issued to the nonresident in his or her state of residence," and DC is not a state. I included DC in honors because FDACS's blanket statement acknowledges "all concealed firearm licenses lawfully issued by another state," but no official source addresses DC specifically. A DC resident should rely on the s. 790.015(1)(a) permitless prong - noting that that prong still requires age 21 for nonresidents.
  • Florida does not maintain a dedicated registry of concealed-weapon-license training instructors. instructorRegistryUrl now points at the FDACS "Search for a Private Investigative, Security or Recovery Licensee" page, which is reachable and which links the Division of Licensing individual search where Class "K" Firearms Instructor licensees (a Ch. 493 security-industry credential) can be looked up. The search tool itself, at licensing.fdacs.gov, refused every connection from this network today, as did the online application portal at laso.fdacs.gov; both are FDACS application subdomains and the refusals look like bot filtering rather than an outage, but I could not confirm the tool works. Even when it does, s. 790.06(2)(h) also accepts NRA-certified instructors and others absent from that database, so it is not a complete list of qualifying instructors.
  • I did not independently verify jurisdiction by jurisdiction that every state in the honors list currently issues a concealed carry license to its residents. The list is derived by applying Florida's universal-recognition rule to the set of U.S. jurisdictions that issue such licenses; Vermont is excluded because it issues none.
  • Prohibited locations are not transcribed in this record and a reader must consult the statutes directly. s. 790.06(12) applies identically to licensees and, via s. 790.013(2), to permitless carriers, and the Attorney General has confirmed that McDaniels did not disturb it. The list is substantial (schools, courthouses, polling places, the portion of an establishment primarily devoted to serving alcohol for on-premises consumption, airport passenger terminals, career centers, and others). Note separately that s. 790.115 was amended by s. 2, ch. 2026-80 to add a second-degree felony for discharging a weapon or firearm within 1,000 feet of a school during school hours or a sanctioned school activity, so a reader should use the 2026 edition of that section rather than an older copy.

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