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Wyoming Concealed Carry Permit

Wyoming allows permitless carry for non-prohibited adults 18+. A CFP is still available and is what other states recognize.

Permitless carry is legal in Wyoming

A non-prohibited adult aged 18 or older may carry a concealed handgun without a permit (since 2011). YES — permitless (constitutional) carry is legal in Wyoming today. W.S. 6-8-104(a)(iv), read from the Wyoming Legislature's official compiled Title 6 on 15 September 2026, exempts from the concealed-weapon offense a person who 'does not possess a permit issued under this section, but is a resident of the United States and otherwise meets the requirements specified in paragraphs (b)(ii) through (vi), (viii) and (ix) of this section and possession of the firearm by the person is not otherwise unlawful.' HISTORY, now confirmed from the enrolled acts themselves: permitless carry was created by 2011 Senate File 0047 (Enrolled Act No. 70, Senate; Laws 2011, ch. 84; signed 2 March 2011; effective 1 July 2011), which added paragraph (a)(iv) requiring the carrier to meet '(b)(i) through (vi), (viii) and (ix)' — and because (b)(i) contains the six-month Wyoming residency requirement, the 2011 version reached WYOMING RESIDENTS ONLY. The cross-reference was later narrowed to (b)(ii) and the separate 'resident of the United States' condition substituted, which is what extended permitless carry to out-of-state visitors; DCI's official FAQ dates that change to 07/01/2021 and states: 'Effective 07/01/2021 the State of Wyoming now allows any U.S. resident that is legally allowed to possess firearms to carry concealed in the State without a concealed firearms permit.' Note the residency limit — the exemption reaches U.S. residents only, so a foreign national/visitor cannot rely on it. Because the cross-referenced paragraph (b)(ii) was lowered from twenty-one (21) to eighteen (18) effective 07/01/2026 by HB0096 (Enrolled Act No. 27, House; Laws 2026, ch. 87), the permitless-carry minimum age is now 18. No training is required for permitless carry. WHERE A PERMITLESS CARRIER MAY CARRY, mapped directly from the statute text on 15 September 2026: permitless carriers are bound by the off-limits list in W.S. 6-8-104(t) (law enforcement facilities without the chief administrator's written consent; detention facilities, prisons and jails; courtrooms; the portion of a liquor establishment primarily devoted to on-premises consumption; any elementary or secondary school facility if the person is enrolled as a student there; and anywhere carrying is prohibited by federal or state law — subparagraphs (iv), (v), (vi) and (x) were repealed by Laws 2025, ch. 61, § 3, and (viii) by Laws 2018, ch. 85, § 1). Permitless carriers DO get the Wyoming Repeal Gun Free Zones Act privileges in W.S. 6-8-105(b), which extends to persons carrying under (a)(ii) through (iv) and covers any meeting of a governmental entity, any meeting of the legislature or a committee, any public airport area not restricted by federal law, and any public building not otherwise prohibited under 6-8-104(t). The privileges permitless carriers do NOT get are the SCHOOL AND CAMPUS ones in W.S. 6-8-105(c) — public school/college/university athletic events on public property that do not sell alcohol, public elementary and secondary school facilities, and public college or university facilities — which are reserved to holders of a Wyoming permit issued under (a)(ii), and are themselves subject to 6-8-104(t)(ix) and to school-district rules under 6-8-105(f).

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.

W.S. 6-8-104(a)(iv)

There are 11 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 Firearm Permit
Issuing authority Wyoming Attorney General, Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI), Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) — applications are submitted through the sheriff's office of the applicant's county of residence
System shall-issue
Minimum age 18 — 18. W.S. 6-8-104(b)(ii) requires an applicant to be "at least eighteen (18) years of age" — text read from the Wyoming Legislature's official compiled Title 6 on 15 September 2026. The change is recent and is now traced to its act: 2026 House Bill 0096, 'AN ACT relating to weapons; amending the age requirement for a qualified person to be issued a permit to carry a concealed weapon; making conforming amendments; repealing obsolete provisions; and providing for an effective date' (Enrolled Act No. 27, House, 68th Legislature, 2026 Budget Session; Laws 2026, ch. 87). Section 1 struck 'twenty-one (21)' and inserted 'eighteen (18)' in (b)(ii), Section 2 repealed W.S. 6-8-104(j), and Section 3 made the act effective July 1, 2026. DCI's official FAQ agrees: "Effective 1 July 2026, this includes residents who are at least 18 years of age." Any source published before July 2026 showing 21 is stale. The same 18-year threshold flows through to permitless carry via the cross-reference in W.S. 6-8-104(a)(iv). Federal law separately bars handgun purchase from a licensed dealer under 21; that is a purchase restriction, not a Wyoming carry restriction.
Training required Yes
State fee $64 initial / $45 renewal — the state's own charge, not the total
Valid for 5 years
Processing time Approximately 60-90 days. DCI's application instructions say "Processing times may take up to 60 - 90 days depending on volume"; the FAQ says "Approximately 90 days." W.S. 6-8-104(m) directs the division to issue or deny within 60 days after receiving the required items, and the sheriff must submit his written report within 30 days. Status can be checked in real time at the CFP Status Portal, wycfp.wyo.gov, which reports only 'Application received and processing' or 'Processing Completed' and keeps the result available for 60 days. The finished permit is sent to the sheriff's office for distribution.
Fingerprints Required
Non-resident permit Not 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 $64
Fingerprinting $15–$45 — our estimate; no vendor publishes a rate
Training course $75–$250 (private instructor)
County sheriff fee $15 — additional to the DCI fee; $5 at renewal, and DCI warns local offices' fees and accepted payment types may differ — call ahead
Realistic total $169–$374 — includes an estimated component

The government side is nearly complete — $64 to DCI plus $15 to the county sheriff, about $79 out the door — and then fingerprint processing sits outside it unpriced, because W.S. 6-8-104(e)(iii) puts "the actual cost of processing the set of fingerprints" on the applicant without naming a figure. Wyoming also cannot reconcile its own fee: W.S. 6-8-104(e)(ii) recites $50, DCI collects $64, and no official page explains the difference. Pay what the current form says. Training is required for the permit only, with no minimum hours and no live-fire mandate: any one of the six activities in W.S. 6-8-104(b)(vii) proves 'familiarity with a firearm', and two of them — participation in an organized handgun shooting competition or military service, and honorable retirement as a peace officer with 10+ years — cost nothing at all, so the low end of the training range is avoidable entirely for many applicants. Note that hunter education is not one of the six named activities; it would have to qualify under option (A) or (D) based on the instructor's certification. Notarization may carry an extra fee at some sheriff's offices.

Amounts re-verified on 15 September 2026 against three separate official DCI sources — the CFP FAQ, the CFP Initial/Renewal Application instructions, and the CFP-Military page — which agree. DCI fees (money order or cashier's check only, payable to DCI or the WY Attorney General's Office — 'DCI DOES NOT accept Cash, Credit Card or Personal Checks'): new application $64; renewal filed up to 6 months BEFORE expiration $45; late renewal filed up to 6 months AFTER expiration $55; duplicate permit $5. County sheriff fees are separate and additional: $15 new, $5 renewal, and DCI advises 'Please inquire with your local Sheriff's Office for their fees and payment type as they may be different' — so realistic out-the-door totals are about $79 new and $50 renewal, plus the applicant-borne cost of fingerprint processing (W.S. 6-8-104(e)(iii), (k)) and any notary fee. CAUTION: the statute itself, W.S. 6-8-104(e)(ii), still recites 'a nonrefundable permit fee of fifty dollars ($50.00), if he has not previously been issued a statewide permit, or a nonrefundable permit fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) for renewal of a permit', with the sheriff retaining $10 of an original and $5 of a renewal fee under subsection (f). The published $64/$45/$55 schedule is what DCI actually collects; the difference is not reconciled on any official page (separately payable fingerprint/FBI background-check processing under (e)(iii) and (f) is the likely explanation). Pay the amounts printed on the current DCI application form.

How to apply

  1. Confirm you qualify under W.S. 6-8-104(b) — U.S. resident, Wyoming resident for at least 6 months, at least 18 years old, and not subject to any disqualifier.
  2. Satisfy the firearms-familiarity requirement by any one of the six methods in W.S. 6-8-104(b)(vii) and obtain proof: a completion certificate, a notarized instructor affidavit, a DD-214, or other qualifying documentation.
  3. Download the current Wyoming CFP Initial/Renewal Application from the DCI Concealed Firearm Permits page. Complete it fully but DO NOT sign it — it must be signed under oath before a notary.
  4. Make 3 copies of the completed application and attach your firearms-safety documentation.
  5. Apply in person at the sheriff's office in your county of residence. Sign and have the application notarized there if that office can notarize; DCI warns that not all sheriff's offices can notarize and that there may be additional fees, so call ahead.
  6. Submit a full set of fingerprints administered by a law enforcement agency. You pay the actual processing cost for one set; you may not be charged for additional services needed to obtain a legible set (W.S. 6-8-104(k)).
  7. Pay the DCI fee by money order or cashier's check made out to DCI or the WY Attorney General's Office ($64 new / $45 renewal / $55 late renewal) — no cash, credit cards, or personal checks — plus the separate sheriff's office fee ($15 new / $5 renewal).
  8. Within 5 days of applying, take the copy the sheriff gives you to a Wyoming DOT Driver's Services office to have your permit photo taken. Do not do this before applying at the sheriff's office. The address on your Wyoming driver's license is the address that will appear on the permit.
  9. DCI processes your fingerprints for state criminal justice information and submits a fingerprint card to the FBI for a national background check. The sheriff files a written report within 30 days and notifies your local chief of police, who may also submit written comments.
  10. Track your application in real time at https://wycfp.wyo.gov/ and allow 60-90 days. If denied, you have 30 days to submit additional documentation, and you may seek review in district court under the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.
  11. The completed permit is mailed to the sheriff's office for distribution. Carry the permit together with valid identification at all times when carrying concealed, and display both on a peace officer's request.
  12. Report a change of permanent address, a name change, or a lost/destroyed permit to DCI within 30 days using the forms on the DCI site (duplicate permit $5). Failure to report may result in cancellation or revocation.
  13. Renew during the 6 months before expiration — DCI states in capitals that RENEWAL NOTICES WILL NOT BE SENT OUT. Late renewal is allowed up to 6 months after expiration at the higher fee; 6 months after expiration the permit is permanently expired and you must apply as a new applicant.
  14. Wyoming residents on active military duty outside the state, and qualifying military spouses residing with them, may apply or renew without appearing in Wyoming under W.S. 6-8-104(cc) — see the DCI CFP-Military page. Members deployed outside the U.S. may renew through deployment and up to 6 months after returning.
  15. Questions may be directed to DCI at CFP@Wyo.gov or 307-777-7181, the contact printed on the current official application instructions.

Apply on the official Wyoming site

What disqualifies you

Where to get the required training

Wyoming does not publish a central list of certified instructors. Confirm directly with Wyoming Attorney General, Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI), Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) — applications are submitted through the sheriff's office of the applicant's county of residence that a course will be accepted before you pay for it.

Training providers in Wyoming

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.

All firearms training in Wyoming →

Reciprocity

Carrying into Wyoming

Wyoming recognizes permits from 35 other jurisdictions.

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

33 jurisdictions honor a Wyoming permit

Derived from what each of those states officially publishes.

Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, 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

Official Wyoming reciprocity page Full reciprocity matrix →

Building your own in Wyoming

Build for personal use
Allowed
Serial number required
No

Wyoming law permits building a firearm for personal use, and there is NO state serial-number requirement and NO state firearm registration. W.S. 6-8-401(c) preempts the field — the manufacture of firearms is authorized, regulated and prohibited by the state alone, and no state agency, city, town, county, political subdivision or other entity may regulate or prohibit manufacture. The Wyoming Firearms Freedom Act expressly contemplates firearms 'manufactured commercially or privately in Wyoming' (W.S. 6-8-404(a)). ONE STATE MARKING REQUIREMENT IS EASY TO MISS, and it is not a serial number: W.S. 6-8-404(b) provides that a firearm manufactured or sold in Wyoming under that act shall have the words 'made in Wyoming' clearly stamped, inscribed or otherwise marked on a central part of the firearm, such as the receiver or frame. Possession of a firearm covered by the act requires no felony conviction in any U.S. jurisdiction (this bar does not apply to antique firearms), no current adjudication of legal incompetence, and no commitment to a mental institution (W.S. 6-8-404(c)). Purchase requires age 21 for a handgun and 18 for a rifle or shotgun, plus the same three criteria (W.S. 6-8-404(d)). MAJOR CAVEAT — read before relying on the WFFA: the act declares that a firearm made in Wyoming from basic materials and kept exclusively within Wyoming's borders is 'not subject to federal law, federal taxation or federal regulation, including registration,' and W.S. 6-8-405 purports to make federal enforcement against such a firearm a misdemeanor punishable by up to 1 year and a $2,000 fine. That declaration has not been validated by any court. A materially identical Montana statute was struck down in Montana Shooting Sports Ass'n v. Holder, No. 10-36094 (9th Cir., argued 4 March 2013, filed 23 August 2013) — verified from the Ninth Circuit's published opinion on 15 September 2026, which affirmed dismissal and held that because the Montana Firearms Freedom Act 'purports to say that federal law does not apply' it 'is necessarily preempted and invalid.' Wyoming lies in the TENTH Circuit, so that holding is persuasive rather than binding here, and no court has yet tested Wyoming's act. Federal firearms law — the Gun Control Act, the National Firearms Act, and ATF's rules on privately made firearms — should be assumed to apply in full in Wyoming regardless of the WFFA. Do not treat W.S. 6-8-404 as a shield against federal requirements; anyone building a firearm should independently confirm current federal obligations with ATF.

W.S. 6-8-401(c) (state preemption of firearm manufacture regulation); W.S. 6-8-402 through 6-8-406 (Wyoming Firearms Freedom Act), especially W.S. 6-8-404(a)-(d) and the marking requirement in W.S. 6-8-404(b)

Federal law, gunsmithing schools, and tools →

Statutes

What we could not confirm

  • FEE CONFLICT, still unresolved on official sources and re-checked on both sides on 15 September 2026: W.S. 6-8-104(e)(ii), read from the Legislature's compiled Title 6, recites "a nonrefundable permit fee of fifty dollars ($50.00)" for both an original and a renewal, but DCI's FAQ, its current application instructions and its CFP-Military page all collect $64 new / $45 renewal / $55 late renewal, plus separate sheriff fees of $15 / $5. No official page explains the difference. The likely reconciliation is the separately payable fingerprint and FBI national-background-check processing costs under W.S. 6-8-104(e)(iii) and (f), but I could not confirm that. I reported the amounts DCI actually collects; pay what the current form says.
  • NON-RESIDENT ELIGIBILITY TENSION, still open: DCI's FAQ answers "No" to whether non-residents can obtain a Wyoming permit, and I coded nonResidentPermitAvailable false on that basis. However, W.S. 6-8-104(b)(i) — re-read from the official statute on 15 September 2026 — states that "The Wyoming residency requirements of this paragraph do not apply to any person who holds a valid permit authorizing him to carry a concealed firearm authorized and issued by a governmental agency or entity in another state that recognizes Wyoming permits and is a valid statewide permit." On its face that text could be read to let some out-of-state permit holders apply. Agency practice controls in reality, but the statutory text and the stated policy are not obviously aligned. If you are a non-resident who wants a Wyoming permit, call DCI at 307-777-7181 rather than relying on either reading.
  • PERMITLESS CARRY AT AGE 18 rests on the statutory cross-reference rather than on any express agency statement. W.S. 6-8-104(a)(iv) incorporates paragraph (b)(ii), which the Legislature's compiled Title 6 now renders as "at least eighteen (18) years of age", and HB0096 (Laws 2026, ch. 87) both made that change and repealed the separate subsection (j) route — so the statutory logic is now confirmed from primary text, not inferred from memory. But DCI's FAQ still discusses the 18-year threshold only in the permit context and nowhere states that permitless carry itself is available at 18. An 18-to-20-year-old relying on permitless carry should confirm with DCI (CFP@Wyo.gov, 307-777-7181) before carrying — a second offense for unlawful concealed carry is a felony punishable by up to 2 years' imprisonment.
  • The DCI-hosted 'Effective 07/01/2026' statute PDF is an image-only scan: extracting its text on 15 September 2026 yielded nothing but thirteen repetitions of the page header "Effective 1 July 2026", and no OCR tool was available in this environment. All statutory text in this record therefore comes from the Wyoming Legislature's compiled Title 6 PDF. That compilation does reflect the 2026 amendments (it shows "eighteen (18)" in (b)(ii) and "(j) Repealed by Laws 2026, ch. 87"), and the DCI scan's own header corroborates the effective date, but I could not diff the two documents directly.
  • I could not read the pre-repeal text of W.S. 6-8-104(j) from a primary source. The enrolled act recites only "Section 2. W.S. 6-8-104(j) is repealed", and the compiled statute now shows the subsection as repealed. Secondary reporting describes the repealed provision as the discretionary route by which 18-to-20-year-olds could obtain a permit only on the county sheriff's personal recommendation, which would explain HB0096's title reference to "repealing obsolete provisions" — but I did not verify that characterization against any official source, so this record makes no claim about what (j) said.
  • wyoleg.gov's bill-information pages (for example /Legislation/2026/HB0096) are a JavaScript application that returns only a "Legislative Service Office" header to a plain HTTP fetch, so I could not read HB0096's action history or the Governor's signature date from the Legislature's own bill page. The 2026 age change is instead sourced to the enrolled-act PDF at /2026/Enroll/HB0096.pdf and to the compiled statute's "Repealed by Laws 2026, ch. 87" annotation, which together identify the act, its sections and its July 1, 2026 effective date. The static .pdf and .htm paths on wyoleg.gov do serve fetchable content.
  • INSTRUCTOR REGISTRY: Wyoming appears to publish no list of state-certified firearms instructors for CFP purposes. I re-checked the DCI CFP page, the CFP FAQ and the CFP-Military page on 15 September 2026 and none links to one, and the statute instead points to NRA-certified instructors and the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy. The Academy's firearms-instructor course is a closed course for already-certified Wyoming peace officers and publishes no public roster. I set instructorRegistryUrl to null, but I cannot prove no such list exists elsewhere on a state site.
  • RECIPROCITY LIST STALENESS: DCI's 35-state list was identical on 15 September 2026 to the 10 August 2026 capture, but it still carries no last-updated date. Because W.S. 6-8-104(a)(iii) makes recognition automatic and conditional on the other state recognizing Wyoming permits, actual legal recognition can change without the published list changing. Treat the list as DCI's current determination, not an exhaustive legal guarantee, and check the destination state's own page before travelling.
  • WYOMING FIREARMS FREEDOM ACT VALIDITY remains untested. W.S. 6-8-404 and 6-8-405 declare Wyoming-made, Wyoming-retained firearms exempt from federal law and criminalize federal enforcement. I verified the Montana analogue from a primary source this session — Montana Shooting Sports Ass'n v. Holder, No. 10-36094 (9th Cir., filed 23 August 2013), which affirmed dismissal and held the Montana Firearms Freedom Act "necessarily preempted and invalid" — but Wyoming is in the Tenth Circuit, so that decision is persuasive rather than binding here, and I found no decision testing Wyoming's act. Federal firearms law should be assumed to apply in full. This is the highest-risk item here for a reader who might act on it.
  • I did not verify current federal ATF requirements for privately made firearms (serialization on transfer, engaging in the business, etc.). atf.gov returned HTTP 403 Forbidden to my fetch on 15 September 2026, so I could not read the agency's own guidance. Those requirements are outside Wyoming law but materially affect anyone building a firearm.
  • I did not locate the 2021 session law that broadened W.S. 6-8-104(a)(iv) from Wyoming residents to any U.S. resident. That date rests on DCI's FAQ statement ("Effective 07/01/2021") together with the current statutory text, both read on 15 September 2026, and on the 2011 enrolled act showing the narrower original cross-reference. The 2021 chapter number is therefore not cited in this record.

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