166.292
Procedure for issuing; form of license; duration. (1) If the application for the
license is approved, the sheriff shall issue and mail or otherwise deliver to
the applicant at the address shown on the application, within 45 days of the
application, a wallet sized license bearing the photograph of the licensee. The
license must be signed by the licensee and carried whenever the licensee
carries a concealed handgun.
(2) Failure of a
person who carries a concealed handgun also to carry a concealed handgun
license is prima facie evidence that the person does not have such a license.
(3) Licenses for
concealed handguns shall be uniform throughout the state in substantially the
following form:
______________________________________________________________________________
OREGON CONCEALED
HANDGUN
LICENSE
County________ License
Number_____
Expires________ Date of
birth______
Height________ Weight________
Name_________ Address_________
Licensee’s City_____ Zip___
Photograph
Signature_______________
Issued by_______________
Date of issue_______________
______________________________________________________________________________
(4) An Oregon
concealed handgun license issued under ORS 166.291 and this section, unless
revoked under ORS 166.293, is valid for a period of four years from the date on
which it is issued.
(5) The sheriff
shall keep a record of each license issued under ORS 166.291 and this section,
or renewed pursuant to ORS 166.295.
(6) When a
sheriff issues a concealed handgun license under this section, the sheriff
shall provide the licensee with a list of those places where carrying concealed
handguns is prohibited or restricted by state or federal law. [1989 c.839 §9
(166.291 to 166.293 enacted in lieu of 166.290); 1993 c.625 §5; 1993 c.693 §2;
1993 c.735 §5]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
10
cases (
3 in the last 5 years), 1999–2025 · leading case:
Willis v. Winters, 253 P.3d 1058 (Or. 2011).
Willis v. Winters, 253 P.3d 1058 (Or. 2011).
· cites it 2× “291 and ORS 166.292 to carry a concealed handgun.”
Bates v. Gordon, 157 P.3d 1219 (Or. Ct. App. 2007).
· cites it 4× “291 and ORS 166.292) and are not intended to list the statutes that identify the acts and conditions that prevent the issuance of a license.”
State v. Vinge, 564 P.3d 186 (Or. Ct. App. 2025).
“291 and ORS 166.292, in turn, set forth the requirements for obtaining and issuing a concealed hand- gun license.”
State v. Perry, 996 P.2d 995 (Or. Ct. App. 2000).
· cites it 2× “291 and ORS 166.292. 4 In order for ORS 166.250(2)(b) to be an exception to the conduct proscribed by ORS 166.”
State v. Burris, 518 P.3d 891 (Or. 2022).
“291 and ORS 166.292, which authorize a license holder to carry a concealed hand- gun.”
Filipetti v. Dep't of Fish & Wildlife, 197 P.3d 535 (Or. Ct. App. 2008).
“291 and ORS 166.292); ORS *132 166.272(3), (4) (exempting from arrest or charge and supplying affirmative defense to crime of “unlawful possession of a machine gun, short-barreled rifle, short-barreled shotgun or firearms silencer,” ORS 166.”
Bates v. Gordon, 120 P.3d 512 (Or. Ct. App. 2005).
“291 and ORS 166.292 contain a number of objective application requirements for concealed handgun licenses, but they do not include any reference to a sheriffs reasonable belief “that the applicant has been or is reasonably likely to be a danger to self or others or to the…”
Langlotz v. Noelle, 39 P.3d 271 (Or. Ct. App. 2002).
“He must then issue a CHL to an applicant whom he determines has met those criteria and who has also paid the necessary fees and followed the necessary procedures such as submitting to fingerprinting and photography, ORS *327 166.”
State v. Brust, 974 P.2d 734 (Or. Ct. App. 1999).
· cites it 3× “ORS 166.292 provides, in part: “(2) Failure of a person who carries a concealed handgun also to carry a concealed handgun license is prima facie evidence that the person does not have such a license.”
State v. Alcaraz, 508 P.3d 13 (Or. Ct. App. 2022).
“For instance, according to the reasoning of the majority opin- ion, if an officer catches a glimpse of an otherwise concealed handgun tucked in a waistband, that officer would not be able to ask that individual if the person had a concealed hand- gun license under ORS 166.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 166.292(1) — 1 case
Langlotz v. Noelle, 39 P.3d 271 (Or. Ct. App. 2002).
“He must then issue a CHL to an applicant whom he determines has met those criteria and who has also paid the necessary fees and followed the necessary procedures such as submitting to fingerprinting and photography, ORS *327 166.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 166.292(3) — 1 case
Willis v. Winters, 253 P.3d 1058 (Or. 2011).
“291 and ORS 166.292 to carry a concealed handgun.”
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