Location: | Clarke County Courthouse
325 E. Washington Street
Room 215
Athens, GA 30601
Tel: 706-613-3320 | Total Time Taken: | 5-50 Days
| | Total Payment: | $51.00
| | | | | Renewal Payment: | $51.00
| | Court Website: | Click Here | Renewal Time Taken: | Law Changed, updates needed
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| Member or Court Reported Process: | Apply at the Probate Court window inside the Clarke Co. courthouse building, M-F from 9:00am to 4:00pm.
Applications must be made in person, and they do not allow you to take the application outside of their office.
Fill out the application, and show proper ID to the clerk.
You must write a check to the ACC Probate Court for $17.00. {UPDATE12-22-06: Now $15.00}
(personal checks were accepted without a problem)
They will then give you back your application papers and fingerprint cards, which you should immediately take downstairs to the Sheriff's Department window.
They will require $36.00 from you to fingerprint you and run the required GBI/FBI checks.
According to the Probate Court clerk, the permit can take up to 6 months to arrive. It will be mailed to you at your listed address.
Personal comments:
It took 53 days in my case. On advice to check with the Probate Court after 50 days, I went back to the clerk on the 53rd day. The judge had just finished processing my license, so they just handed me my permit on the spot. Also all the people I dealt with were very friendly and accommodating.
Everyone was very friendly. I went in late in the afternoon on a Friday and
received a call on Wednesday telling me it was ready. They use digital fingerprinting.
Very happy with my overall experience.
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| GeorgiaPacking.org's analysis of this county's process: |
The Sheriff's office is overcharging everyone $4 for both new and renewal licenses than what the law allows.
The county website says it takes an average of 90 days to get your first license, when the law says at the end of 60 days.
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