CHL Central - Lane County

Sheriff:

Russel E. Burger
125 E. 8th Ave
Eugene, OR 97401

Phone: (541) 682-4150
Fax: (541) 682-3309

E-mail: sheriffs.office@co.lane.or.us

Website:
http://www.co.lane.or.us/Sheriff/default.htm
This site contains a link for CHL requirements and a downloadable application.

Note, as of 4/28/03, their application allowed references from Lane County residents only. We pointed out to them that Oregon law does NOT require that. They claimed it was a "county" requirement. Be advised, they have NO authority to make this demand.

ANOTHER NOTE! As of 5/16/03, we have been informed that this policy has been reversed. Representative Pat Farr of Lane County interceded on behalf of CHL applicants and the Sheriff informed him that he would no longer require that references be from Lane County.

STILL ONE MORE NOTE! As of 9/20/04, the Lane County Sheriff's website STILL says that references MUST be from Lane County. A staffer told us today that if you have no Lane County references, they will "work with you." They explained that they "don't want to spend their time making long distance calls." Once again. There is NO requirement in the law for this and CANNOT be enforced.

On 9/21/04 we received an e-mail from Earlene Filley from Lane's Sheriff's office. It said:

"I'm very sorry about the confusion.
We do not require the references to be from Lane County, although we prefer it. Our forms are old and we're trying to use them up, but we don't require that.
Again, sorry for the confusion"


As of 1/20/08 they are still telling people they must have Lane County references. This is STILL bogus.

On 11/18/07 we received a copy of an e-mail from the Lane County Sheriff's office.It states that the Lane County Sheriff WILL NOT issue non resident CHL's.

It is reproduced below:

Our Sheriff requires a concealed handgun license applicant have a principal residence in this County. Therefore, we are unable to
accept an application from you.
Please let me know if you have any further questions.Thank you,
Carolyn Kegley
Communications Records Supervisor
Lane County Sheriff's Office
Eugene, Or

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