Follow our checklist, and then mail the completed firearms license application packet to:
Central Records Office
Falmouth Police Department
750 Main St.
Falmouth, MA 02540
Upon receipt of a completed application, the Central Records Office will contact you to schedule an appointment to be fingerprinted, photographed and interviewed (as necessary). Your name, date of birth, social security number, fingerprints, and other data will be used to conduct a national background check.
We accept FID/LTC renewal applications within one (1) month or less from the expiration date listed on the FID/LTC card.
If the applicant applied for renewal prior to the FID/LTC card’s expiration, the FID/LTC card shall remain valid after the expiration date on the card for all lawful purposes, until the application for renewal is approved or denied.
Please contact the Central Records Office with any questions. Hours: 8:30am and 5:30pm (Monday to Friday). Closed Holidays.
Massachusetts General Law c. 140, §§128A and 128B, requires all individuals who sell, transfer, inherit, or lose a firearm to report the sale, transfer, inheritance, or loss of the firearms to the Department of Criminal Justice Information Services Firearms Records Bureau (FRB). This on-line system will allow you to report the sale, transfer, inheritance, or loss/theft data electronically to the FRB. Massachusetts Firearms Registration and Transfer System
Use this form to notify the Firearms Record Bureau that your address has changed: Change of Address Form
Massachusetts Firearms Registration & Laws (Select “Firearms Records Bureau” on left): Firearms Support Services, approved Weapons, approved firearm safety/locking devices, Firearms Safety, Gun Laws, Taser Regulations, and Approved Basic Firearms Safety Courses.
FID Cards Issued Prior to October 21, 1998 have Expired- Please check your Mass Firearms Identification Card (FID). During the summer of 1998, the Massachusetts Legislature enacted sweeping changes of the state’s firearm laws including the FID Cards that were issued without an expiration date. A person who lawfully owned a firearm, rifle, shotgun, feeding device and/or ammunition on or after October 21, 1998 must reapply for an appropriate License to Carry Firearms (LTC) or Firearms Identification Card (FID). If a firearms license is denied, suspended, revoked or expired, then all firearms, rifles, shotguns, feeding devices and/or ammunition must be lawfully transferred to a properly licensed person or surrendered to the Falmouth Police Department. Please contact the department with any questions at 774-255-4527.
