I've mentioned this before
But mine in Concord took five months...five weeks is nada
But mine in Concord took five months...five weeks is nada
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My LTC renewal application has been with the Lexington PD for 6 or 7 weeks now. I have been told that all applications are on hold due to staffing problems as well.
Just curious on the law: I thought that under the law the PD is supposed to respond to an application within 30 days? Is this true or how long can they do nothing? If it is true that an application is to be processed within 30 days is the PD then not breaking the law?
Frankly I am not happy that a wealthy town like Lexington acts like this and may cause me to be unable to comply with the law. How long should I wait? Since I dropped my application off in person I don't even have proof that I have a pending application. When is it time for an attorney to protect myself?
Thanks for any insight or suggestions. My LTC is expiring in about 3 weeks. Just for the record, their is no reason for them to deny my license due to any prior history!
Thanks for the replies. Just to clarify, my LTC is a renewal application and I was told when I dropped it off that I would be called for fingerprints. No time frame has been given and I was never called in. So now that I understand that they are in no legal obligation to do anything, what is my legal status after my LTC expires and what is it after the 90 period after expiration? Can I still legally have my guns or not? Should I pack them up and give them to them?
It is frustrating as hell to be a almost 20 year resident in a town and this is the treatment you get.
Thanks for the replies. Just to clarify, my LTC is a renewal application and I was told when I dropped it off that I would be called for fingerprints. No time frame has been given and I was never called in. So now that I understand that they are in no legal obligation to do anything, what is my legal status after my LTC expires and what is it after the 90 period after expiration? Can I still legally have my guns or not? Should I pack them up and give them to them?
It is frustrating as hell to be a almost 20 year resident in a town and this is the treatment you get.
I believe you can file for appeal to State Board...call GOAL and check with them.
Nonsense. As has been posted here before, appeal of a denial/revocation/suspension is to the District Court; not some unspecified "State Board."
Exactly as stated in the licensing statute, amazingly enough.
Just curious, has the Lexington PD started to process applications again? Anybody received an LTC lately from them?
Happy shooting!
After almost 10 weeks, I had my fingerprints taken this week for my LTC renewal at the Lexington PD. Good to see they are finally processing applications again.
Was told that my license will be mailed to me when done. I forgot to ask them however how long that will take. Anybody know how long it takes in Lexington?
I truly hope that at some point we will have a more efficient system here in MA! My NH license took not even two weeks!
I was talking with my chief ~1 week ago and he told me that they interviewed 15 people that day (same day as Town Meeting, so he was already busy with preparation to justify his budget and one Lt was off at training all week) and they were booking interview appointments now with a 2 month wait just for the interview!
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When you give them your application (assuming they ask for it in paper, as our PD just did for my Wife's renewal), they "may" (I am unsure due to MIRCS) be able to process the background and print check (CHSB pulls your print card out of a hard-copy file and re-scans it for the checks) in advance of your interview appointment. We'll see! I don't really expect that my Wife will get her new LTC until at least a month after her B'day (August).
A quick update as I gotta get back to work here . . .
My Wife had her "interview" today. Paperwork and check were filed 5/15/07 as noted in the above (I posted that on 5/17).
The Secretary had typed into MIRCS ALL the info from the handwritten (old) form IN ADVANCE, so she asked my Wife no questions, just printed out a copy in that microscopic font and asked her to sign it. She checked the data for correctness vis-a-vis the handwritten form before signing it. Took the picture and 3 copies of her index finger scanned on the computer. The chief is on vacation so the Lt. is the only one doing the applications today. He's a real good guy that I've known since he went on the PD. Asked her "any changes" wrt info he had on the computer (that she's now held a LTC for >29 years) and if I didn't shoot the bull with him on some other LE topics for ~5 minutes we would have been out of there in ~10 minutes total.
The Secretary confirmed that she had run a BOP and Mental Health checks when she got the paperwork from us and the Lt. said she should receive the LTC within ~2 weeks. There were 5 other people besides my Wife being processed for LTCs while we were there and I've known 3 of them for a very long time.
Well if she gets her LTC-A/None within a couple of weeks, I'd say that the new MIRCS system is pretty decent in spite of the wait for an appointment.