Ohio Will Only Honor Arizona Resident Permit/License

[Gary Slider]

The whole story. A gentleman contacted me stating he had contacted OH AG asking about AZ. OH AG told him he had to have an AZ Drivers License with his AZ Permit/License to be legal in Ohio. So I looked at the Agreement AZ and OH signed (You can View it Here: Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine - Arizona Concealed Carry Reciprocity Agreement

It states Resident twice. No other AZ Agreements state this with other states. No other Ohio Agreements they have with other states state this unless the state has it in their laws. (MI, SC & FL). From the paper work and confirmed by the OH AG they will not honor the AZ non-resident permit/license. Arizona started the paperwork and AZ put the Resident Only wording in the agreement. This agreement was signed in 2004.

The AG's Office called me today after I sent an email asking them about all the permit/licenses they honored and if they would honor all those states Non Resident Permit/Licenses. I was just confirming this so I would have the correct information on Handgunlaw.us I never mentioned AZ etc. They confirmed they would honor all non-resident permits from states they honor except for Arizona. I told them it would be nice if they would put that info on their website. The AG's Office told me they would forward my idea to put "Resident Permits Only" out from AZ on their reciprocity page at: Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine - Reciprocity agreements If they will do that or not I do not know.

I am updating the site this evening late and all the pages I upload will have a date of last updated of 4/20/12 as that was my scheduled update date. I believed I should get it posted as quick as possible.

 

[jlrhiner]

Thanks Gary, keep up the good work!

 

[Martya]

Thanks Gary!

Hope this isn't the beginning of a trend....

 

[madmikeb]

Maybe things have changed in the last couple years, but I have had an AZ permit for 4 years and am a ME resident. I don't believe that AZ differentiates between a resident and non resident permit. An AZ permit is an AZ permit, there is no such thing as a non-resident AZ permit.

 

[Gary Slider]

There is no difference but your address is on the Permit. Ohio AG stated if you had an AZ permit you had to have an AZ Drivers License or State ID from AZ for it to be valid in OH. But you are correct the formats are exactly the same and the only way to tell if the person is a resident of AZ or no is by their address on the permit.

 

[madmikeb]

There is no address on an AZ permit. Just your name and physical stats. It does state on the back that the permit must be accompanied by a picture ID so I guess that is how they tell where you are from. The instructor when I took my course for the permit told me point blank that there is no such thing as a non resident permit. AZ doesn't care where you live as long as you meet the criteria.
You gotta love AZ! Thats why I'm moving out in a couple years.

 

[Gary Slider]

I am in error. I thought my old one had an address. It does not. Have to look and not try to just remember.

 

[bitstream]

There is no address on an AZ permit. Just your name and physical stats. It does state on the back that the permit must be accompanied by a picture ID so I guess that is how they tell where you are from. The instructor when I took my course for the permit told me point blank that there is no such thing as a non resident permit. AZ doesn't care where you live as long as you meet the criteria.
You gotta love AZ! Thats why I'm moving out in a couple years.

I'm glad I moved here.

I really love the reciprocity map on handgunlaw.us when I click Arizona. I can travel to most of the country with my AZ permit.