Can L.E.O's in your state or county see if you are a c.w.p. holder from their squad car from your car license plate number.

Or

Do they have to run your D.L. information ?

Yes (sort of)

OL is linked to plate and CCDW is linked to OL. When you run the plate it returns, the OL and CCDW of the registered owners.

Not in Colorado.

At one time following the “must issue” legislation, the issuing sheriff’s office could enter the fact that an individual had a concealed handgun permit and it would show as a warrant(!) response. But that required querying the individual; it was not linked in any way to the vehicle license plate.

Later, however, that practice was evidently in contravention to the statute that prohibited a consolidated data base of everyone who has a CHP. Those entries were purged, and as I understand it now, the only way to determine if someone has a CHP is to query the issuing agency directly by message. Nothing shows when someone’s driver’s license is checked or a wants/warrants query is run.

Iowa here.

No state database that is accessible to law enforcement including via DL records. Individual counties may make their own records available within their own systems.

Permit is no longer required anyway.

As you see…it is state dependent.

Concealed permit records are held at the state level (maybe even county level or agency level in some cases).

When an officer runs a query in the system their state uses to check the nation wide NCIC system, it will only return a concealed permit hit if the state itself provides that through its internal files, and at the level of required information to obtain a hit (driver license number, registration tag, name/dob or soundex and similar DOBs).

So, it depends. My state will provide the CCW status— active, denied, or expired— with a driver license or ID number, the registered owner of a vehicle when it’s tag is ran, and/or name/DOB. But not from other states.

There are other databases available that a LEO can use that may share that information.

In NC the CCW is linked to your DL info. And that info comes up in the return about the DL. If the cop runs your card he knows. If you are the registered owner, that info pops up and he will know.

If you don’t run it in your car but call in the DL the 911 center will know you have a CCW

Dunno about TX, the LTC (licence to carry) # is different than the DL #, but the DL # is printed on the LTC card…and the LTC is run thru DPS (dept of Public Safety) same as the troopers

Not in Minnesota. Names and details are held at the county of residence by the Sheriff. Numbers of permits are reported annually to the DPS in St. Paul.

That being said, it's only two phone calls to get the info if it's needed.

In PA, your license to carry firearms is not linked to your drivers license or vehicle registration.

They can run a separate inquiry if they want to see if you have a LTCF. For a while, dispatchers were running that inquiry automatically and informing the officer, but that has since stopped.

I'm in Michigan. We are a mandatory disclosure state if you are carrying. Therefore if you are carrying a firearm and stopped(and therefore temporarily detained) you have to disclose that your are a CPL holder and carrying a firearm. A contact where you are free to walk away does not require disclosure and you are not required to produce an ID if you are not detained. A record pull on your DL does not return if you have a CPL or not. There has to be a separate LEIN inquiry for that purpose. That changed a few years back.

For Tennessee, I would guess yes, not having put it to the test, i.e., not being lit up since getting it in 2013. You apply and pay your fee to the DMV, and the permit's number and picture are the same as those of your driver's license. In 2021, however, we went to permitless carry.

In Ca some counties require you to disclose whenever you are stopped and some do not.

As a resident of Texas and a holder of a CCW, I was pulled over by the police about 15 yrs ago. Don't remember for what but when I gave him my DL, he came back and asked if I had any guns on me and he asked a second time. I responded no and told him I had no problem with him frisking me and tossing the car. He cut me loose and told me not to speed.

So I guess he had access to gun info.

Running a DL in Utah will give CCW permit information.

Vehicles are not attached to CCW information.

Not in Indiana.

In Illinois, when I run an Illinois license plate, it shows if you have a CCL.

In Wyoming, your license to carry firearms is not linked to your drivers license or vehicle registration.
We also have permitless carry.

PC

Maine is Constitutional Carry with optional permit. Not linked to the DL.

If stopped by LEO while Constitutional carrying, you are required to inform the LEO you are carrying. If you have a permit, no requirement to inform exists.

In Florida the Concealed Firearm/Weapon License is issued by the Dept. of Agriculture. We have access to their database but it has to be a separate inquiry from DL or N/FCIC.

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Originally posted by blueye:
As a resident of Texas and a holder of a CCW, I was pulled over by the police about 15 yrs ago. Don't remember for what but when I gave him my DL, he came back and asked if I had any guns on me and he asked a second time. I responded no and told him I had no problem with him frisking me and tossing the car. He cut me loose and told me not to speed.

So I guess he had access to gun info.

That seems contrary to every piece of police interaction advice I’ve ever seen.

quote:

Originally posted by blueye:
As a resident of Texas and a holder of a CCW, I was pulled over by the police about 15 yrs ago. Don't remember for what but when I gave him my DL, he came back and asked if I had any guns on me and he asked a second time. I responded no and told him I had no problem with him frisking me and tossing the car. He cut me loose and told me not to speed.

So I guess he had access to gun info.

Also a Texas resident CCW holder...I always hand over my permit with my DL & Proof of insurance and tell officer whether or not I have my firearm with me. I view it as a courtesy and it saves time for us both, and prevents confusion.

Its gotten my out of a ticket and get only a warning a couple of times over the years...