How to buy a specified semiautomatic firearm in Broomfield County, Colorado

Buying a specified semiautomatic firearm in Colorado from 2026-08-01 requires a firearms safety course eligibility card, issued by your county sheriff after a name-based background check. This page is the Broomfield County version of that process: what the county publishes, what it charges, and what is still unanswered.Check your exact model against the state's listbefore you start.

Your next step in Broomfield County

Accepting applications

Apply online

Broomfield County takes eligibility-card applications through an online portal. Have your CPW application, photo ID, background check, and payment ready before you start.

Open the county application page ↗Call Broomfield Police Department (serves as County Sheriff): 303-438-6400

Sheriff fee: Not published
How to apply: Online
Fees before the firearm: Not published
Last checked: 2026-08-15

Every step, in order

These 8 steps run in order and are the same statewide. Step 2 is the only one your county controls, so it is expanded with what Broomfield County publishes.

Create a Firearm Safety System (FSS) profile online at coloradofss.com. The application portal is live as of July 20, 2026.
Take a government-issued photo ID and a name-based background check to your county sheriff's office. Fees are collected at this step.
In Broomfield County
Card delivery
Reviewed and issued by email.
The sheriff reviews the application and issues an eligibility card if approved. The card is valid for 5 years.
Find a sheriff-verified firearms instructor anywhere in Colorado. The instructor checks your FSS record to determine which course you need.
Basic course: 4 hours, for applicants with a CPW-verified hunter-education credential. Extended course: 12 hours over at least 2 days, for everyone else.
Pass a written exam and a hands-on practical with a score of 90% or better.
A passing course score is valid for 5 years from the date you complete it.
At the time of sale, the dealer checks your eligibility in the FSS before completing the transfer.

What it costs in Broomfield County

Line	Amount
Sheriff eligibility-card feeNot published by this county	Varies
CPW record fee (statewide)Collected by the sheriff, forwarded to Colorado Parks and Wildlife	$52
Name-based background checkThird-party vendor; price varies	Varies
Firearms safety course4-hour or 12-hour course; instructor sets the price	Varies

The sheriff fee and the $52 CPW record fee are separate charges and add together. Course prices and background-check vendor prices are not published by anyone, so the total above is a floor, not a quote. Seewhat this process has actually cost people.

What Broomfield County actually published

"Step Three: Broomfield Police Department Application. Complete the BPD application online at this link. The Broomfield Police Department will review the provided documentation... and will issue an eligibility card via email."

The Broomfield Police Department (serves as county sheriff) publishes a Firearm Safety Course Information page describing a five-step process; step three is an online BPD application, reviewed and issued via email. No separate Broomfield fee amount is published; the $52 CPW record fee applies.

Who to contact

Broomfield Police Department (serves as County Sheriff)

303-438-6400

www.broomfield.org/POLICE ↗

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Training and related pages

The statewide version of these steps is onhow to apply for an eligibility card. Course requirements are on the firearms safety course page, and reported prices are on the compliance-cost page. A Colorado concealed carry permit (CHP) is a separate sheriff-issued permit and does not replace the eligibility card or any step above.

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