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How to buy a specified semiautomatic firearm in Grand 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 Grand 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.

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 Grand County publishes.

1. 1

   Create a Firearm Safety System (FSS) profile online at coloradofss.com. The application portal is live as of July 20, 2026.

2. 2

   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 Grand County

   Grand County has not published the operational detail for this step — no hours, form, or document list. What it does publish is quoted below. Been through it? Tell me what they asked for.

3. 3

   The sheriff reviews the application and issues an eligibility card if approved. The card is valid for 5 years.

4. 4

   Find a sheriff-verified firearms instructor anywhere in Colorado. The instructor checks your FSS record to determine which course you need.

5. 5

   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.

6. 6

   Pass a written exam and a hands-on practical with a score of 90% or better.

7. 7

   A passing course score is valid for 5 years from the date you complete it.

8. 8

   At the time of sale, the dealer checks your eligibility in the FSS before completing the transfer.

What it costs in Grand County

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 Grand County actually published

"Grand County will begin accepting applications for Firearm Safety Course Eligibility Cards on the first business day after August 1, 2026."

The Grand County Sheriff's Office publishes an eligibility-card page stating the county will begin accepting applications for Firearm Safety Course Eligibility Cards on the first business day after August 1, 2026, which is August 3, 2026. The page instructs applicants to complete and print the CPW application, obtain a name-based background check with a vendor attestation, present a valid government photo ID and the background check to the Grand County Sheriff's Office, and pay the $52 fee required by Colorado Parks and Wildlife, with checks payable to the Sheriff's Office. The page states Grand County is not charging a separate fee to Grand County residents for this process, so the sheriff fee recorded here is $0. The page publishes no online application channel and does not address applicants from outside Grand County. Grand County separately adopted a 2025 resolution opposing SB25-003.

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