Instructions for FID Card Applications

Notice to applicant:

Please read the following instructions, leave your completed application at the front desk, and call Lt O'Leary at 617-993-2553 for an appointment for an interview, fingerprints, and pictures.

FID Application

A FID Card authorizes the possession and carrying of non-large capacity rifles and shotguns. A FID Card may, at the request of the applicant, be limited to the possession of mace and other incapacitating sprays. Whereas FID Cards had previously been issued for life, they now have a six year term.

A person must be 18 years of age or older, or 15 to 18 years of age with parental consent to apply for a FID Card.

No FID Card may be issued unless the Colonel of the State Police certifies in writing that the information available to him does not indicate that the applicant is disqualified.

The fee for FID Cards is $100.00, restricted to Mace only is $25.00. There is no renewal fee for persons over the age of 70 or for the renewal of a FID Card issued solely for the purchase or possession of mace.

Photographs and fingerprints are required for FID Cards.