Orleans pistol-permit amendments are not a mail-in errand

Orleans County pistol-permit paperwork has a few lanes that should not be mixed together. The pistol-permit office is at the County Clerk’s Office at 3 South Main Street in Albion and runs by appointment only. The county also states that it no longer accepts mail-in requests of any type, and that permit holders must make appointments to appear in person for amendments. New applications start through the Orleans County Sheriff’s Department, while recertification points back to the New York State Police route.

That is a lot of office geography for one permit folder. Albion, Medina, Holley, Kendall, Clarendon, Murray, Ridgeway, Carlton, and Yates residents can save themselves confusion by naming the task before calling: new application, amendment, transfer, address change, semi-auto endorsement, recertification status, or fee question.

This is not legal advice and does not tell anyone whether to apply, own, carry, sell, or transfer a firearm. It is only an office map. Keep the county page, appointment note, office phone number, form name, and date checked together. Firearm paperwork changes often enough that a neighbor’s old story should not be treated as the current process.