Legacy Text Examples - Concealed Weapons Permits Information (CWQ/CWR)
Concealed Weapons Permits Legacy Specifications
This section describes how Nlets users may exchange concealed weapon permit information between state, local and federal law enforcement and criminal justice agencies.
- CWQ messages may be sent to only a single 2-character state code.
- Full nine-character destination ORIs will cause rejection of the entire message.
- One of these must always be present in a request:
Name/DOB
Social Security Number
Permit Number
- Users of this system must also recognize that each state will deal with the searching of their database in their own way. For example, some states may not support a search of social security number. Others may support this but not permit number.
- Trailing spaces should be eliminated in all data fields.
- There are no fixed response formats but states should ensure that no special codes or abbreviations are used.
Query Formats
The following entries are used for Concealed Weapon Permit queries.
Entry
# Char.
Explanation
CWQ.
4
Message type followed by a period.
Message Header
15
Standard input message header may include
control field and one two character state code.
TXT
3
Fixed filed prefix to beginning of message.
NAM/
4
Prefix to identify name.
Name
30
Full name; format is last name, comma, space
after comma is optional) first name, space,
middle initial or name, space, suffix (Jr., III, etc.)
Followed by a period. Titles or degrees should
not be used as part of the name.
DOB/
4
Prefix to identify date of birth.
Date of Birth
8
Date of Birth followed by a period. Express as
mmddyy or ccyymmdd. Some states have
different requirements. Check their GUN HELP
file for details. When a name is used, this field
may be optional for some states.
SOC/
4
Prefix to identify social security number.
Social security number
9
Social security number followed by a period.
PER/
4
Prefix to identify permit number.
Permit number
Max. 15
Permit number followed by a period
Note: The last field in an inquiry is not followed by a period.
Response Formats
- All CWQ queries should be answered by a CWR from the destination.
- The format of the responses is optional, however states should make every effort to translate any state-specific codes.
- States should attempt to show what action was taken on the search. For example, a record may be available on the NAM/DOB however, no information was found on the permit number. The requester should be told this.
- If the state does not have the ability to search their file by one of the indices the requester should be so notified.
- In all cases, the original inquiry should be the first part of all responses in order to let the requester identify their request.
- States may have reciprocity with certain states and not others. This information should be included in each state's help file record. See Section 5 of the Nlets Users Guide for directions on how to add a help record to the Nlets system.
- If one uses a format with more than one index (e.g., NAM/DOB and SOC or NAM/DOB and PER) the responder should indicate which search element was used to search the file and which one, if any, produced the hit.
- Some states search by name only. This may produce multiple hits. States' responses may differ slightly.
Concealed Weapons Permit Legacy Examples
Example 1: Concealed Weapons query by Name and Date of Birth.
CWQ.AZNLETS20.AZ.TXT
NAM/SMITH,JOHN.DOB/19500101
Example 2: Concealed Weapons query by Social Security Number.
CWQ.AZNLETS20.AZ.TXT
SOC/123456789
Example 3: Concealed Weapons query by Permit Number.
CWQ.AZNLETS20.AZ.TXT
PER/X1111111
Example 4: Concealed Weapons response.
CWR.AZ0000000
13:43 11/07/2011 60501
13:43 11/07/2011 77004 AZNLETS20
TXT
-FCIC HIT RESPONSE-
CONCEALED WEAPON PERMIT
NAME: SMITH, JOHN LICENSE NBR: X1111111
SSN: 123456789 STATUS: ISSUED
DOB: 01/01/1950 EXPIRATION DATE: 01/01/2015
ADDRESS: 1234 ANY STREET
CITY: PHOENIX
STATE: ARIZONA
ZIP: 85000
SEX: MALE
RACE: BLACK
HAIR: BLACK
EYES: BROWN