For More Information on FOID Reporting

New Information on FOID Mental Health Reporting:

• Who is Required to Report? contains information on who is required to report to the FOID Reporting System.
• What Should be Reported? contains information regarding the type of information to be reported to the FOID Reporting System.
• Frequently Asked Questions contains information to the most frequently asked questions regarding the FOID Reporting System.
• Scenarios for When to Report and When Not to Report describes different scenarios to give examples of the types of information that is required to be reported to the FOID Reporting System and the types of information which is not to be reported.

Batch Submission Requirements

New batch submission file requirements will take effect December 30, 2013 to comply with the new law, P.A. 98-63, pertaining to Concealed Carry in Illinois.  Batch Submission Record Layouts (pdf) contains the flat file record layouts.

The FOID Reporting User Manual (pdf) gives detailed descriptions on the use of the FOID Reporting System for both batch format and manual entry reporting.