Oliver Russell David

March 4, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LAWSUIT FILED CONCERNING CCW PERMIT APPLICATIONSOn March 4, 2013, a Stoddard County resident, Eric Griffin, and his attorney Russell Oliverfiled in the Circuit Court of Stoddard County Missouri a lawsuit seeking a Declaratory Judgment and Injunction against the Stoddard County Fee Office Agent for the Missouri Department of Revenue, Elizabeth Rowland. Rowland currently operates the Stoddard County License Bureau. The lawsuit alleges that Mr. Griffin, having fulfilled all legal requirements to obtain his Concealed Carry Endorsement and having been approved by the County Sheriff for thepermit, went to the Stoddard County License Bureau to have the endorsement added to his valid drivers license. Mr. Griffin was informed by the employees of Rowland who, on behalf of the Missouri Department of Revenue, now require that the entire permitapplication, the persons birth certificate and residency documents such as utility bills be scanne d into the Departments system. Mr. Griffin would not be allowed to obtain his Conceal Carry Endorsement unless he allowed the documents to scanned into the system. Mr. Griff in was also informed that his drivers license with the Concealed Carry Endorsement, if he allowed his documents to be scanned, would be forwarded to him in themail from Atlanta, Georgia. Until this new system was installed approximately one month ago, the license would havebeen printed in the License Bureau and no documents would have been scanned. Oliver commented that despite the clear mandate set forth in §302.183 that the Department shall not amend procedures to comply with the Federal REAL ID act of 2005 and that thedepartment shall not collect and retain personal identifying documents under §32.091, itappears that is exactly what the Defendant and the Missouri Department of Revenue aredoing. Unfortunately, by doing so not only have they illegally collected, retaine, and possibly disseminated to third parties, the personal information of all applicants for license renewal, RUSSELL D. OLIVER Attorney at Law PO BOX 140 BLOOMFIELD, MO 63825573-421-1688636-660-5152 (fax)