Source: http://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/2015/title-5/subtitle-6/chapter-73/subchapter-3/section-5-73-306/
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2015 Arkansas CodeTitle 5 - Criminal OffensesSubtitle 6 - Offenses Against Public Health, Safety, Or WelfareChapter 73 - WeaponsSubchapter 3 - Concealed Handguns§ 5-73-306 - Prohibited places.
AR Code § 5-73-306 (2015) What's This?
No license to carry a concealed handgun issued pursuant to this subchapter authorizes any person to carry a concealed handgun into: (1) Any police station, sheriff's station, or Department of Arkansas State Police station; (2) Any Arkansas Highway Police Division of the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department facility; (3) (A) Any building of the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department or onto grounds adjacent to any building of the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. (B) However, subdivision (3)(A) of this section does not apply to: (i) A rest area or weigh station of the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department; or (ii) A publicly owned and maintained parking lot that is a publicly accessible parking lot if the licensee is carrying a concealed handgun in his or her motor vehicle or has left the concealed handgun in his or her locked and unattended motor vehicle in the publicly owned and maintained parking lot; (4) Any part of a detention facility, prison, or jail, including without limitation a parking lot owned, maintained, or otherwise controlled by the Department of Correction or Department of Community Correction; (5) Any courthouse, courthouse annex, or other building owned, leased, or regularly used by a county for conducting court proceedings or housing a county office unless: (A) The licensee is either: (i) Employed by the county; or (ii) A countywide elected official; (B) The licensee's principal place of employment is within the courthouse, the courthouse annex, or other building owned, leased, or regularly used by the county for conducting court proceedings or housing a county office; and (C) The quorum court by ordinance approves a plan that allows licensees permitted under this subdivision (5) to carry a concealed handgun into the courthouse as set out by the local security and emergency preparedness plan; (6) (A) Any courtroom. (B) However, nothing in this subchapter precludes a judge from carrying a concealed weapon or determining who will carry a concealed weapon into his or her courtroom; (7) [Repealed.] (8) Any meeting place of the governing body of any governmental entity; (9) Any meeting of the General Assembly or a committee of the General Assembly; (10) Any state office; (11) Any athletic event not related to firearms; (12) Any portion of an establishment, except a restaurant as defined in § 3-5-1202, licensed to dispense alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises; (13) Any portion of an establishment, except a restaurant as defined in § 3-5-1202, where beer or light wine is consumed on the premises; (14) (A) A school, college, community college, or university campus building or event. (B) However, subdivision (14)(A) of this section does not apply to: (i) A kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) private school operated by a church or other place of worship that: (a) Is located on the developed property of the kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) private school; (b) Allows the licensee to carry a concealed handgun into the church or other place of worship under this section; and (c) Allows the licensee to possess a concealed handgun on the developed property of the kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) private school under § 5-73-119(e); (ii) A kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) private school or a prekindergarten private school that through its governing board or director has set forth the rules and circumstances under which the licensee may carry a concealed handgun into a building or event of the kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) private school or the prekindergarten private school; (iii) Participation in an authorized firearms-related activity; (iv) Carrying a concealed handgun as authorized under § 5-73-322; or (v) A publicly owned and maintained parking lot of a college, community college, or university if the licensee is carrying a concealed handgun in his or her motor vehicle or has left the concealed handgun in his or her locked and unattended motor vehicle; (15) Inside the passenger terminal of any airport, except that no person is prohibited from carrying any legal firearm into the passenger terminal if the firearm is encased for shipment for purposes of checking the firearm as baggage to be lawfully transported on any aircraft; (16) (A) Any church or other place of worship. (B) However, this subchapter does not preclude a church or other place of worship from determining who may carry a concealed handgun into the church or other place of worship; (17) Any place where the carrying of a firearm is prohibited by federal law; (18) Any place where a parade or demonstration requiring a permit is being held, and the licensee is a participant in the parade or demonstration; or (19) (A) (i) Any place at the discretion of the person or entity exercising control over the physical location of the place by placing at each entrance to the place a written notice clearly readable at a distance of not less than ten feet (10') that "carrying a handgun is prohibited". (ii) (a) If the place does not have a roadway entrance, there shall be a written notice placed anywhere upon the premises of the place. (b) In addition to the requirement of subdivision (19)(A)(ii)(a) of this section, there shall be at least one (1) written notice posted within every three (3) acres of a place with no roadway entrance. (iii) A written notice as described in subdivision (19)(A)(i) of this section is not required for a private home. (iv) Any licensee entering a private home shall notify the occupant that the licensee is carrying a concealed handgun. (B) Subdivision (19)(A) of this section does not apply if the physical location is: (i) A public university, public college, or community college, as defined in § 5-73-322, and the licensee is carrying a concealed handgun as provided under § 5-73-322; or (ii) A publicly owned and maintained parking lot if the licensee is carrying a concealed handgun in his or her motor vehicle or has left the concealed handgun in his or her locked and unattended motor vehicle.