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Idaho Code Ann. § 18-3302F(1). [↩]Idaho Code Ann. § 18-3302E(1); see also Idaho Code Ann. § 18-3302A. [↩]Idaho Code Ann. § 18-3302E(2). [↩]Idaho Code Ann. § 18-3302G. [↩]Idaho Code Ann. § 36-1508(b). [↩]Idaho Code Ann. § 18-3302(20). [↩]18 U.S.C. § 922(b)(1), (c)(1). [↩] PERMALINK
In 2016, Idaho enacted a law allowing an individual to carry a hidden, loaded handgun in public without a permit provided the individual is:
Over twenty-one (21) years of age; and
A resident of Idaho.1
An unlawful user of marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, or narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance as defined by federal law;2
Lacking mental capacity, per state law;3
Mentally ill, per state law;4
Gravely disabled, per state law;5
An incapacitated person, per state law;6
Subject to a protection order issued under state law that restrains the person from harassing, stalking or threatening an intimate partner of the person or child of the intimate partner or person, or engaging in other conduct that would place an intimate partner in reasonable fear of bodily injury to the partner or child.7
Concealed Carry Licenses The 2016 law retains the licensing process to allow individuals who wish to carry concealed handguns outside of Idaho to do so in states that require licenses. Whether the state recognizes Idaho permits, however, depends on the law of that state.
Under the 2016 law, individuals between the ages of 18 and 21 may also obtain a license to carry a loaded, concealed handgun8. Individuals over 18 years of age, however, are not required to have a license to carry a concealed handgun outside the limits of or confines of any city, if the person is not otherwise disqualified.9
Idaho is a “shall issue” state, meaning that a county sheriff must issue a concealed weapons license if an applicant meets certain qualifications.10
Any person applying for original issuance of a license to carry concealed weapons must submit his fingerprints with the completed license application. Within five days after the filing of an application, the sheriff must forward the applicant’s completed license application and fingerprints to the Idaho State Police.11 The State Police must conduct a national fingerprint-based records check, an inquiry through the NICS database, and a check of any applicable state database, including a check for any mental health records for conditions or commitments that would disqualify a person from possessing a firearm under state or federal law, and return the results to the sheriff within 60 days.12
A county sheriff may also require an applicant to demonstrate familiarity with a firearm.13 An applicant may meet demonstrate familiarity if he or she “[i]s licensed or has been licensed to carry a firearm in [Idaho] or a county or municipality, unless the license has been revoked for cause.”14
Idaho concealed weapons licenses are valid for five years from the date of issuance.15 Licenses may be renewed for five-year periods, and renewal applicants must complete an application and undergo a new background check.16
Upon issuing a license under the state law, the county sheriff will notify the ISP on a form or in a manner prescribed by the ISP.17 Information relating to an applicant or licensee received or maintained pursuant to state law by the county sheriff or ISP is confidential and exempt from disclosure under state law.18
Idaho also makes confidential any information relating to a retired law enforcement officer that is maintained or received pursuant to a concealed weapon permit or application for a permit.19
Any person who has a valid permit from a state or local law enforcement agency or court authorizing him or her to carry a concealed weapon in another state does not need to obtain a concealed weapons license under state law.20 However, a permit issued in another state will only be considered valid if the permit is in the licensee’s physical possession.21 Under state law, the state attorney general is required to negotiate reciprocal agreements with other states in order to recognize out-of-state licenses to carry concealed firearms.22
Idaho enacted a law in 2015 providing for the issuance of “enhanced” licenses to carry concealed weapons.23 The rules and application procedures applicable to licensed to carry concealed weapons above are generally applicable to enhanced licenses as well, except that enhanced license holders must also be over the age of 21, have been a legal resident of the state of Idaho for at least six consecutive months immediately before applying for a license, and must have successfully completed a qualifying handgun course within the 12 month period immediately preceding filing the application.24 County sheriffs must issue an enhanced license to applicants who meet these qualifications.25
Idaho Code Ann. § 18-3302(3)(f). [↩]See 21 U.S.C. § 802. [↩]Idaho Code Ann. § 18-210. [↩]See Idaho Code Ann. § 66-317. [↩]See Idaho Code Ann. § 66-317. [↩]See Idaho Code Ann. § 15-5-101(a). [↩]Idaho Code Ann. § 18-3302(11). [↩]Idaho Code Ann. § 18-3302(20). [↩]Idaho Code Ann. § 18-3302(3)(d). [↩]Idaho Code Ann. § 18-3302(7), (20). [↩]Idaho Code Ann. § 18-3302(10). [↩]Id. [↩]Idaho Code Ann. § 18-3302(9). [↩]Id. [↩]Idaho Code Ann. § 18-3302(7). [↩]Idaho Code Ann. § 18-3302(16). [↩]Idaho Code Ann. § 18-3302(1), See Idaho Code Ann. § 18-3302. [↩]Idaho Code Ann. § 18-3302(1). See Idaho Code Ann. §§ 18-3302, 9-338. [↩]Idaho Code Ann. §§ 18-3302H(14), 9-340B. [↩]Idaho Code Ann. § 18-3302(5)(g). [↩]Id. [↩]Idaho Code Ann. § 18-3302(23). [↩]2015 ID H.B. 301, enacting Idaho Code Ann. § 18-3302K. [↩]Idaho Code Ann. § 18-3302K(4). Requirements regarding qualifying handgun courses are outlined in Idaho Code Ann. § 18-3302K(4)(c). [↩]Idaho Code Ann. § 18-3302K(1). [↩] PERMALINK
Idaho authorizes the Board of Regents of the University of Idaho, the boards of trustees of the state colleges and universities, the board of professional-technical education and the boards of trustees of community colleges to prescribe rules and regulations relating to firearms, although this authority does not extend to enhanced concealed carry permit holders.5 Idaho law also generally prohibits a person, including a concealed carry permit holder, from carrying a concealed weapon within a student dormitory or residence hall, or within the building of a “public entertainment facility” owned by a college or university (theaters, auditoriums, sports arenas, etc., with a seating capacity of at least 1,000) provided that proper signage is conspicuously posted at each public entrance to the facility notifying attendees of any restriction on the possession of firearms in the facility during the game or event.6
Idaho Code Ann. §§ 18-3302D(1)(a), (b), 18-3302C; see also Idaho Code Ann. § 18-3302D(1)(a). [↩]See Idaho Code Ann. § 18-3302D(4). [↩]Idaho Code Ann. § 18-3302C. [↩]Idaho Code Ann. § 33-205. [↩]Idaho Code Ann. § 18-3309. [↩]Id. These restrictions are subject to limited exceptions, and do not apply to a person who possesses a firearm in a private vehicle while delivering students, employees or other persons to and from a university, college or public entertainment facility. Id. [↩] PERMALINK
Under the Gun Screening Invitation
When the State Police receives notification from any law enforcement agency or court that a licensee has been found guilty of, or has pled guilty or no contest to, any crime involving the use of a weapon, the license shall be immediately revoked.7 In addition, the Director must revoke the license of any licensee who has pleaded guilty or no contest to, or been found guilty of, an alcohol-related offense committed while carrying a handgun.8
Licenses to carry concealed handguns issued or renewed after July 31, 2007, are valid for five years from the date of issuance.13 (A license to carry a concealed handgun issued before that time was valid for only four years.) Those seeking to renew their license must pay a $35 renewal fee plus costs for processing a new background check, complete a training course and provide a digital photograph.14
The State Police must maintain an automated listing of license holders available on-line, upon request, at all times, to all law enforcement agencies through the Arkansas Crime Information Center.15
Medical, criminal, or other records collected pursuant to the licensing process must be kept confidential.16
Records pertaining to the issuance, renewal, expiration, suspension, or revocation of a license to carry a concealed handgun, or a present or past licensee under section 5-73-301 et seq., including without limitation all records provided to or obtained by any local, state, or federal governments, their officials, agents, or employees in the investigation of an applicant, licensee, or past licensee and all records pertaining to a criminal or health history check conducted on the applicant, licensee, or past licensee.17
The names of an applicant, licensee, or past licensee if contained in investigative or arrest reports of law enforcement that are subject to release as public records.18
Arkansas recognizes all out-of-state licenses to carry a concealed handgun regardless of whether the state that issued the license recognizes concealed handgun licenses issued by Arkansas.19 A person who has a valid concealed weapons permit from another state who becomes a resident of Arkansas may use an abbreviated procedure to transfer that license to Arkansas.20
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-73-120. Note that a 2015 Arkansas attorney general opinion concluded that section 5-73-120 does not permit concealed carry without a permit. Ark. Att’y Gen. Op. No. 2015-064 (Aug. 28, 2015). [↩]Ark. Code Ann. § 5-73-119(e). See Ark. Att’y Gen. Op. No. 2015-064 (Aug. 28, 2015)(interpreting the journey exception to apply when a person is in the process of traveling by vehicle outside his or her county and only while the handgun remains in a vehicle. [↩]Ark. Code Ann. § 5-73-309(1). For detailed provisions concerning the application and background check processes, including information required on the application form, see §§ 5-73-310 and 5-73-311. [↩]Ark. Code Ann. § 5-73-308(a). [↩]Ark. Code Ann. § 5-73-308(b). [↩]Id. [↩]Ark. Code Ann. § 5-73-312(b). [↩]Ark. Code Ann. § 5-73-312(c). [↩]Ark. Code Ann. § 5-73-308(a)(1). [↩]Ark. Code Ann. § 5-73-309(1). [↩]130 00 Code of Arkansas Rules and Regulations 001, et. seq. [↩]Id. [↩]Ark. Code Ann. § 5-73-302. [↩]Ark. Code Ann. §§ 5-73-313(b), (d), (e). [↩]Ark. Code Ann. § 5-73-307(a). [↩]Ark. Code Ann. § 5-73-311(a)(4)(C). [↩]Ark. Code Ann. § 25-19-105(b)(19). [↩]Id. [↩]Ark. Code Ann. § 5-73-321. [↩]Ark. Code Ann. § 5-73-319. [↩] PERMALINK
In 2016, West Virginia repealed a law requiring a person to have a permit to carry a hidden, loaded weapon in public.1 Individuals between the ages of 18 and 21 are still required to possess a permit to carry a handgun.2
For individuals between the ages of 18 and 21, and people who desire a concealed carry permit so that they can carry their firearms in states that require permits, West Virginia maintains its permitting system.
W. Va. Code § 61-7-3, effective May 24, 2016. [↩]W. Va. Code § 61-7-4a as enacted by WV H 4145. [↩]W. Va. Code § 61-7-4(f). [↩]W. Va. Code § 61-7-4a as enacted by WV H 4145. [↩]See W. Va. Code §§ 61-2-28, 61-2-9(b), (c). [↩]W. Va. Code § 61-7-4. [↩]W. Va. Code § 61-7-4(b). [↩]Id. [↩]See W. Va. Code § 61-7-4. [↩]See W. Va. Code § 61-7-5. [↩]W. Va. Code § 61-7-4 (d) as amended by 2016 WV H 4145. [↩]Id. [↩]W. Va. Code § 61-7-4(g). [↩]W. Va. Code § 61-7-4(a)(9). [↩]W. Va. Code § 61-7-4(m). [↩]Id. [↩]W. Va. Code § 61-7-6(8). The law enacted in 2016 allowing 18 to 21 year-old non-residents to carry with valid out-of-state permits subjects these individuals to the provisions of W. Va. Code § 61-7-6a which specifies that in order for an out-of-state permit to be recognized in West Virginia, the permit-holder must be at least 21 years of age. Despite its apparent contradiction with section 61-7-6, this provision of 61-7-6a was not repealed or amended by 2016 WV H 4145.). [↩]W. Va. Code § 61-7-6a. [↩]W. Va. Code § 61-7-6a(d). [↩]W. Va. Code § 61-7-6a(f). [↩] PERMALINK
South Dakota does not prohibit a person from carrying a concealed handgun on his or her person, loaded or unloaded, if the person has a permit.1
On March 19, 2012, the Governor of South Dakota vetoed a bill that would have allowed the carrying of concealed weapons without a permit.
South Dakota is a “shall issue” state, meaning that local law enforcement must issue a concealed weapons permit if the applicant meets certain qualifications. The sheriff of the county in which the applicant resides must issue a permit to carry a concealed weapon if the applicant:
Has never pled guilty to, no contest to, or been convicted of a felony or crime of violence;
Has not been found in the previous ten years to be a “danger to others” or a “danger to self,” or is not currently adjudged mentally incompetent;
Has resided for the past 30 days in the county or municipality where applying for a permit;
Has not violated any of South Dakota’s laws regarding firearms, other weapons, controlled substances or marijuana in the five years preceding the date of application, or is not currently charged with a felony or misdemeanor under those laws;
Is a United States citizen or a non-citizen with an alien or admission number issued by the United States Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement; and
Is not a fugitive from justice.2
Effective January 1, 2017, South Dakota will begin issuing “gold card” permits to carry concealed handguns. The application procedure for a gold card permit is substantially similar to that of a regular permit to carry, and individuals who are prohibited from obtaining a regular concealed carry permit are also prohibited from obtaining a gold card permit. The gold card will not enable a person to carry in a location where a person with a standard permit to carry cannot. The gold card is pending approval from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to enable a holder to present it to a licensed firearms dealer in lieu of undergoing a background check at the time of purchase.3 To read more about how federal law exempts people with certain types of permits from background checks, visit our Federal Law on Background Checks policy page.
South Dakota does not require applicants for a concealed weapons permit or gold card permit to undergo firearms safety training or demonstrate competence with a firearm.
South Dakota also offers residents the option of obtaining an enhanced concealed carry permit. While the enhanced permit is not required to carry a concealed firearm in South Dakota, a enhanced permit applicant must take a handgun safety course, making it more likely that the enhanced permit will be recognized in other states. ((S.D. Codified Laws § 23-7-53.))
A permit to carry a concealed weapon, an enhanced permit, or a gold card permit are each valid for five years.4.
South Dakota law prohibits any state agency, political subdivision, official, agent, or employee of any state agency or political subdivision, from knowingly keeping or causing to be kept any list, record, or registry of holders of permits to carry a concealed handgun.5 These entities also may not release or permit access to any application, list, record or registry of applicants or holders of concealed weapon permits except to law enforcement or the secretary of state.6
The prohibition against lists, records, and registries of permit holders does not apply to, inter alia: 1) permits to carry concealed handguns relating to any person who has been convicted of a felony; 2) any on-duty law enforcement officer while conducting routine verification of the validity of a permit to carry a concealed handgun; 3) the secretary of state for the issuance of concealed handgun permits and any access reasonably necessary to verify information with regard to specific permits individually; or 4) the preservation of the triplicate copy of the application for a permit by the authority issuing the permit.7
The prohibition also does not restrict any law enforcement officer in the performance of any official duty if the officer is in the immediate physical presence of a permit holder who has either presented a permit to the officer or declared to the officer that he or she is a permit holder.8
South Dakota law also prohibits any law enforcement officer from retaining any notes, data, or pieces of information related to the holders of permits to carry concealed handguns, unless that information is pertinent to a specific ongoing investigation or prosecution.9
The South Dakota Attorney General is authorized to compare South Dakota laws governing concealed weapons permits with the permit issuance statutes in states with which reciprocity is sought or requested in order to determine whether the laws of the other state meet or exceed the requirements of South Dakota law for the issuance of a permit.10 The South Dakota Secretary of State may enter into reciprocity agreements with other states after the Attorney General has notified the Secretary of State that the other states’ laws meet or exceed the provisions of South Dakota law.11 Any person permitted to carry a concealed handgun in a state with which the South Dakota Secretary of State has entered into a reciprocity agreement may carry a concealed handgun in South Dakota if the permit holder does so in compliance with state law.12)
S.D. Codified Laws § 22-14-9. S.D. Codified Laws § 22-14-9 does not penalize any person who possesses a handgun in his or her dwelling house or place of business or on land owned or rented by the person or a member of his or her household. S.D. Codified Laws § 22-14-11. See also S.D. Codified Laws § 22-14-9.1 (prohibiting possession of a concealed pistol unless the person also has a permit in his or her physical possession or produces one within 24 hours). [↩]S.D. Codified Laws §§ 23-7-7 and 23-7-7.1. Additional application and background check requirements, as well as permit revocation information, are detailed under sections 23-7-8, 23-7-8.1, 23-7-8.2, 23-7-8.3, and 23-7-8.4. [↩]S.D. Codified Laws § 23-7 et al. as amended by 2016 SD H 1190. [↩]S.D. Codified Laws §§ 23-7-8.2; 23-7-55; and S.D. Codified Laws § 23-7 et al. as amended by 2016 SD H 1190 [↩]S.D. Codified Laws § 23-7-8.6. [↩]S.D. Codified Laws § 23-7-8.10. [↩]S.D. Codified Laws §§ 23-7-8.7; 23-7-8.9. [↩]S.D. Codified Laws § 23-7-8.8. [↩]S.D. Codified Laws § 23-7-8.9. [↩]S.D. Codified Laws § 23-7-7.3. [↩]S.D. Codified Laws § 23-7-7.3. [↩]S.D. Codified Laws § 22-14-9.2. See also S.D. Codified Laws § 23-7-7.4 (concerning non-resident concealed handgun permit reciprocity. [↩] PERMALINK
See our Carrying Concealed Weapons policy summary for a comprehensive discussion of this issue. Please note that some of the laws referenced on this page were enacted in 2016 and may not yet be in effect.
In 2016, Virginia enacted a universal reciprocity law that grants recognition to concealed handgun permits issued by any other state. Under the new law, a Virginia resident who is ineligible for a permit in Virginia may carry a concealed handgun if he or she has a permit from another state.16
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308(A). [↩]Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308(D). [↩]Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308(D). [↩]Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308(E). [↩]Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308(J1). Additional application and background check requirements, as well as permit suspension and disqualification information, are detailed under Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308(D)-(P1). [↩]Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308(G). [↩]Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308(G)(7). [↩]Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308(D). [↩]Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308(I). [↩]Id. [↩]Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.02(D). [↩]Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308(K). [↩]Va. Code Ann. § 17.1-213(B)(2). [↩]Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308(D). [↩]Id. [↩]Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.014 as amended by 2016 VA H 1163/S 610. [↩] PERMALINK
In 2016, Virginia enacted a law to require a law-enforcement agency, when it confiscates a firearm or otherwise recovers a firearm, to take all appropriate steps to identify and trace the history of such firearm.1 The 2016 law also requires law-enforcement agencies and political subdivisions to share with other Virginia law-enforcement agencies all information regarding firearms seized, forfeited, found, or otherwise coming into the agencies’ possession that are believed to have been used in the commission of a crime. The agencies must enter all information into a firearms tracing system maintained by the U.S. Department of Justice.2
In addition to these tracing requirements, Virginia penalizes the following trafficking crimes:
Any person who willfully and intentionally makes a materially false statement on the required firearm purchaser background check forms.3
Any dealer who willfully and intentionally sells, trades or transfers a firearm without the required background check.4
Any person who attempts to solicit, persuade, encourage, or entice any dealer to transfer or otherwise convey a firearm other than to the actual buyer, as well as any other person who willfully and intentionally aids or abets such person.5 “Actual buyer” means a person who executes the required consent form, or other such firearm transaction records as required by federal law.6
Any person who purchases a firearm with the intent to: (i) resell or otherwise provide such firearm to any person who he or she knows or has reason to believe is ineligible to purchase or otherwise receive from a dealer a firearm for whatever reason; or (ii) transport such firearm out of the Commonwealth to be resold or otherwise provided to another person who the transferor knows is ineligible to purchase or otherwise receive a firearm.7
Any person who is ineligible to purchase or otherwise receive or possess a firearm in the Commonwealth who solicits, employs or assists any person in purchasing a firearm for resale to an ineligible buyer.8
Any person who obtains, possesses, sells, or transfers a fictitious birth certificate or any document for the purpose of establishing a false status, occupation, membership, license or identity for himself or herself or any other person, with the intent that such document be used to purchase a firearm.9
Any person who intentionally removes, defaces, alters, changes, destroys or obliterates or who causes to be removed, defaced, altered, changed, destroyed or obliterated the name of the maker, model, manufacturer’s or serial number, or any other mark or identification on any firearm.10
For information about Virginia’s law limiting handgun purchases to one handgun per month, see our Multiple Purchases / Sales of Firearms in Virginia section.
Va. Code Ann. § 52-25.1(a). [↩]Id. at (b). [↩]Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.2:2(K). [↩]Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.2:2(B), (L). [↩]Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.2:2(L1). [↩]Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.2:2(G). [↩]Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.2:2(M). [↩]Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-308.2:2(N). [↩]Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-204.1(C). [↩]Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-311.1. [↩] PERMALINK