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Timestamp: 2018-06-19 22:08:37
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North Dakota Gun Laws :: American Gun Owners Alliance
Gun laws are posted here as a courtesy only and are updated as often as possible. Please check with the actual state website for any additions / revisions to law that may have been made. Up to date information can be found at http://www.legis.nd.gov/general-information/north-dakota-century-code.
§62.1-01-01 - (2017) General definitions
"Firearm" or "weapon" means any device which will expel, or is readily capable of expelling, a projectile by the action of an explosive and includes any such device, loaded or unloaded, commonly referred to as a pistol, revolver, rifle, gun, machine gun, shotgun, bazooka, or cannon. For a felon who is not sentenced under section 12.1-32-09.1, the term does not include a firearm or weapon that is a rifle that has a barrel sixteen inches [40.64 centimeters] or longer or a shotgun that has a barrel eighteen inches [45.72 centimeters] or longer and which is one of the following:
A muzzleloading rifle or muzzleloading shotgun that is designed to use black powder, or a black powder substitute, and cannot use fixed ammunition.
Was authorized by law or by a government agency or branch for at least ten years to enforce the law and to conduct or engage in investigations or prosecutions for violations of law;
Was separated from service due to a service-related disability;
Has not been found by a qualified medical professional to be unqualified for reasons relating to mental health or entered an agreement with a government agency or branch in which the public servant acknowledges a lack of qualifications for reasons relating to the mental health of the public servant.
"Machine gun, submachine gun, or fully automatic rifle" means a firearm, mechanism, or instrument not requiring that the trigger be pressed for each shot, and having a reservoir, belt, or other means of storing and carrying ammunition which can be loaded into the firearm, mechanism, or instrument and fired therefrom at a rate of five or more shots to the second.
Amended: 2013, hb. 1327, s.2, s.3; 2015, 1241, s.2; 2015, 1450, s.1; 2017, 1395, s.2.
The requirements of subsection 4 do not apply to a firearm if there are not any bids from eligible persons received within six months from when bidding opened on the firearm, or if the agency director, sheriff, chief of police, or a designee of the official certifies that the firearm is unsafe for use because of wear, damage, age, or modification or because any federal or state law prohibits the sale or distribution of the firearm. The agency director, sheriff, chief of police, or a designee of the official, may transfer any of these firearms to the attorney generalâ€™s crime laboratory for training or experimental purposes, or to a museum or historical society that displays these items to the public and is lawfully eligible to receive the firearm, or the firearm may be destroyed. The requirements of subsection 4 do not apply to a firearm and an agency director, sheriff, chief of police, or a designee of the official may destroy the firearm, if :
§62.1-02-01 - Persons who are not to possess firearms - Penalty
§62.1-02-01.1 - (2013) Restoration of right to possess firearm
An individual who is prohibited from possessing a firearm due to a conviction of a felony under subdivision b of subsection 1 of section 62.1-02-01 may petition the district court for restoration of the individual's firearm rights. If the felony offense was committed in this state, the petition must be filed with the district court in the county where the offense occurred. If the offense was a felony of another state or the federal government, the petition must be filed with the district court in the county where the petitioner resides. A copy of the petition must be served on the state's attorney's office in the county where the petition is filed in accordance with Rule 5 of the North Dakota Rules of Civil Procedure. The state's attorney's office shall have twenty days to file a written response to the petition with the district court.
Amended: 2013, ch. 492, s.1.
§62.1-02-04 - (2017) Possession of firearm or dangerous weapon in liquor establishment prohibited - Penalty - Exceptions
An individual who enters or remains in that part of the establishment that is set aside for the retail sale of alcoholic beverages and the consumption of purchased alcoholic beverages or used as a gaming site at which bingo is the primary gaming activity while that individual knowingly possesses a firearm or dangerous weapon is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. In addition, an individual is guilty of an offense under this section for the knowing possession of a device that uses a projectile and voltage or a device that uses a projectile and may be used to apply multiple applications of voltage during a single incident in the part of an establishment that is set aside for the retail sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages
Amended: 2013, ch. 493, s.1; 2015, 1241, s.3; 2017, 1395, s.2.
§62.1-02-05 - (2017) Possession of a firearm or dangerous weapon at a public gathering - Penalty - Application
An individual who knowingly possesses a firearm or dangerous weapon at a public gathering is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. For the purpose of this section, "public gathering" means an athletic or sporting event, a school, a church, and a publicly owned or operated building.
An individual possessing a valid class 1 concealed weapons license from this state or who has reciprocity under section 62.1-04-03.1 authorizing the individual to carry a dangerous weapon concealed if the individual is in a church building or other place of worship and has the approval to carry in the church building or other place of worship by a primary religious leader of the church or other place of worship or the governing body of the church or other place of worship. If a church or other place of worship authorizes an individual to carry a concealed weapon, local law enforcement must be informed of the name of the authorized individual; and
Amended: 2013, ch. 496, s.1; ch. 491, s.5; ch. 497, s.1; 2015, 1241, s.4; 2017, 1233, s. 1; 2017, 1279, s.1; 1395, s.3; 2125, s.1.
§62.1-02-07 - Use of firearm by certain minors prohibited - Penalty
§62.1-02-10 - (2015) Carrying loaded firearm in certain vehicles prohibited - Penalty - Exceptions
Amended: 2013, ch. 491, s.6; 2015, 1241, s.5.
§62.1-02-13 - (2015) Possession of secured firearm - Prohibition by employer prohibited
Any public or nonpublic elementary school, middle school, or high school property.
Amended: 2015, 1450, s.2.
§62.1-03-01 - (2015) Carrying handgun - Restrictions - Exceptions
A handgun may not be carried unless by an individual not otherwise prohibited and if:
Between the hours of one hour before sunrise and one hour after sunset, the handgun is unloaded and either in plain view or is secured.
Between the hours of one hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise, the handgun is unloaded and secured.
The restrictions provided in subdivisions a and b of subsection 1 do not apply to:
An individual possessing a valid concealed weapons license from this State or who has reciprocity under section 62-04-03.1
Amended: 2013, ch. 491, s.7; 2015, 1241, s.6.
§62.1-04-02 - (2015) Carrying concealed firearms or dangerous weapons prohibited
Amended: 2013, ch. 495, s.1; 2015, 1241, s8.
§62.1-04-04 - (2017) Producing license on demand
Every person while carrying a concealed firearm or dangerous weapon, for which a license to carry concealed is required, shall have on one's person the license issued by this or another state and shall give it to any active law enforcement officer for an inspection upon demand by the officer. The failure of any person to give the license to the officer is prima facie evidence that the person is illegally carrying a firearm or dangerous weapon concealed.
Amended: 2017, 1395, s.4.