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Current Reciprocity for the Alabama Resident Permit:

Last reviewed: October 9, 2026

Constitutional Carry Yes
Open Carry Permitted in most public areas.
Permit honored in 32 states
Alabama honors 49 states

Alabama Gun Laws

Reciprocity of Alabama's Basic Resident Permit

Alaska: Permit honoredAlabama (current state)Arkansas: Permit honoredArizona: Permit honoredCalifornia: Permit not honoredColorado: Permit honoredConnecticut: Permit not honoredDistrict of Columbia: Permit not honoredDelaware: Permit not honoredFlorida: Permit honoredGeorgia: Permit honoredHawaii: Permit not honoredIowa: Permit honoredIdaho: Permit honoredIllinois: Permit not honoredIndiana: Permit honoredKansas: Permit honoredKentucky: Permit honoredLouisiana: Permit honoredMassachusetts: Permit not honoredMaryland: Permit not honoredMaine: Permit honoredMichigan: Permit honoredMinnesota: Permit not honoredMissouri: Permit honoredMississippi: Permit honoredMontana: Permit honoredNorth Carolina: Permit honoredNorth Dakota: Permit honoredNebraska: Permitless carryNew Hampshire: Permit honoredNew Jersey: Permit not honoredNew Mexico: Permit not honoredNevada: Permit not honoredNew York: Permit not honoredOhio: Permit honoredOklahoma: Permit honoredOregon: Permit not honoredPennsylvania: Permit honoredRhode Island: Permit not honoredSouth Carolina: Permitless carrySouth Dakota: Permit honoredTennessee: Permit honoredTexas: Permit honoredUtah: Permit honoredVirginia: Permit honoredVermont: Permit honoredWashington: Permit not honoredWisconsin: Permit honoredWest Virginia: Permit honoredWyoming: Permit honored AKALARAZCACOCTDCDEFLGAHIIAIDILINKSKYLAMAMDMEMIMNMOMSMTNCNDNENHNJNMNVNYOHOKORPARISCSDTNTXUTVAVTWAWIWVWY
Permit honored Permitless carry Not honored

Open Carry

Permitted in most public areas.

Legal while on foot in most public areas. Open carry on private property requires a carry license or consent from the property owner. Also all persons are prohibited from carrying firearms at or near a public demonstration.
Permitted

Duty to Notify Law Enforcement

Only when asked by the officer
Permitted

State Parks

Concealed Carry is legal in accordance with state laws that regulate the right to carry
Permitted

Restaurants Serving Alcohol

No specific restriction
Permitted

Firearms at Colleges

Schools individually decide the weapons policy
Informational

Firearms at K-12 Schools

Subject to policy enforcement by local school boards.
Restricted

Church Carry

Churches act like any other private property and may restrict on a church by church basis
Informational

Hotels

No legal restriction
Informational

Secure Storage Requirements

None
Permitted

Magazine Capacity Limitations

No restrictions
Permitted

Suppressor Ownership

Legal. State law does not require NFA registration. Hunting legal.
Permitted

Vehicle Possession Without Recognized Permit

Anyone 19 years of age or older who can legally possess a firearm under State and Federal Law can carry a firearm in Alabama without a permit. Those with a permit issued by any state can carry at 18.
Permitted

Firearm Law Uniformity

Uniform throughout state
Informational

Permit Training Requirements

None.
Informational

Non-Resident Permits

No

Alabama does not issue permits to non-residents. Exceptions may exist for stationed military and their spouses.
Restricted

Constitutional Carry

Yes
Permitted

Duty to Retreat

No Duty to Retreat
Permitted

Places Off Limits

- Police, sheriff, and highway patrol stations
- Prisons, jails, halfway houses, community corrections facilities, and other detention facilities, inside and on the grounds
- Inpatient or custodial psychiatric and mental health care facilities
- Courthouses and courthouse annexes, including any building a judge designates for proceedings while those proceedings are underway
- Buildings housing a District Attorney's office
- Buildings where a county commission or city council is in session
- The primary office of any elected official
- Facilities hosting school, college, or professional athletic events (permit holders are exempt)
- Any building with continuously posted guards plus screening measures like magnetometers, key cards, biometric scanners, or turnstiles
- K-12 school premises, including school buses, if carrying with intent to do bodily harm (permit holders are otherwise exempt)
- Demonstrations in public places, and within 1,000 feet of one once an officer has told you to clear the area
- College campuses in practice — the University of Alabama and possibly others still enforce campus-wide bans including parking lots, claiming state law doesn't override them. Unsettled
- TVA day-use areas, campgrounds, and developed recreation land (boat ramps and in-season hunting with an unloaded, cased firearm are allowed)
- State parks located on Army Corps of Engineers land, per federal law
Informational

State Contact / Source

Attorney General of Alabama
PO Box 300152
Montgomery, AL 36130
334-242-7300
ago.alabama.gov
Informational

Permit Issuing Authority

Your local county sheriff
Informational

Length of Permit Validity

Applicants can apply for between 1-5 years as they wish and will pay accordingly.
Informational

Permit Application Process

Apply at your local county sheriff's office
Informational

Alabama Permit Reciprocity

Reciprocity shown is for a standard resident permit. Non-resident and enhanced permit holders may have different reciprocity. Always verify before carrying. Use our full permit reciprocity map for all permit types →

Your Alabama resident permit is honored in 32 states

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Alabama honors resident permits from 49 states

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