Alabama State Laws
| Open Carry: | 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. |
| Duty to Notify Law Enforcement: | Only when asked by the officer |
| State Parks: | Concealed Carry is legal in accordance with state laws that regulate the right to carry |
| Restaurants Serving Alcohol: | No specific restriction |
| Firearms at Colleges: | Schools individually decide the weapons policy |
| Firearms at K-12 Schools: | Subject to policy enforcement by local school boards. |
| Magazine Capacity Limitations: | No restrictions |
| Suppressor Ownership: | Ownership & Hunting Legal. |
| 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. |
| Firearm Law Uniformity: | Uniform throughout state |
| Permit Training Requirements: | None. |
| Permit Issuing Authority: | Your local county sheriff |
| State Contact Info: |
Attorney General of Alabama PO Box 300152 Montgomery, AL 36130 334-242-7300 ago.alabama.gov |
| Length of Permit Validity: | Applicants can apply for between 1-5 years as they wish and will pay accordingly. |
| Permit Application Process: | Apply at your local county sheriff's office |
| Non-Resident Permits: | Alabama does not issue permits to non-residents. Exceptions may exist for stationed military and their spouses. |
| Places Off Limits: |
(A) (1) Inside the building of a police, sheriff, or highway patrol station. (2) Inside or on the premises of a prison, jail, halfway house, community corrections facility, or other detention facility for those who have been charged with or convicted of a criminal or juvenile offense. (3) Inside of a facility that provides inpatient or custodial care of those with psychiatric, mental, or emotional disorders. (4) Inside a courthouse, courthouse annex, a building in which a District Attorney's office is located, a building in which a county commission or city council is currently having a regularly scheduled or specially called meeting. (5) Inside any facility hosting an athletic event not related to or involving firearms which is sponsored by a private or public elementary or secondary school or any private or public institution of postsecondary education, unless the person has a permit issued under Section 13A-11-75 or recognized under Section 13A-11-85. (6) Inside any facility hosting a professional athletic event not related to or involving firearms, unless the person has a permit issued under Section 13A-11-75 or recognized under Section 13A-11-85. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), a person, including a person with a permit issued under Section 13A-11-75(a)(1) or recognized under Section 13A-11-85, may not, without the express permission of a person or entity with authority over the premises, knowingly possess or carry a firearm inside any building or facility to which access of unauthorized persons and prohibited articles is limited during normal hours of operation by the continuous posting of guards and the use of other security features, including, but not limited to, magnetometers, key cards, biometric screening devices, or turnstiles or other physical barriers. Nothing in this subsection otherwise restricts the possession, transportation, or storage of a lawfully possessed firearm or ammunition in an employee's privately-owned motor vehicle while parked or operated in a public or private parking area provided the employee complies with the requirements of Section 13A-11- 90. (c) The person or entity with authority over the premises set forth in subsections (a)(1)-(6) and subsection (b) shall place a notice at the public entrances of such premises or buildings alerting those entering that firearms are prohibited. (d) Except as provided in subsections (a)(5) and (a)(6), any firearm on the premises of any facility set forth in subsection (a)(1), or subsections (a)(4)-(6), or subsection (b) must be kept from ordinary observation and locked within a compartment or in the interior of the person's motor vehicle or in a compartment or container securely affixed to the motor vehicle. |
| Duty to Retreat: | No Duty to Retreat |
| Constitutional Carry: | Yes, effective Jan 1st, 2023 |
| Hotels: | No legal restriction - Reference article on page 67 |
| Church Carry: |
Churches act like any other private property and may restrict on a church by church basis |
| Secure Storage Requirements: | None |
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