North Dakota Gun Laws
Gun Laws Overview
RIFLES & SHOTGUNS | HANDGUNS | |
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Permit to Purchase | No | No |
Registration of Firearms | No | No |
Licensing of Owners | No | No |
Permit to Carry | No | No* |
* North Dakota’s Permitless Carry law is limited to state residents; specifically, those not otherwise precluded from possessing a class 2 firearm license and who have possessed for at least 30 days a valid driver's license or non-driver ID card issued by the North Dakota department of transportation. The list and map below are included as a tool to assist you in validating your information. We have made every effort to report the information correctly, however reciprocity and recognition agreements are subject to frequent change. The information is not intended as legal advice or a restatement of law and does not include: restrictions that may be placed on non-resident permits, individuals under the age of 21, qualifying permit classes, and/or any other factor which may limit reciprocity and/or recognition. For any particular situation, a licensed local attorney must be consulted for an accurate interpretation. YOU MUST ABIDE WITH ALL LAWS: STATE, FEDERAL AND LOCAL. RECIPROCITY NOTES: These states recognize ONLY North Dakota's CLASS 1 license: Delaware, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.. Further, some states have minimum age requirements or do not recognize non-resident licenses for persons who have a license and are under 21 or have a non-resident ND license. Florida prohibits any licensee of reciprocity states who is not 21 years of age or older from carrying a concealed weapon or firearm in Florida, and recognizes only North Dakota resident permits. |
STATE STATUS | |
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Castle Doctrine | Enacted |
No-Net Loss | No Legislation |
Right to Carry Confidentiality | Provisions Enacted |
Right to Carry in Restaurants | Partial Ban |
Right To Carry Laws | No Permit Required |
Right To Carry Reciprocity and Recognition | True Reciprocity |
Right to Keep & Bear Arms State Constitutional Provisions | With Provisions |
Laws on Purchase, Possession and Carrying of Firearms
Antiques and Replicas
Antiques are not addressed in North Dakota law and therefore are treated as any other firearm. MORE |
Possession
No state permit is required to possess a rifle, shotgun or handgun. MORE |
Purchase
No state permit is required to purchase a rifle, shotgun or handgun. MORE |
Carrying
A person may not carry a concealed firearm or dangerous weapon unless the individual is a law enforcement officer, has a license to do so or qualifies for reciprocity, or meets the requirements for permitless carry. N.D. Cent. Code § 62.1-04-02(1). North Dakota amended its permitless carry law in 2021, but it is still limited to residents of the state. Specifically, a person who is meets the qualifications for a class 2 firearm license (at least 18 years old, resident of the state, not prohibited under North Dakota or federal law from possessing a firearm), and who has possessed for at least 30 days a valid driver’s license or nondriver ID card issued by the North Dakota department of transportation may carry a firearm concealed without a license. N.D. Cent. Code §§ 62.1-04-02(2); 62.1-04-03 (license qualifications). MORE |
Machine Guns, Ammunition, Magazines, etc.
It is a felony to possess, purchase, sell, or have a machine gun, fully automatic rifle, silencer, or bomb loaded with explosives or poisonous or dangerous gases, or any other federally licensed firearm or dangerous weapon unless that person has complied with the federal National Firearms Act. MORE |
Preemption
The regulation of firearms and ammunition is entirely preempted by the state legislature. MORE |
Restoration of Rights
North Dakota has enacted a restoration of rights procedure for persons under a mental health-based firearm disability. Gun rights lost due to a criminal conviction may be restored through the expiration of time, or petitioning a court, or a pardon. MORE |
Range Protection
A “sport shooting range” means an area designated and operated by a person for the sport shooting of firearms or any area so designated and operated by the state or a political subdivision, regardless of the terms for admission to the sport shooting range. A rule, resolution, or ordinance relating to noise control, noise pollution, or noise abatement adopted by the state or a political subdivision may not be applied to prohibit the operation of a sport shooting range so long as the conduct was lawful and being conducted before the adoption of the rule, resolution, or ordinance. MORE |
Miscellaneous Provisions
It is unlawful for any parent, guardian, or other person having charge or custody of a minor under fifteen years of age to permit that minor to carry or use in public any loaded firearm, except when the minor is under the direct supervision of the parent or guardian or other person authorized by the parent or guardian. N.D. Cent. Code § 62.1-02-07. MORE |
Friday, March 13, 2009
House Bill 1227, championed by State Representative Craig Headland (R-29), remains in the Senate Natural Resources Committee where ...
Monday, March 9, 2009
Two Pro-Gun bills, House Bill 1389 and House Bill 1348, are scheduled to be heard on Thursday March ...
Friday, February 27, 2009
House Bill 1227, championed by State Representative Craig Headland (R-29), was heard in the Senate Natural Resources Committee on ...
Friday, February 27, 2009
After passing in the House of Representatives by a vote of 91-3, the North Dakota Senate will soon ...
Friday, February 20, 2009
The North Dakota House of Representatives passed House Bill 1348, sponsored by State Representative Duane DeKrey, by a ...
Thursday, February 19, 2009
The House barely passed a watered down version of the bill to allow people with carry permits or ...
Friday, February 6, 2009
North Dakota’s Campus Carry bill, House Bill 1348, sponsored by State Representative Duane DeKrey (R-14), remains in the ...
Friday, February 6, 2009
On Thursday, February 12, the House Political Subdivisions Committee will hear House Bill 1389, legislation granting the Right-to-Carry ...
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Concealed weapons should be allowed on college campuses and other public gatherings, a lawmaker told a House committee ...
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Sen. Byron Dorgan, D N.D., on Tuesday pressed interior secretary nominee Sen. Ken Salazar to change the position ...