Vermont Concealed Carry Laws
Last reviewed: October 9, 2026
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 →
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Reciprocity of Vermont's Basic Resident Permit
Open Carry
Duty to Notify Law Enforcement
State Parks
Restaurants Serving Alcohol
Firearms at Colleges
Firearms at K-12 Schools
Church Carry
on a church by church basis
Hotels
Secure Storage Requirements
Magazine Capacity Limitations
State a large capacity ammunition feeding device. This includes a magazine, belt, drum,
feed strip, or similar device that has a capacity of, or that can be readily restored or converted to accept: more than 10 rounds of ammunition for a long gun; or more than 15 rounds of ammunition for a hand gun. Some exceptions apply.
Suppressor Ownership
Vehicle Possession Without Recognized Permit
Firearm Law Uniformity
Permit Training Requirements
Non-Resident Permits
Constitutional Carry
Duty to Retreat
Places Off Limits
- Courthouses, meaning any building or portion of a building the Vermont Supreme Court designates as one, without authorization from the court. Notice must be posted at each public entrance. Courthouses certified as "secured buildings" — controlled access points, metal screening, and locked storage compartments — bar dangerous weapons entirely
- Hospital buildings. Notice must be posted at each public entrance; the penalty is a fine up to $250
- Polling places and the walks leading to a building containing one on election day, and the town clerk's office during any early voting period. A firearm stored in a motor vehicle is excepted, and notice must be posted at each public entrance
- State buildings under the jurisdiction of the Department of Buildings and General Services, open or concealed
- The Mud Creek Controlled Hunting Area in Alburg, without a Fish and Wildlife permit
- Residential treatment program property, including program and employee vehicles
- Posted private preserves, without the owner's written consent
- The Bomoseen State Game Refuge
- State-owned historic sites, where firearms may not be displayed during public visitation without a special permit
- Limited-access state highways, where use, display, or discharge is prohibited — which reads as a bar on open carry
- Any land or place where notice against trespass has been given, by actual communication or by signs designed and situated to give reasonable notice
- State parks located on Army Corps of Engineers land, per federal law
State Contact / Source
109 State St
Montpelier, VT 05609
801-828-3171
ago.vermont.gov
Permit Issuing Authority
Length of Permit Validity
Permit Application Process Vermont Permit Reciprocity
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