Arizona Concealed Carry Laws

Last reviewed: May 3, 2026

Constitutional Carry Yes. This extends to both Arizona residents and non residents with no permit required to open carry at 18 and none required to concealed carry 21 and up.
Open Carry Lawful
Permit honored in 37 states
Arizona honors 49 states

Arizona Gun Laws

Reciprocity of Arizona's Basic Resident Permit

Alaska: Permit honoredAlabama: Permit honoredArkansas: Permit honoredArizona (current state)California: Permit not honoredColorado: Permit honoredConnecticut: Permit not honoredDistrict of Columbia: Permit not honoredDelaware: Permit 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: Permit honoredNew Hampshire: Permit honoredNew Jersey: Permit not honoredNew Mexico: Permit honoredNevada: Permit honoredNew York: Permit not honoredOhio: Permit honoredOklahoma: Permit honoredOregon: Permit not honoredPennsylvania: Permit honoredRhode Island: Permit not honoredSouth Carolina: Permit honoredSouth 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

Lawful
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

Only permittees may carry if the establishment doesn't post a restriction. These restrictions have the force of law.
Permitted

Firearms at Colleges

Guns may be in vehicles on school campuses. As to campus carry, schools individually decide the weapons policy
Restricted

Firearms at K-12 Schools

Permittees may have unloaded handguns in vehicles only.
Restricted

Church Carry

Permitees may have unloaded handguns in vehicles only
Informational

Hotels

No legal restriction - Reference article on page 67
Informational

Secure Storage Requirements

None
Permitted

Magazine Capacity Limitations

No restrictions
Permitted

Suppressor Ownership

Ownership legal w/ federal compliance & Hunting Legal.
Permitted

Vehicle Possession Without Recognized Permit

Any person who can legally own a handgun can possess a loaded handgun concealed in a vehicle
Permitted

Firearm Law Uniformity

State preemption laws do exist and prohibit local units from enacting or enforcing most things.
Permitted

Permit Training Requirements

An applicant shall demonstrate competence with a firearm through any of the following:

1. Completion of any firearms safety or training course or class that is available to the general public, that is offered by a law enforcement agency, a junior college, a college or a private or public institution, academy, organization or firearms training school and that is approved by the department of public safety or that uses instructors who are certified by the national rifle association.

2. Completion of any hunter education or hunter safety course approved by the Arizona game and fish department or a similar agency of another state.

3. Completion of any national rifle association firearms safety or training course.

4. Completion of any law enforcement firearms safety or training course or class that is offered for security guards, investigators, special deputies or other divisions or subdivisions of law enforcement or security enforcement and that is approved by the department of public safety.

5. Evidence of current military service or proof of honorable discharge or general discharge under honorable conditions from the United States armed forces.

6. A valid current or expired concealed weapon, firearm or handgun permit or license that is issued by another state or a political subdivision of another state and that has a training or testing requirement for initial issuance.

7. Completion of any governmental police agency firearms training course and qualification to carry a firearm in the course of normal police duties.

8. Completion of any other firearms safety or training course or class that is conducted by a department of public safety approved or national rifle association certified firearms instructor.
Informational

Non-Resident Permits

Arizona does issue permits to non-residents
Permitted

Constitutional Carry

Yes. This extends to both Arizona residents and non residents with no permit required to open carry at 18 and none required to concealed carry 21 and up.
Permitted

Duty to Retreat

No Duty to Retreat
Permitted

Places Off Limits

A private business who serves alcohol and chooses to display a sign close to the liquor license with a picture of a gun in a red circle with a diagonal line across it
Schools K-12 including school yards and buses. A permittee may remain in the vehicle with the firearm or leave the firearm in a locked and non-visible case inside the vehicle when on school property
Commercial nuclear or hydroelectric generating stations.
Polling places on Election Day.
Correctional facilities (this includes the parking lot of such facilities).
Game refuges (except during an authorized hunt).
Informational

State Contact / Source

Arizona Dept. Of Public Safety
PO Box 6488
Phoenix, AZ 85005
602-256-6280
www.azdps.gov
Informational

Permit Issuing Authority

Arizona Department of Public Safety
Informational

Length of Permit Validity

5 years
Informational

Permit Application Process

Arizona requires you complete a training course that meets their standards. All of the classes we teach and promote via this website qualify by these standards. For additional details about what other training would qualify the applicant read our Arizona required training guide.

Review the provisions contained in Arizona Revised Statute Title 13, chapters 4 and 31 which are available on the Arizona State Legislature website utilizing the following link: https://bit.ly/2Kks3Fv
You will need an application packet. If you take one of our classes we will provide it to you at that time. Otherwise contact the Concealed Weapons Permit Unit at the state, via email to request an application packet. It contains an application, two fingerprint cards and a return envelope. When requesting an application packet for a New Permit, please email your request, include your mailing address in the following format:


Your Name
1234 Weapons Street
Anytown, IL 80808

Click here to contact the Concealed Weapons Permit Unit by e-mail.

Send the completed application, adequate documentation which demonstrates firearms safety competence, two complete sets of fingerprints, the appropriate fee in the form of a money order, cashier’s or certified check; payable to the AZ DPS to the CWPU. For a current list of fees click here. Fees are non-refundable.
Informational

Arizona 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 Arizona resident permit is honored in 37 states

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Arizona honors resident permits from 49 states

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