North Carolina Concealed Carry Laws
Last reviewed: September 14, 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 North Carolina'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
Suppressor Ownership
Vehicle Possession Without Recognized Permit
Firearm Law Uniformity
Permit Training Requirements
Non-Resident Permits
Constitutional Carry
Duty to Retreat
Places Off Limits
- The State Capitol Building, the Executive Mansion, the Western Residence of the Governor, and the grounds of any of these
- Any building housing a court of the General Court of Justice. If the court shares the building with non-court uses, the ban reaches only the court portion while it's being used for court purposes
- State office buildings, or any portion of a building containing state offices
- Law enforcement and correctional facilities
- Any picket line or demonstration on a private health care facility or on public property owned or controlled by the state or a political subdivision, for participants, affiliates, or spectators
- Any private premises posted with a conspicuous notice prohibiting concealed carry by the person in legal possession or control
- Local government buildings and their appurtenant premises, where a unit of local government has adopted an ordinance permitting the posting
- Municipal and county recreational facilities specifically identified by local ordinance — meaning athletic fields during scheduled organized events, swimming pools, and gymnasiums or other athletic-event facilities. Greenways, biking and walking paths, and open fields are excluded
- The State Fairgrounds during the State Fair, at the Commissioner of Agriculture's discretion
- Certain game lands — Buckhorn, Chatham, Harris, Hyco, Lee, Mayo, Sutton Lake, Pee Dee River north of US 74, and part of R. Wayne Bailey-Caswell — during closed seasons on game birds and animals, unless the firearm is cased, in a designated camping area, or is a .22 pistol with a barrel under 7.5 inches carried as a sidearm
- Charlotte-Douglas International Airport real property, by city ordinance. Other North Carolina airports may have similar rules
- 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
State Contact / Source
9001 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-9001
919-716-6400
www.ncdoj.com
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