Idaho concealed carry laws and reciprocity

Idaho's concealed weapons statutes contain no requirement to notify an officer; a person relying on an out-of-state license must carry it on their person while carrying concealed.

Any deadly weapon, including a loaded firearm, may be carried concealed in a motor vehicle without a license; for a handgun the person must be 18+, a U.S. citizen or armed forces member, and not otherwise disqualified.

Anyone over 18 who is a U.S. citizen or current member of the U.S. armed forces and is not otherwise disqualified from a license may carry a concealed weapon without a license; there is no Idaho residency requirement.

A county sheriff must issue a five-year concealed weapons license within 90 days to any applicant who is not disqualified under I.C. 18-3302(11); the enhanced license additionally requires age 21+ and an eight-hour qualifying handgun course.

Non-residents may apply in person to an Idaho county sheriff; for the enhanced license, an applicant who has not lived in Idaho for six months must hold a current carry license from their state of residence.

Idaho's license requirement applies only to concealed weapons; I.C. 18-3302(4)(a) expressly excludes any deadly weapon located in plain view.

Idaho Code Title 18, Chapter 33 (firearms, explosives and other deadly weapons) contains no provision giving legal effect to a posted no-firearms sign; the value rests on the absence of such a provision, and 18-3302C limits licensees and permitless carriers only in courthouses, juvenile detention facilities, jails and schools. A landowner may revoke permission to remain at any time, and a person who stays after notice commits trespass under Idaho Code 18-7008.

Bars and restaurants are not on Idaho's statutory list of prohibited places, but carrying a concealed weapon while intoxicated or under the influence of an intoxicating drink or drug is a misdemeanor; private businesses may prohibit weapons.

Under I.C. 18-3302(25), state or local public property normally open to the public may restrict concealed carry only during private, admission-charging, or restricted-access events, and I.C. 18-3302J preempts other agency or local firearm rules.

Places of worship are not among the prohibited places in I.C. 18-3302C; as private property, the owner may prohibit weapons.

Public college and university boards may set firearm rules, but may not bar Idaho enhanced licensees or licensed retired officers from carrying; enhanced licensees still may not carry concealed in student dormitories or posted public entertainment facilities seating 1,000 or more.

I.C. 18-3302C bars concealed carry in courthouses, juvenile detention facilities, jails, and public or private K-12 schools (with limited exceptions), and 18-3302D generally bars firearms on K-12 school property except, for example, adults with firearms locked in their vehicles. Enhanced licensees may not carry in public college dormitories or posted large entertainment venues (18-3309).

Under I.C. 19-202A(3), a person exercising self-defense or defense of another need not retreat from any place they have a right to be and may stand their ground.

Idaho's firearms chapter (Title 18, Chapter 33) contains no magazine-capacity limit, the state wholly occupies the field of firearms regulation, and I.C. 18-3315B bars Idaho officials from enforcing new federal firearm accessory restrictions, including on magazines, that conflict with the Idaho Constitution.

Idaho's firearms chapter (Title 18, Chapter 33) contains no assault weapons ban, and I.C. 18-3302J preempts local firearms regulation.

Idaho Code Title 18, Chapter 33 (Firearms, Explosives and Other Deadly Weapons) contains no provision prohibiting suppressors; 18-3315A even lists sound suppressors among 'firearms accessories'. The value rests on the absence of any state prohibition; federal NFA rules apply separately.

Idaho Code Title 18, Chapter 33 contains no provision prohibiting short-barreled rifles; the chapter's destructive-device definitions (18-3318) and offenses (18-3319) cover bombs and explosive devices, not short-barreled firearms. The value rests on the absence of any state prohibition; federal NFA rules apply separately.

Idaho Code Title 18, Chapter 33 contains no provision prohibiting short-barreled shotguns; the chapter's destructive-device definitions (18-3318) and offenses (18-3319) cover bombs and explosive devices, not short-barreled firearms. The value rests on the absence of any state prohibition; federal NFA rules apply separately.