Arkansas CHCL Prohibited Places - Dave's World

Arkansas CHCL Prohibited Places

Arkansas law declares several places in which it is unlawful to carry a concealed handgun. The way the law reads is somewhat confusing, so I've compiled a more straightforward list here. This is especially helpful to those with the enhanced CHCL.

This document is edited from the original law for convenience in understanding of the reader and is not to be taken as legal advice. This document was last updated April 19, 2018.

Normal License

Any police station (including highway police)
A building of the Arkansas Department of Transportation or grounds adjacent thereto
- Except a rest area or weigh station
- Except a public parking lot if you are carrying in your car or the handgun is left in the car
A detention facility, prison, or jail, or a parking lot thereof
A courthouse, courthouse annex, or a building used by the county for court proceedings or housing a county office
- Except if you are a county employee, a county elected official, a justice of the peace, or a government employee with an office within said courthouse
- Except if your principal place of employment is within the courthouse and the quorum court approves a plan allowing licensees to carry there
Any courtroom
- Except if you are a judge or if you are explicitly permitted or directed by the judge to be carrying
Any meeting place of a governing body, the General Assembly, or a committee thereof
Any state office
Any athletic event not related to firearms
A portion of an establishment licensed to dispense alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises or where beer or light wine is consumed on the premises, except a restaurant
A school
- Except a private school when allowed
- Except a university parking lot if you are carrying in your car or the handgun is left in the car
Inside the passenger terminal of an airport
A church, unless permitted explicitly by the church
Anywhere prohibited by federal law (obviously)
A parade or demonstration where a permit is held for such event, if you are a participant
A place with a posted sign saying "carrying a handgun is prohibited" at each entrance (some details if there are no defined entrances
A privately owned place if you have been given notice that carrying is prohibited
A posted firearm-sensitive area at the Arkansas State Hospital, UAMS, or a collegiate athletic event

Enhanced License

Exempt from restrictions on university campuses, publicly owned building under 5-73-122, and places defined in 5-73-306 subsections 7-12, 14, 15, 17, unless prohibited under 19 or 20 (posted sign, written notice, or firearm-sensitive area). Thus, the complete list is:

Any police station (including highway police)
A building of the Arkansas Department of Transportation or grounds adjacent thereto
- Except a rest area or weigh station
- Except a public parking lot if you are carrying in your car or the handgun is left in the car
A detention facility, prison, or jail, or a parking lot thereof
A courthouse, courthouse annex, or a building used by the county for court proceedings or housing a county office
- Except if you are a county employee, a county elected official, a justice of the peace, or a government employee with an office within said courthouse
- Except if your principal place of employment is within the courthouse and the quorum court approves a plan allowing licensees to carry there
Any courtroom
- Except if you are a judge or if you are explicitly permitted or directed by the judge to be carrying
A school
- Except a private school when allowed
- Except a university
Anywhere prohibited by federal law (obviously)
A place with a posted sign saying "carrying a handgun is prohibited" at each entrance (some details if there are no defined entrances
A privately owned place if you have been given notice that carrying is prohibited
A posted firearm-sensitive area at the Arkansas State Hospital, UAMS, or a collegiate athletic event