Firearm Reciprocity Agreements

In 1995, the Pennsylvania General Assembly gave the Attorney General the authority to enter into reciprocity agreements with other states.

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania currently has formal written reciprocity agreements with fourteen states that recognize a valid license to carry firearms issued by Pennsylvania. Conversely, Pennsylvania recognizes valid firearm carry licenses/permits from those states. In addition to the 14 formal agreements, other forms of reciprocity are applicable.

Carrying Firearms in Pennsylvania - Frequently asked questions (by the Pennsylvania State Police)

Note: It has come to the attention of the Office of Attorney General that there has been confusion over the applicability of Pennsylvania's reciprocal privileges with regard to the residency status of an individual who has been issued a valid license/permit. It is the position of the Office of Attorney General that recognition within Pennsylvania is based on the issuance to an individual of a valid license/permit by the reciprocal contracting state, and not on the license/permit holder's place of residence.

Under Pennsylvania law, there are six categories of firearms reciprocity status.

Category 1: States that have entered into written reciprocity agreements with Pennsylvania. (Title 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 6109(k))

The following states have entered into formal written reciprocity agreements with Pennsylvania under section 6109(k) of the Uniform Firearms Act. These agreements provide for reciprocal recognition of valid licenses/permits issued by both states. Recognition in Pennsylvania is based on the individual's issuance of a valid license/permit by the reciprocal contracting state, and not on the license/permit holder's place of residence.

A list of these states and links to their firearms laws is provided below, along with the text of the agreements:

Category 2: States that have statutory reciprocity under 6106(b)(15) of the Uniform Firearms Act.

The following states have been granted statutory reciprocity without a formal written agreement under 6106(b)(15), based on the determination of the Attorney General that the other state has granted reciprocity to Pennsylvania license holders, and that the other state's laws governing firearms are similar.

Category 3: Unilateral reciprocity granted by another state for Pennsylvania license holders.

This category encompasses states which allow an individual issued a valid concealed firearm license from Pennsylvania to carry a firearm while in those respective states.

Category 4: Pennsylvanians may apply for a license/permit from another state ("Application states").

Category 5: State does not recognize or grant licenses/permits to individuals from another state, currently does not extend reciprocal privileges to Pennsylvania license holders, or has not indicated current status.

**Vermont allows possession or carrying of a concealed firearm without a license/permit.

Please be aware that the information on this page is subject to change based on the most recent developments in the various states and territories. If you are aware of changes in any of the information above, please contact the Office of Attorney General so that our information may be revised appropriately. If you plan to travel to another state it is recommended that you contact the proper authority within that state in order to verify what, if any, additional requirements or restrictions apply under state or federal law.

The following information may assist you in contacting the appropriate agencies if you plan to travel to another state:

Alabama Keith Miller Chief Deputy Attorney General Office of the Attorney General of Alabama 11 S. Union Street Montgomery, AL 36130	Missouri Peter Lyskowski Assistant Attorney General Missouri Office of Attorney General P.O. Box 899 Jefferson City, MO 65102
Alaska Sandra Fuller Department of Public Safety Records & Identification Bureau 5700 East Tudor Rd. Anchorage, AK 99507	Montana Ilka Becker Assistant Attorney General Montana Department of Justice Justice Building P.O. Box 201401 Helena, MT 59620-1401
Arizona Michael J. Kline, Sr. Concealed Weapon Coordinator Arizona Department of Public Safety P.O. Box 6488 Phoenix, AZ 85005	Nebraska J. Kirk Brown Solicitor General Nebraska Office of Attorney General 2115 State Capitol Building Lincoln, NE 68509-8920
Arkansas Major Kathy Sparks Commander, Administrative Services Division Arkansas State Police 1 State Police Plaza Drive Little Rock, AR 72209-4822	Nevada Gerald J. Gardner Chief Deputy Attorney General Nevada Office of Attorney General 555 E. Washington Avenue Room 3900 Las Vegas, NV 89101
California Edmund G. Brown, Jr. Attorney General California Office of Attorney General 1300 I Street, Suite 1740 Sacramento, CA 95814	New Hampshire Earl M. Sweeney Assistant Commissioner Department of Safety James H. Hayes Building 33 Hazen Drive Concord, NH 03305
Colorado Susan Kitchen Agent in Charge Colorado Department of Public Safety 690 Kipling St., Ste. 3000 Denver, CO 80215-5825	New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety Office of Attorney General P.O. Box 080 25 Market Street Trenton, NJ 08625-0080
Connecticut Leonard C. Boyle Commissioner Department of Public Safety State of Connecticut 1111 Country Club Rd. Middletown, CT 06457-9294	New Mexico Stuart M. Bluestone Chief Deputy Attorney General Office of the Attorney General of New Mexico P.O. Drawer 1508 Santa Fe, NM 87504-1508
Delaware Carl Danberg Chief Deputy Attorney General Office of the Attorney General of Delaware Carvel State Office Building 820 N French Street Wilmington, DE 19801	New York Debra L. W. Cohn Deputy Attorney General for Policy Office of the Attorney General of New York 120 Broadway New York, NY 10271
District of Columbia Terrance Ryan General Counsel Metropolitan Police Department 300 Indiana Avenue, N.W. Room 4115 Washington, DC 20001	North Carolina John J. Aldridge, III Special Deputy Attorney General Law Enforcement Liaison Section North Carolina Department of Justice 9001 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-9001
Florida Ken Wilkinson Management Analyst Dept. of Agriculture & Consumer Services Division of Licensing P.O. Box 6687 Tallahassee, FL 32314-6687	North Dakota Sandi Tabor, Chief Deputy Office of the Attorney General of North Dakota State Capitol 600 E Boulevard Avenue Bismarck, ND 58505 0040
Georgia Thurbert E. Baker Attorney General State of Georgia 40 Capitol Square, SW Atlanta, GA 30334-1300	Ohio Jonathan R. Fulkerson Deputy Attorney General Health & Human Services Section Ohio Office of Attorney General 30 E. Broad Street, 26th Floor Columbus, OH 43215-3400
Hawaii Neil N. Murakami Deputy Attorney General Criminal Justice Division Hawaii Department of the Attorney General 425 Queen Street Honolulu, HI 96813	Oklahoma Jimmy Bunn, Jr., Esq. Legal Counsel Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation 6600 N. Harvey Oklahoma City, OK 73116-7912
Idaho William A. von Tagen Deputy Attorney General Chief, Intergovernmental & Fiscal Law Division Idaho Office of Attorney General P.O. Box 83720 Boise, ID 83720-0010	Oregon Timothy R. Thompson Assistant Attorney General Criminal Justice Division Oregon Department of Justice 610 Hawthorne Ave., SE, Suite 210 Salem, OR 97301
Illinois Barry Gross, Chief Deputy Illinois Office of Attorney General James R. Thompson Center 100 W. Randolph Street Chicago, IL 60601	Rhode Island James R. Lee Chief, Civil Division Rhode Island Dept. of Attorney General 150 South Main Street Providence, RI 02903
Indiana Jennifer Thuma Assistant Director of Legislative Affairs Indiana Office of Attorney General Indiana Government Center South, 5th Floor 402 West Washington Street Indianapolis, IN 46204-2770	South Carolina Clifton E. Weir Captain, SLED Regulatory Services South Carolina Law Enforcement Division P.O. Box 21398 Columbia, SC 29221-1398
Iowa Tam Ormiston Chief Policy Deputy Iowa Office of Attorney General Hoover State Office Building Des Moines, IA 50319	South Dakota Monae Johnson Pistol Permit Administrator South Dakota Secretary of State State Capitol, Suite 204 500 East Capital Avenue Pierre, SD 57501-5070
Kansas Charles W. Klebe Assistant Attorney General Concealed Carry Handgun Unit Kansas Office of Attorney General 120 SW 10th Avenue, 2nd Floor Topeka, KS 66612-1597	Tennessee Patricia S. Wall Staff Attorney Department of Safety State of Tennessee 1155 Foster Avenue Nashville, TN 37249-1000
Kentucky Elizabeth D. Baker Legal Counsel Kentucky State Police 919 Versailles Rd. Frankfort, KY 40601	Texas Becky Pestana Assistant Attorney General General Counsel Division Texas Office of Attorney General P.O. Box 12548 Austin, TX 78711-2548
Louisiana Colonel Henry Whitehorn Deputy Secretary, Public Safety Services Department of Public Safety & Corrections Louisiana State Police P.O. Box 66614 Baton Rouge, LA 70896-6614	Utah Rick Penrod Investigator Utah Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Identification 3888 West 5400 South Salt Lake City, UT 84118
Maine Laura Yustak Smith Assistant Attorney General Maine Office of Attorney General 6 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333	Vermont John Treadwell Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General of Vermont 109 State Street Montpelier, VT 05609-1001
Maryland Mark H. Bowen Assistant Attorney General Maryland Office of Attorney General 1201 Reisterstown Rd. Pikesville, MD 21208	Virginia Thomas J. Lambert Legal Specialist Bureau of Criminal Investigation Virginia Department of State Police P.O. Box 27472 Richmond, VA 23261-7472
Massachusetts Stephanie S. Lovell First Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General of Massachusetts One Ashburton Place Room 2019 Boston, MA 02108 1698	Washington Toni M. Hood Assistant Attorney General Licensing and Administrative Law Division Attorney General of Washington P.O. Box 40110 Olympia, WA 98504-0110
Michigan Robert Ianni Bureau Chief Consumer Protection Bureau 525 W. Ottawa St. Lansing, MI 48909	West Virginia Thomas W. Smith Managing Deputy Attorney General Office of the Attorney General of West Virginia State Capitol, Room 26 E Charleston, WV 25305
Minnesota E. Joseph Newton Department Program Administrator Minnesota Department of Public Safety Office of the Commissioner 445 Minnesota Street, Suite 1000 Saint Paul, MN 55101-5100	Wisconsin Roy R. Korte, Assistant Attorney General Wisconsin Department of Justice Attorney General's Office 17 W. Main St. Madison, WI 53707
Mississippi Mississippi Department for Public Safety P.O. Box 958 Jackson, MS 39205-0958	Wyoming Bryan A. Skoric Senior Assistant Attorney General Division of Criminal Investigation 316 West 22nd St. Cheyenne, WY 82002

For more information on Pennsylvania's reciprocity agreements contact:

Senior Deputy Attorney General George Zaiser
Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General
16th Floor, Strawberry Square
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717) 787-3391