Indiana Carry Laws

No-Firearms Sign at the Entrance Can Support a Trespass Charge

Indiana: a notice posted at a building's main entrance legally counts as 'denial of entry' under Ind. Code § 35-43-2-2(c)(2), so entering past a posted 'no firearms' sign can itself be charged as criminal trespass (Class A misdemeanor) — no personal warning or refusal to leave is required first.

NO-FIREARMS SIGN AT THE ENTRANCE CAN SUPPORT A TRESPASS CHARGE
Indiana

Indiana: a notice posted at a building's main entrance legally counts as 'denial of entry' under Ind. Code § 35-43-2-2(c)(2), so entering past a posted 'no firearms' sign can itself be charged as criminal trespass (Class A misdemeanor) — no personal warning or refusal to leave is required first.

Authority: Ind. Code § 35-43-2-2: offense at (b)(1) (Class A misdemeanor), denial-of-entry by posted notice at (c)(2).

Red Flag Law - ERPO in Effect

Indiana: An Extreme Risk Protection Order (red flag) law is in effect (Ind. Code § 35-47-14-1 et seq.).

RED FLAG / EXTREME RISK LAW
Indiana

Indiana: An Extreme Risk Protection Order (red flag) law is in effect (Ind. Code § 35-47-14-1 et seq.).

Authority: Ind. Code § 35-47-14-1 et seq. (Jake Laird law, enacted 2005) — 'dangerous individual' firearm seizure/retention.

Constitutional Carry - No Permit Required

Indiana allows permitless concealed and open carry for anyone 18+ who can legally possess a firearm.

CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY - NO PERMIT REQUIRED
Indiana

Indiana allows permitless concealed and open carry for anyone 18+ who can legally possess a firearm.
Authority: Ind. Code § 35-47-2-1.5 ('Unlawful Carrying of a Handgun', added by P.L.175-2022, SEC.9) — 2024 Indiana Code full text via Justia (acceptable secondary), fetched through Wayback raw snapshot; iga.in.gov is a JS shell and live Justia is Cloudflare-walled.

Duty to Inform - No Statutory Duty (Permitless Carry)

Indiana: No statute requires you to tell police you are carrying or to present a license; since July 1, 2022 most non-prohibited adults may carry a handgun without any license (IC 35-47-2-1, 35-47-2-1.5), so there is no license-display duty.

DUTY TO INFORM LAW ENFORCEMENT
INDIANA

Indiana: No statute requires you to tell police you are carrying or to present a license; since July 1, 2022 most non-prohibited adults may carry a handgun without any license (IC 35-47-2-1, 35-47-2-1.5), so there is no license-display duty.

Authority: IC 35-47-2-1 and IC 35-47-2-1.5 (permitless carry, P.L.175-2022 / HEA 1296, eff. July 1, 2022); Indiana State Police Firearms Licensing page; former IC 35-47-2-24 repealed 2022.

No Magazine Capacity Limit

Indiana has no state law limiting firearm magazine capacity: the Indiana Code's weapons article (IC Title 35, Art. 47) contains no magazine-capacity provision.

NO MAGAZINE CAPACITY LIMIT
Indiana

Indiana has no state law limiting firearm magazine capacity: the Indiana Code's weapons article (IC Title 35, Art. 47) contains no magazine-capacity provision.

Authority: Negative claim: no Indiana magazine-capacity statute exists. Evidence: Giffords 50-state large-capacity-magazine survey (fetched, quoted) lists all fourteen limit states; Indiana appears nowhere on the page. Indiana Code Title 35, Art. 47 could not be fetched this session (bot walls + archive outage); the 2026-08-14 mag-class audit's scan of the same article found no capacity provision..

No-Carry Signs - Can Support Trespass Charge at Entry

Indiana: there is no firearms-specific sign offense, but under the general criminal trespass statute a posted notice at the main entrance counts as denial of entry, so entering while armed past a compliant 'no firearms' sign can itself be charged as Class A misdemeanor trespass (IC 35-43-2-2(b)(1), (c)(2)) — no request to leave is required.

NO-CARRY SIGNS - CAN SUPPORT TRESPASS CHARGE AT ENTRY
Indiana

Indiana: there is no firearms-specific sign offense, but under the general criminal trespass statute a posted notice at the main entrance counts as denial of entry, so entering while armed past a compliant 'no firearms' sign can itself be charged as Class A misdemeanor trespass (IC 35-43-2-2(b)(1), (c)(2)) — no request to leave is required.

Authority: Ind. Code § 35-43-2-2(b)(1), (c)(2) (criminal trespass; denial of entry by posted notice).

Stand Your Ground - No Duty to Retreat

Indiana: Stand Your Ground state. No duty to retreat before using force in self-defense anywhere you have a legal right to be.

STAND YOUR GROUND - NO DUTY TO RETREAT
Indiana

Indiana: Stand Your Ground state. No duty to retreat before using force in self-defense anywhere you have a legal right to be.
Authority: Ind. Code § 35-41-3-2(c).

Vehicle Carry - Loaded Firearms Allowed

Indiana: Constitutional carry state. Adults may carry loaded firearms in vehicles without permit.

VEHICLE CARRY - LOADED FIREARMS ALLOWED
Indiana

Indiana: Constitutional carry state. Adults may carry loaded firearms in vehicles without permit.
Authority: Ind. Code § 35-47-2-1.5 (2024) — Unlawful Carrying of a Handgun (added by P.L.175-2022; offense reaches only enumerated prohibited persons).