Where Guns Are Barred
Ala. Code § 13A-11-61.2 — police stations, jails, courthouses, guarded buildings, and someone else's land without consent
- Inside a police, sheriff or highway patrol station.
- In or on the grounds of a prison, jail, halfway house or other detention facility.
- Inside a facility giving inpatient or custodial psychiatric care.
- Inside a courthouse or courthouse annex, a building with a district attorney's office, a meeting of a county commission or city council, or an elected official's primary office.
- At a school, college or professional athletic event not about firearms, unless the person has a permit.
Who handles this in Alabama: Alabama State Bar Lawyer Referral Service; and legal aid programs and the state offices, listed in the Alabama directory.
In those places no one, permit holder or not, knowingly carries a firearm without the express permission of whoever has authority over the premises. The same goes for any building where entry is limited during normal hours by guards posted continuously and security measures like metal detectors, key cards or turnstiles.
Someone else's land. No one carries a pistol on private property that is not theirs or under their control unless they have a valid concealed weapon permit or the consent of the owner or legal possessor.
Sources for this section (2)
- Ala. Code § 13A-11-61.2 — Possession of Firearms in Certain Places
- Ala. Code § 13A-11-52 — Carrying Pistol on Private Property; Who May Carry Pistol
Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of October 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed Alabama attorney.