Where Carrying Is Restricted
MCA 45-8-356 — a permit holder may carry anywhere but jails, airport security, federal buildings, courtrooms, posted private property and school buildings
- A correctional, detention or secure treatment facility.
- At or past an airport's federal security screening checkpoint.
- A building owned and occupied by the United States, or a military reservation.
- Private property where the owner or tenant expressly prohibits firearms.
- A courtroom, or an area of a courthouse in use by court personnel under a judge's order.
- A school building as the school board determines.
Who handles this in Montana: State Bar of Montana, Licensed Lawyer Montana; and legal aid programs and the state offices, listed in the Montana directory.
A permit holder may not be restricted anywhere else in the state. Possessing a weapon in a school building, outside law enforcement, a school marshal or the trustees' advance permission, carries up to $500 and 6 months.
Carrying concealed in the restricted parts of a building used for government offices is an offense, unless the person has a permit or a recognized one from another state.
Sources for this section (3)
- MCA 45-8-356 — Where concealed weapon may be carried -- exceptions
- MCA 45-8-361 — Possession or allowing possession of weapon in school building -- exceptions -- penalties -- seizure and forfeiture or return authorized -- definitions
- MCA 45-8-328 — Carrying concealed weapon in prohibited place -- penalty
Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of October 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed Montana attorney.