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Knife Laws of the 50 States (and D.C.)

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ALABAMA ALASKA ARIZONA ARKANSAS CALIFORNIA COLORADO CONNECTICUT DELAWARE   DISTRICT of COLUMBIA FLORIDA GEORGIA HAWAII IDAHO

ILLINOIS INDIANA IOWA KANSAS KENTUCKY LOUISIANA MAINE MARYLAND MASSACHUSETTS MICHIGAN MINNESOTA MISSISSIPPI MISSOURI

MONTANA NEBRASKA NEVADA NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW JERSEY NEW MEXICO NEW YORK NORTH CAROLINA NORTH DAKOTA OHIO OKLAHOMA OREGON PENNSYLVANIA

RHODE ISLAND SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTH DAKOTA TENNESSEE TEXAS UTAH VERMONT VIRGINIA WASHINGTON WEST VIRGINIA WISCONSIN WYOMING

IMPORTANT NOTES:
1) These are abridged extracts ONLY from those state laws explicitly mentioning knives.

2) Most states have additional laws regarding the use of weapons in the commission of crimes. The laws collected here are only those in which possession or carry of a knife is the
only crime.

3) Research was conducted in September 1996; new laws or amendments may have been passed since then. I have included later updates and revisions for many states, but not all. See notes for each state.

4) Some cities or counties may have additional or more restrictive local laws (e.g. New York City).

5) "None found" means just that. It does not mean that the state has no knife laws, but only that I cannot find any.

BERNARD LEVINE

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