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Pistol Permit and Some Weapon Laws

Some Weapon Laws | States That Honor Our Pistol Permit
 

Where to Get Permit?
You may apply for a Concealed Pistol Permit at the Hamlin County Sheriff's Office during normal office hours (Monday to Friday: 8:00am to 5:00pm). You will need your South Dakota driver's license, have no felony records, be over the age of 18, live in Hamlin County and ten dollars. If you have any questions please feel free to call the Sheriff's Office at (605) 783-3232 or for Castlewood residents call (605) 793-9161 during normal business hours.


In the state of South Dakota a concealed pistol may be carried with a valid concealed pistol permit honored in South Dakota and that is allowed by state and local laws. Some, not all, South Dakota state laws are posted below.
 

* No person may discharge a firearm while on that portion of public waters of this state that inundate privately-owned property from a location which is within 660 feet of an occupied dwelling, church, schoolhouse, or livestock being held in a confined area according to standard animal husbandry practices. However, a landowner or any person receiving permission from the landowner may discharge a firearm while on that portion of public waters that inundate the private property of that landowner. (SDCL 41-9-1.4)

* No person may possess any firearm in a courthouse, at any school, or parking lot of a school (vehicles are included). (SDCL 13-32-7 and SDCL 22-14-23)

* Any type of firearm cannot be carried on a snowmobile unless the firearm is COMPLETELY UNLOADED AND ENCASED! (SDCL 32-20A-11)

* No person who has the intent to commit a felony may carry a weapon. (SDCL 22-14-8)

* Any intoxicated person MAY NOT carry a firearm. (SDCL 22-14-7) No person may possess a firearm while in an alcohol establishment (example: bar) which derives over one half of its income from the sale of malt or alcoholic beverages. (SDCL 23-7-8.1)

* No person may fire or discharge a weapon or firearm from a vehicle that is moving or at an occupied structure. (SDCL 22-14-20 and SDCL 22-14-21)

* A firearm with an altered serial number MAY NOT be possess by any person. (SDCL 22-14-5)

* No person may provide a weapon or firearm to another person prohibited by law from such possession. (SDCL 22-14-16)

* You do not need a concealed pistol permit in your own home, your property, your place of business, any closed and locked compartment of a vehicle, or in a closed container which will be too large to be effectively concealed from a person's clothing. (SDCL 22-14-11 and SDCL 22-44-10)

* No person may sell, transfer, give, loan, furnish, or deliver a firearm or firearm ammunition to any person under the age of eighteen years if such person knows or reasonably believes that the minor recipient of the transfer intended, at the time of transfer, to use the firearm or ammunition in the commission or attempted commission of a crime of violence as defined in subdivision 22-1-2(9). (SDCL 23-7-46)

 

States that Honor Our Permits:

On July 1st 2005 South Dakota became a recognition state for concealed carry permits.  South Dakota will honor all 50 states that have a valid concealed permit that follows SDCL 23-7-7.4.  The following states below have agreements with South Dakota and are honored in South Dakota and South Dakota permits are honored in that state.

The South:
* Alabama
* Florida
* Georgia
* Kentucky
* Louisiana

* Mississippi
* Oklahoma
* Texas
* Tennessee
* North Carolina

 

The Northeast:
* West Virginia

 

The Midwest:
* South Dakota
* Indiana
* Michigan
* Montana
* North Dakota
* Wyoming

 

The West
* Alaska
* Colorado (Age +21)
* Idaho
* Utah


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