Carry Permit Limitations

January 11, 2016

Title 12 § 159:19. Courtroom Security.
a. Carrying of firearms, either concealed or open or either licensed or unlicensed, in a courtroom or any area used by the court is not permissible. Violation of this section is considered as class B felony.
b. Courthouse security personnel has the right to secure firearms from a carrier.
c. Under this section, “area used by the court” as used in the first paragraph refers to any facility utilized by the court including courtrooms, deliberation rooms, jury assembly rooms, conference rooms, interview rooms, holding facilities, stairways, corridors, waiting areas and even elevators.
d. This section is not applicable to marshals, deputy sheriffs, sheriffs and peace officers who are on active duty or who are authorized by the court to bring the weapon as an evidence of a crime.
e. The absence of notice of such law on a court building’s public entrance may be used as an affirmative defense.