§ 35-47-9-1 — Exemptions from chapter

Indiana § 35-47-9-1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 47: WEAPONS AND INSTRUMENTS OF VIOLENCE
• Ch. 9: Possession of Firearms on School Property and School

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(a) This chapter does not apply to the
following:
(1) A:
(A) federal;
(B) state; or
(C) local;
law enforcement officer.
(2) A:
(A) qualified law enforcement officer (as defined in 18 U.S.C.
926B); or
(B) qualified retired law enforcement officer (as defined in 18
U.S.C. 926C);
if the qualified law enforcement officer or qualified retired law
enforcement officer, as applicable, carries the photographic
identification required by 18 U.S.C. 926B or 18 U.S.C. 926C.
(3) A person who may legally possess a firearm and who has been
authorized by:
(A) a school board (as defined by IC 20-26-9-4); or
(B) the body that administers a charter school established under
IC 20-24;
to carry a firearm in or on school property.
(4) Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c), a person who:
(A) may legally possess a firearm; and
(B) possesses the firearm in a motor vehicle.
(5) A person who is a school resource officer, as defined in IC 20-26-18.2-1.
(6) Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c), a person who:
(A) may legally possess a firearm; and
(B) possesses only a firearm that is:
(i) locked in the trunk of the person's motor vehicle;
(ii) kept in the glove compartment of the person's locked
motor vehicle; or
(iii) stored out of plain sight in the person's locked motor
vehicle.
(7) A person who:
(A) may legally possess a firearm; and
(B) possesses a firearm on school property in connection with
or while:
(i) attending a worship service or religious ceremony
conducted at a house of worship located on the school
property; or
(ii) carrying out the person's official duties at a house of
worship located on the school property, if the person is
employed by or a volunteer at the house of worship.
This subdivision does not affect the right of a property owner to
prohibit, in whole or in part, the possession of a firearm on a
property where a school or house of worship is located.
(b) For purposes of subsection (a)(4) and (a)(6), a person does not
include a person who is:
(1) enrolled as a student in any high school except if the person is
a high school student and is a member of a shooting sports team
and the school's principal has approved the person keeping a
firearm concealed in the person's motor vehicle on the days the
person is competing or practicing as a member of a shooting
sports team; or
(2) a former student of the school if the person is no longer
enrolled in the school due to a disciplinary action within the
previous twenty-four (24) months.
(c) For purposes of subsection (a)(4) and (a)(6), a motor vehicle
does not include a motor vehicle owned, leased, or controlled by a
school or school district unless the person who possesses the firearm
is authorized by the school or school district to possess a firearm.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.140-1994, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.172-2013, SEC.12; P.L.157-2014, SEC.4; P.L.107-2019, SEC.11; P.L.218-2023, SEC.7.