Compare state laws
What changes when you cross a state line? Pick the state you're leaving and the state you're entering.
Each comparison is built live from LawLert's database across 13 categories — fireworks, firearms, alcohol, driving, burn bans, fishing, taxes, cannabis, hunting, gambling, boating, knives and drones. A category is flagged when any of its rules has a different status in the state you're entering, and every rule links to its official source with the date it was verified.
New to this? Read how the law changes when you cross state lines first, or browse every state's laws by category.
- California → NevadaCA → NV
- New York → New JerseyNY → NJ
- Texas → OklahomaTX → OK
- Washington → IdahoWA → ID
- Nevada → CaliforniaNV → CA
- New Jersey → New YorkNJ → NY
- Arizona → CaliforniaAZ → CA
- Oregon → WashingtonOR → WA
- Florida → GeorgiaFL → GA
- Illinois → WisconsinIL → WI
- Pennsylvania → New JerseyPA → NJ
- Colorado → UtahCO → UT
Grouped by the state you're crossing into. Alaska and Hawaii share no land border with another state — use the picker above to compare them with anywhere.
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Crossing into Arkansas
Crossing into California
Crossing into Colorado
Crossing into Connecticut
Crossing into Delaware
Crossing into District of Columbia
Crossing into Florida
Crossing into Georgia
Crossing into Idaho
Crossing into Illinois
Crossing into Indiana
Crossing into Iowa
Crossing into Kansas
Crossing into Kentucky
Crossing into Louisiana
Crossing into Maine
Crossing into Maryland
Crossing into Massachusetts
Crossing into Michigan
Crossing into Minnesota
Crossing into Mississippi
Crossing into Missouri
Crossing into Montana
Crossing into Nebraska
Crossing into Nevada
Crossing into New Hampshire
Crossing into New Jersey
Crossing into New Mexico
Crossing into New York
Crossing into North Carolina
Crossing into North Dakota
Crossing into Ohio
Crossing into Oklahoma
Crossing into Oregon
Crossing into Pennsylvania
Crossing into Rhode Island
Crossing into South Carolina
Crossing into South Dakota
Crossing into Tennessee
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Crossing into Utah
Crossing into Vermont
Crossing into Virginia
Crossing into Washington
Crossing into West Virginia
Crossing into Wisconsin
Crossing into Wyoming
Whether your concealed-carry permit is honored across the line is its own question — read how reciprocity works, then check the destination state's reciprocity page from its comparison.