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Pennsylvania Duty to Inform Police Laws (2026)
Conditional: No proactive duty — but when carrying a firearm concealed on the person or in a vehicle, a licensee must produce the license for inspection UPON LAWFUL DEMAND of a law-enforcement officer (18 Pa.C.S. § 6122(a)); failure to produce it creates a rebuttable presumption of non-licensure.
No proactive duty — but when carrying a firearm concealed on the person or in a vehicle, a licensee must produce the license for inspection UPON LAWFUL DEMAND of a law-enforcement officer (18 Pa.C.S. § 6122(a)); failure to produce it creates a rebuttable presumption of non-licensure. Unchanged since 1997.
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