It is LEGAL to have a loaded firearm, including carrying a loaded concealed firearm, in your residence, and on your real property without a concealed firearm permit.
This includes any temporary residence such as a hotel, motel, camp, tent, trailer, etc. See the law for Innkeeper’s (hotel) rights below.

It is LEGAL to carry a dangerous weapon while under the influence of alcohol or drugs in your residence if you use or threaten to use force in compliance with Section 76-2-402, or you are carrying a dangerous weapon or firearm in your home or someone else’s home, as long as you have their permission to have the firearm in their home.
There is a lot more information described in 76-11-217 that you must know is illegal or legal about carrying a dangerous weapon while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

NOTE: Utah law does not define real property, but it means buildings (your house), structures (barns, garages, sheds), land, crops, mineral and water rights (wells, canals, ponds, dams), roads, and equipment permanently attached or fixed to the land. Anything that is not real property is personal property, and personal property is anything that isn’t nailed down, dug into, or built onto the land.

It is ILLEGAL to carry a firearm into a homeless shelter as described in 53-5a-103.5 if a local or state government entity exercises authority over it, but they may not prohibit the possession of a firearm on the grounds outside of a homeless shelter.
If a local or state governmental entity prohibits the possession of a firearm, it must:

  • Display readily visible signage at all public entrances of the homeless shelter indicating that firearms are not permitted inside the homeless shelter.
  • Provide a means of detecting a firearm at all public entrances to the homeless shelter.
  • Ensure an individual is physically present at a public entrance to the homeless shelter when the public entrance to the homeless shelter is in use.
  • Provide secure storage for a firearm while an individual is inside the homeless shelter
  • Prohibit the collection of information about a firearm that is stored at the homeless shelter, including taking a photograph of the firearm or recording the serial number of the firearm.
  • A stored firearm in a homeless shelter that is abandoned for more than seven days by the owner of the firearm may be relinquished by the homeless shelter to a law enforcement agency for disposal.

Restrictions:
You cannot have a firearm in your residence if;
• You sign a lease agreement or other document with the landlord (owner of the property) for an apartment, room of a house, condominium, duplex, townhome, etc. which specifically states that you cannot have a firearm on the property.
• Notice has been given, that firearms are prohibited by personal communication (private letters, memos, emails, etc.) to you by the owner, lessee, or person with lawful right of possession of the private residence or a person with authority to act for the person or posting of signs reasonably likely to come to the attention of persons entering the private residence.

You can get evicted and charged with an infraction if the police are notified. You will not lose your concealed firearm permit if you have one.

An owner who has granted the lawful right of possession to a renter or lessee cannot restrict the renter or lessee from lawfully possessing a firearm in the residence. At no time while you are living there, can a landlord prohibit you from having a firearm in your residence if there is no personal communication or a sign posted on the residence as described in 76-11-219.

Property Owner Exempt From Civil and Criminally Liability
A person who allows an individual, who is legally allowed to possess a firearm, to bring the firearm onto the owner’s property is not civilly or criminally liable for any damage or harm resulting from the discharge of the firearm while on the owner’s property as described in 53-5a-103.

Laws

  • 29-2-102. Definitions. (Innkeeper, hotel, inn, etc.)
  • 29-2-103. Innkeeper’s rights — Liability — Prohibition on discrimination.
  • 53-5a-102.3. Possession of a firearm at a residence or on real property.
  • 53-5a-103. Discharge of firearm on private property — Liability.
  • 53-5a-103.5.  Firearm regulation in homeless shelters.
  • 76-10-501. Definitions.
    As used in this part:
    (20) “Residence” means an improvement to real property used or occupied as a primary or secondary residence.
  • 76-11-217.  Carrying a dangerous weapon while under the influence of alcohol or drugs
  • 76-11-219. Trespass with a firearm in a house of worship or a private residence.