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Mississippi Switchblade & Automatic Knife Laws (2026)

Conditional: Switchblades/automatics are legal to own and open-carry; Miss. Code 97-37-1 only criminalizes carrying them concealed (a misdemeanor) absent a 45-9-101 enhanced permit.

ConditionalVerified Jul 7, 2026

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Switchblade & Automatic Knife Laws in states bordering Mississippi

The same rule in each neighboring state LawLert has verified, from that state’s own official source.

AlabamaPermitted
No Alabama statute bans switchblade or automatic knives; adults may own and carry them (the concealed-carry law was narrowed to only firearms by Act 2022-133).
Verified Jul 7, 2026 · Source: alison.legislature.state.al.us · Full Alabama rule →
ArkansasPermitted
Switchblades and butterfly knives are legal to own and carry; carrying a knife is an offense only if done with a purpose to unlawfully employ it as a weapon (Ark. Code 5-73-120).
Verified Jul 30, 2026 · Source: arkleg.state.ar.us · Full Arkansas rule →
LouisianaPermitted
Louisiana repealed its switchblade ban; La. R.S. 14:95 no longer restricts owning or carrying automatic/OTF knives, so adults may own and openly carry them.
Verified Jul 7, 2026 · Source: legis.la.gov · Full Louisiana rule →
TennesseePermitted
Switchblades are legal to own, possess, transfer and transport — Public Chapter 647 of 2014 removed them from the prohibited-weapons list effective July 1, 2014. But the same act made employing a switchblade during a dangerous offense a Class D felony (39-17-1307(e)) and raised the maximum fine to $6,000 where the deadly weapon is a switchblade (39-17-1307(d)(3)(B)).
Verified Jul 30, 2026 · Source: publications.tnsosfiles.com · Full Tennessee rule →

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