Alabama Drone Laws (2026): Privacy, Prisons & Police Warrants
Alabama has no drone privacy law or police warrant statute. See how general surveillance and trespass law apply, plus prison, event, and shoot-down rules.
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Drone Laws
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Alaska Drone Laws (2026): Police Warrants, Hunting & Privacy
Alaska requires a warrant for police drone use and bans drones for hunting, but has no civilian privacy statute. See the laws, cases, and shoot-down rules.
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Arizona Drone Laws (2026): Privacy, Critical Facilities & Warrants
Arizona has no civilian drone privacy law, but bans drones near critical facilities, preempts local ordinances, and lets police disable drones near the border.
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Arkansas Drone Laws (2026): Privacy, Hunting & Shoot-Down Rules
Arkansas drone law explained: the 2025 Arkansas Privacy Act, the drone voyeurism statute, hunting-scout bans, and why shooting down a drone is a federal felony.
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California Drone Laws (2026): Privacy, Fires & Shoot-Down Rules
California's anti-paparazzi law, Civil Code Section 1708.8, lets you sue over a drone flown into your airspace to record a private moment.
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Colorado Drone Laws (2026): Privacy, Hunting & Shoot-Down Rules
Colorado has no drone-specific privacy statute, so a claim relies on trespass, nuisance, and the 1937 airspace-ownership law, Colo. Rev. Stat. Section 41-1-107.
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Connecticut Drone Laws (2026): Privacy & Penalties
Connecticut has no drone-specific privacy law, but voyeurism, 2025 critical-infrastructure, and weaponization statutes all reach drone use in the state.
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Delaware Drone Laws (2026): Privacy & Penalties
Delaware bars drones over events, critical infrastructure, and emergencies, exempts police, and makes prison-contraband delivery by drone a felony.
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Florida Drone Laws 2026: Privacy, Warrants & Penalties
Florida rewrote its drone privacy law effective October 1, 2025. See what Fla. Stat. Section 934.50 requires, the police-warrant rule, and the penalties for violating it.
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Georgia Drone Laws 2026: Privacy, Prisons & Preemption
Georgia has no drone-specific privacy statute, so drone surveillance is prosecuted under the general invasion-of-privacy law, O.C.G.A. Section 16-11-62.
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Hawaii Drone Laws 2026: Trespass, Privacy & Warrants
Hawaii bans flying a drone within 50 feet of a home to harass someone under HRS Section 711-1125 (renumbered from 711-1114), and criminalizes drone surveillance of private places.
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Idaho Drone Laws (2026): Privacy, Police Warrants, and Hunting Rules
Idaho Code 21-213 lets you sue anyone, including police, for filming you with a drone for publication without consent. Warrant, hunting, and shoot-down rules.
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Illinois Drone Laws (2026): Police Warrants, Privacy, and Hunting
Illinois requires police to get a warrant before using a drone, under the Freedom from Drone Surveillance Act. Civilian privacy and hunting rules explained.
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Indiana Drone Laws (2026): Police Warrants, Voyeurism, Hunting
Indiana Code 35-33-5-9 requires police to get a warrant before drone surveillance of private property. See the voyeurism law, hunting ban, and shoot-down rules.
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Iowa Drone Laws: Homestead, Farmstead & Warrant Rules
Iowa Code chapter 715E bars drone intrusion and surveillance over homes and farms. See warrant rules under section 808.15, penalties, and injunctions.
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Kansas Drone Laws: Stalking Act & Privacy Rules Explained
Kansas has no dedicated drone-privacy law. Drone surveillance falls under the stalking act, K.S.A. 60-31a02, plus a 2025 foreign-drone procurement ban.
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Kentucky Drone Laws: KRS 500.130 Privacy Rules & Warrants
Kentucky requires a police drone warrant and, since June 2025, bars civilian drone surveillance under KRS 500.130(12), with a civil suit under KRS 411.067.
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Louisiana Drone Laws: Privacy, Critical Infrastructure & Shoot-Down Rules
Louisiana's video voyeurism law, La. R.S. 14:283, covers drone cameras and requires sex offender registration on conviction for violators.
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Maine Drone Laws: Police Warrant Rules & Privacy Explained
Maine requires police to get a warrant, often with Attorney General sign-off, before flying a drone under 25 M.R.S. Section 4501. See the warrant rule and its exceptions.
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Maryland Drone Laws: Privacy, Trespass & Warrant Rules Explained
Maryland has no civilian drone-privacy statute, so disputes rely on common-law claims like Furman v. Sheppard and general trespass law.
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Massachusetts Drone Laws (2026): Privacy, Trespass, and Warrant Rules
Massachusetts has no drone-specific privacy statute. Learn how trespass, the all-party wiretap law, harassment law, and pending 2026 legislation govern drones.
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Michigan Drone Laws (2026): Privacy Statute, Preemption, and Warrants
Michigan bars drone harassment and privacy invasion under MCL 259.322, preempts local drone ordinances, and limits warrant protection per Long Lake Township v.
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Minnesota Drone Laws (2026): Police Warrants, Privacy, and Reporting
Minnesota requires a warrant for police drone use under Minn. Stat. 626.19 and bans facial recognition or protest surveillance without one.
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Mississippi Drone Laws (2026): Privacy, Prisons & Warrants
Mississippi has no general drone-privacy statute, but its 2021 law bans unconsented drone surveillance of prisons and critical infrastructure.
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Missouri Drone Laws (2026): Stadiums, Prisons & Privacy
Missouri has no drone-privacy statute or warrant requirement, but Mo. Rev. Stat. Section 577.800 bans flying a drone over open-air venues, correctional centers, and critical infrastructure.
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Montana Drone Laws (2026): Warrants, Trespass & Hunting
Montana bars using drone-gathered evidence against you without a warrant, and its 2025 law makes low-altitude drone flights over private land a trespass.
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Nebraska Drone Laws: Trespass, Privacy & Wildlife Rules
Nebraska has no dedicated drone-privacy statute, but drone surveillance is a crime under Neb. Rev. Stat. 28-521 and 28-311.08. See warrant and hunting rules.
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Nevada Drone Laws: Trespass, Warrants & Critical Facilities
Nevada drone law under NRS 493: civil trespass for low overflights, a police warrant requirement, critical-facility buffers, and a weaponized-drone felony.
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New Hampshire Drone Laws: RSA 644:23 & Privacy Rules (2026)
New Hampshire's new drone statute, RSA 644:23, took effect Jan. 1, 2026. Learn how it, RSA 644:9 privacy law, and hunting rules govern drones in the state.
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New Jersey Drone Laws (2026): Privacy, Prisons & the Drone Panic
New Jersey criminalizes drone surveillance of correctional facilities and drone-based voyeurism under N.J.S.A. 2C:40-27 through 2C:40-30, but sets no police warrant rule.
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New Mexico Drone Laws (2026): Privacy, Hunting & Border Bills
New Mexico has no enacted drone privacy statute, four bills have failed since 2013, but its voyeurism statute, NMSA 30-9-20, can still reach a drone-mounted camera.
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New York Drone Laws (2026): NYC Rules, Privacy & Prisons
New York drone law explained: why the state has no single drone statute, NYC's strict permit regime, the prison-contraband problem, and shoot-down rules.
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North Carolina Drone Laws: G.S. 15A-300.1 Privacy Rules
North Carolina bars drone surveillance without consent under G.S. 15A-300.1, generally requires a police warrant, and bans drone flights near prisons.
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North Dakota Drone Laws: N.D.C.C. 29-29.4 Warrant Rules
North Dakota requires a police drone warrant under N.D.C.C. 29-29.4, with 4 exceptions, and bans lethal drone weapons while allowing less-lethal ones.
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Ohio Drone Laws: New Police Warrant Rule (HB 251, 2026)
Ohio requires a police drone warrant under new HB 251 (signed July 2026); ORC 4561.51 already bars drone flights near prisons, plants, and hospitals.
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Oklahoma Drone Laws 2026: Privacy, Prisons & Penalties
Oklahoma bans drone surveillance under 21 O.S. Section 1743, adds felony trespass tiers near critical infrastructure, and treats shoot-downs as a federal crime.
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Oregon Drone Laws 2026: Police Warrants, Privacy & Penalties
Oregon bans warrantless police drone surveillance under ORS 837.310 and bars weaponized drones under ORS 837.365, with civil remedies for repeat drone trespass.
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Pennsylvania Drone Laws 2026: Privacy, Hunting & Penalties
Pennsylvania bans drone surveillance and threats under 18 Pa.C.S. Section 3505 and makes prison contraband delivery by drone a second-degree felony.
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Rhode Island Drone Laws: Privacy, Trespass, and Voyeurism Rules
Rhode Island has no drone-specific privacy law. Drone spying is charged as video voyeurism or trespass. See warrant, preemption, and shoot-down rules.
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South Carolina Drone Laws: 2027 Prison-Drone Act & Privacy Rules
South Carolina's Drone Regulation and Public Safety Act, signed May 2026 and effective January 1, 2027, sets a 1,500-foot prison buffer with new felonies.
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South Dakota Drone Laws: Privacy, Trespass, and Prison Rules
South Dakota bans drone spying, landing on private land without consent, and flying over prisons under SDCL 50-15. See warrant, hunting, and felony rules.
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Tennessee Drone Laws (2026): Warrants, Privacy & Shoot-Downs
Tenn. Code Ann. Section 39-13-609 requires police to get a warrant before using a drone to gather evidence. See the exceptions and evidence-deletion rule.
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Texas Drone Laws (2026): Chapter 423, Privacy & McCraw
Texas Chapter 423 makes it a crime to capture surveillance images by drone, and the Fifth Circuit upheld the law in National Press Photographers Association v. McCraw.
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Utah Drone Laws (2026): Police Warrants, Prisons & Privacy
Utah Code Section 72-10-802 requires police to get a warrant before using drone-collected data as evidence in most circumstances.
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Vermont Drone Laws: Privacy Statute, Warrants & Penalties
Vermont bars drones below 100 feet over private land without consent and requires a police warrant for drone investigations under 20 V.S.A. sections 4622, 4626.
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Virginia Drone Laws: Warrants, Trespass & Felony Zones
Virginia requires a police drone warrant under Va. Code 19.2-60.1 and criminalizes drone trespass and critical-infrastructure flights under section 18.2-121.3.
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Washington DC Drone Laws (2026): Rules & Restrictions
Washington DC sits in a federal no-fly zone and has no drone-specific privacy statute. See how DC's flight restrictions and general laws apply.
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Washington Drone Laws: Voyeurism, Warrants & Penalties
Washington has no drone-privacy statute or warrant law; RCW 9A.44.115 voyeurism and WAC 220-413-070 wildlife rules fill the gap after two bills failed.
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West Virginia Drone Laws (2026): Privacy & Penalties
West Virginia has banned drone spying since 2018, expanded in 2023, under W. Va. Code Section 61-16-2. See the penalties and felony provisions.
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Wisconsin Drone Laws (2026): Privacy, Warrants & New Rules
Wisconsin bans spying with a drone, requires a police warrant before drone evidence, and as of April 2026 restricts flights over schools and utilities.
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Wyoming Drone Laws (2026): Trespass, Infrastructure & Hunting
Wyoming's 2025 law, W.S. 19-13-503, added felony penalties for flying drones over critical infrastructure and a new low-altitude interference penalty.
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