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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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 drone law explained: the Civil Code 1708.8 anti-paparazzi statute, emergency-scene interference rules, and why shooting down a drone is a federal
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Colorado Drone Laws (2026): Privacy, Hunting & Shoot-Down Rules
Colorado drone law explained: airspace ownership, the invasion-of-privacy and obstruction statutes, the drone hunting-scout ban, and the federal shoot-down
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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's drone privacy law was rewritten October 1, 2025. See what Fla. Stat. § 934.50 and § 330.41 actually require, plus the police-warrant rule and
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Georgia Drone Laws 2026: Privacy, Prisons & Preemption
Georgia has no drone-specific privacy statute. See how O.C.G.A. § 16-11-62, the state's local-ordinance preemption, and its prison-drone felony law actually
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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 and criminalizes drone surveillance of private places. See HRS §§ 711-1114, 711-1111 and
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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 drone law explained: the video voyeurism statute's UAS provisions, the targeted-facility surveillance ban, police drone rules, and why shooting down
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Maine Drone Laws: Police Warrant Rules & Privacy Explained
Maine drone law explained: the 25 M.R.S. 4501 warrant requirement for police drones, weaponization and free-speech limits, civilian privacy law, and the
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Maryland Drone Laws: Privacy, Trespass & Warrant Rules Explained
Maryland drone law explained: why there is no civilian drone-privacy statute, the Furman v. Sheppard privacy case, state preemption of local drone rules, and
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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, bans facial recognition and protest surveillance, and mandates annual public
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Mississippi Drone Laws (2026): Privacy, Prisons & Warrants
Mississippi has no general drone-privacy statute, but bans unconsented surveillance of prisons and critical infrastructure and covers drones under its
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Missouri Drone Laws (2026): Stadiums, Prisons & Privacy
Missouri bans drones over open-air stadiums and prisons and covers drone peeping under its invasion of privacy law, but police need no warrant to fly one. See
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Montana Drone Laws (2026): Warrants, Trespass & Hunting
Montana requires a warrant before drone evidence is admissible against you and bans low-altitude drone flights over private land. See the 2025 trespass law and
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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 drone law explained: the 2018 privacy and correctional-facility statutes, the 2024-2025 mystery-drone panic, and why shooting down a drone is a
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New Mexico Drone Laws (2026): Privacy, Hunting & Border Bills
New Mexico drone law explained: why four privacy bills have failed since 2013, how the existing voyeurism statute can still reach a drone camera, and hunting
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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, bars weaponized drones, and lets property owners sue for repeat drone trespass. See the
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Pennsylvania Drone Laws 2026: Privacy, Hunting & Penalties
Pennsylvania bans drone surveillance and threats under 18 Pa.C.S. Section 3505, makes prison contraband delivery a felony, and bars drones from hunting. See
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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, effective Jan. 1, 2027) sets a 1,500-ft prison buffer and new felonies. Full rules
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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
Tennessee drone law explained: the Section 39-13-609 police warrant statute, what happens without a drone-specific privacy law, and the federal shoot-down
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Texas Drone Laws (2026): Chapter 423, Privacy & McCraw
Texas drone law explained: the Chapter 423 surveillance-image offense, critical infrastructure no-fly rules, and what the Fifth Circuit actually held in NPPA
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Utah Drone Laws (2026): Police Warrants, Prisons & Privacy
Utah drone law explained: the confirmed Section 72-10-802 police warrant requirement, weaponized-drone and prison offenses, and why shooting one down is a
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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 bars drones from spying on you or your property and adds felony penalties for armed drones and flights near critical infrastructure. See the
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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 added felony drone rules for critical infrastructure and a new low-flight penalty in 2025. See the hunting ban and how it ties to mystery drone
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