Pre-trip check · OH → IN
Driving from Ohio to Indiana?
The law changes the moment you cross the line — what's legal to carry, light, or do in Ohio can be a violation in Indiana. Every status below is live from LawLert's database, dated, and linked to its official source.
What changes for you (9)
Fully illegal for medical and recreational use. Only hemp-derived CBD under 0.3% THC is permitted.
Full Indiana rule · Official source · verified Jul 13, 2026
Indiana criminalizes remote aerial voyeurism: operating a drone with intent to peep into another's occupied dwelling to capture images, a Class A misdemeanor (IC 35-45-4-5).
Full Indiana rule · Official source · verified Jul 7, 2026
Hunter orange required for all deer hunters during youth, firearm or muzzleloader season, incl. walking to/from; 144 sq in required on ground blinds.
Full Indiana rule · Official source · verified Jun 18, 2026
About 53.5 cents/gallon in total state gasoline taxes (36c excise + ~17.5c gasoline use tax), excludes the 18.4c federal tax. The use-tax portion is recalculated monthly.
Full Indiana rule · Official source · verified May 31, 2026
Burning trash is illegal; open burning is generally prohibited except exempt activities. Residential burning of clean wood/leaves/brush is allowed in most counties but banned in Clark, Floyd, Lake and Porter. Land…
Full Indiana rule · Official source · verified Jun 18, 2026
No statewide knife preemption — IC 35-47-11.1 preempts only firearms, ammunition and firearm accessories, so cities and counties may regulate knives.
Full Indiana rule · Official source · verified Jul 7, 2026
Sunday carryout (off-premises) sales allowed since March 2018, generally noon–8pm Sunday; Mon–Sat 7am–3am. Repealed the prior Sunday carryout ban.
Full Indiana rule · Official source · verified May 31, 2026
Consumer fireworks are broadly legal to buy and use statewide year-round, subject to hour limits. Certain holiday dates/times are protected from local restriction; otherwise cities/counties may limit hours by ordinance…
Full Indiana rule · Official source · verified Jul 27, 2026
Red-flag law ("Jake Laird Law," IC 35-47-14). No assault-weapon ban; no registry.
Full Indiana rule · Official source · verified May 31, 2026
Same status
Matching status ≠ identical law — details, limits and penalties can still differ.
Carrying with a permit? Whether Ohio permits are honored in Indiana is its own map — check Indiana concealed-carry reciprocity. And federal land (national parks, forests) plays by federal rules in both states — see the federal-land guide.
Also from Ohio: OH → KY · OH → MI · OH → PA · OH → WV · reverse (IN → OH)
Ohio to Indiana: common questions
- Do the laws change when you drive from Ohio to Indiana?
- Yes — 9 of the 13 categories LawLert tracks have a different status in Indiana than in Ohio: cannabis, drones, hunting, taxes, burn bans, knives, alcohol, fireworks, firearms. Each is listed on this page with its current status, the official source it came from, and the date it was last verified.
- What are the cannabis laws in Indiana if I'm coming from Ohio?
- Indiana: Restricted — Fully illegal for medical and recreational use. Only hemp-derived CBD under 0.3% THC is permitted. In Ohio the same category is Permitted.
- What are the drones laws in Indiana if I'm coming from Ohio?
- Indiana: Restricted — Indiana criminalizes remote aerial voyeurism: operating a drone with intent to peep into another's occupied dwelling to capture images, a Class A misdemeanor (IC 35-45-4-5). In Ohio the same category is Info.
- What are the hunting laws in Indiana if I'm coming from Ohio?
- Indiana: Restricted — Hunter orange required for all deer hunters during youth, firearm or muzzleloader season, incl. walking to/from; 144 sq in required on ground blinds. In Ohio the same category is Conditional.
- Is my Ohio concealed carry permit honored in Indiana?
- Permit reciprocity is decided separately from the firearms status shown on this page, so it is not answered here. LawLert publishes Indiana's recognition list, with the statute or agency page behind it, at lawlertapp.com/firearms/IN/reciprocity. Permitless carry, where a state allows it, is a different question again — it does not make an out-of-state permit valid.
- How current is this Ohio to Indiana comparison?
- Every rule on this page stores the date it was last checked against its source; the oldest on this comparison is 2026-05-31. LawLert carries 6,693 rules, each with a source URL, and publishes a log of every correction it has made at lawlertapp.com/how-we-verify. Laws change — confirm anything consequential against the linked source.