MicroTech Knives

[DDGator]

Picked up a MicroTech UTX-70 -- their smallest OTF automatic.   Its so small its cute, but seems to be making for a great EDC knife -- where its legal!

Anyone else like MicroTech knives?

[kjtrains]

I don't have one, but will be looking at this one, for sure.  I like it being small and automatic.

[CaptBW]

I have the double edge UTX 70, but I am not allowed to carry it in Michigan.

[chameleon]

Very well made knives. I have a few, but none are OTF.
That is a cool knife to own.

Actually, my screen name "Chameleon" is from an early Micro Tech knife I own, it is one of one hundred.

[kjtrains]

I wondered where that name came from!    

[IOM]

I've looked at them in the past.  Very cool OTF, but unfortunately not legal to carry in Texas.  My edc knife is a CRKT M21-14sf.  A little big, but I work around that.  David

[tracker]

Where are they legal to carry for ordinary citizens?

[yankee2500]

Here you go.
Part one.


State laws
Each individual state (and sometimes individual counties, cities, and towns) may, and often do, have laws restricting weapons including knives, often specifically mentioning switchblades. Laws often refer to blade lengths and styles to define tools with useful purposes. The definition of a legal knife is often taken in context with the situation. Some states allow police officers to declare any object, screwdriver or broken bottle as an offensive weapon.
U.S. state laws regarding possession, concealed and non-concealed carry


State--------------------------------Possession----------------------------Carry

Alabama      Legal - State Code: Title 13A Criminal Code      Legal - Allowed if not concealed - State Code: Section 13A-11-50

Alaska      Illegal - State Code: Article 2, Section 11.61.200      Illegal - State Code: Article 2, Section 11.61.200

Arizona      Legal - State Code: Arizona Criminal Code 13-3102      Legal[15] - State Code: 13-3102 A-1

Arkansas      Legal - State Code: 5-73-120      Legal as long as intent is not to use the knife as a weapon against a person. If the intent is to use it as a weapon on a person, then it is illegal to carry, especially where alcohol is served or present. State Code: 5-73-120

California      Legal - Allowed if blade is under 2 inches - State Code: California Penal Code 653k      Legal - Allowed if blade is under 2 inches - State Code: California Penal Code 12020

Colorado      Illegal - State Code: Criminal Code Section 18-12-101      Illegal - State Code: Criminal Code Section 18-12-101

Connecticut      Legal - State Code: Sec. 53-206''      Legal - Allowed if blade is under 1.5 inches - State Code: Sec. 53-206

Delaware      Illegal - State Code: Crimes & Criminal Procedure - Chapter 11 Section 222      Illegal - State Code: Chapter 11 Section 222

Florida      Legal - State Code: 790.001      Allowed if not concealed. Concealed carry allowed with permit - State Code: 790.001

Georgia      Legal - State Code: 16-11-126      Legal - if carried openly State Code: 16-11-126

Hawaii      Illegal - State Code: §134-51      Illegal - State Code: §134-51

Idaho      Legal - State Code: 18-3302      Legal Allowed, but illegal if intoxicated or exhibiting any deadly or dangerous weapon in a rude, angry or threatening manner - State Code: 18-3302

Illinois      Illegal - State Code: Criminal Code 720 ILCS 5/24-1      Illegal - State Code:720 ILCS 5/24-1

Indiana      Illegal - State Code: IC 35-47-5-2 Sec.2.(2)      Illegal - State Code: IC 35-47-5-2 Sec.2.(2)

Iowa      Legal - State Code: Crime Control and Criminal Acts - Definitions. 702.7      Legal - if not concealed - State Code: 724.4

Kansas      Illegal - State Code: Article 42. Crimes Against the Public Safety Weapons Control. Section 21-4201      Illegal - State Code: Section 21-4201

[yankee2500]

Part two  (couldn't put it all in one post)

 
State--------------------------------Possession------------------------- ---Carry

Kentucky      Legal - State Code: 500.080 Definitions for
Kentucky Penal Code      Legal - concealed carry allowed with "concealed deadly weapons permit" - State Code: 527.020

Louisiana      Illegal - State Code: Louisiana - R.S. 14:95      Illegal - State Code: Louisiana - R.S. 14:95

Maine      Illegal - State Code: Maine - Chapter. 43 17-A Section 1055      Illegal - State Code: Maine - Chapter. 43 17-A Section 1055

Maryland      Legal - State Code:§ 4-105      Legal for open carry, Illegal if concealed - State Code: § 4-101 (a).(5).(ii) -- definition § 4-101 (c).(1-2)

Massachusetts      Legal - Mass. Gen. Law Ch. 269 § 10      Illegal - Mass. Gen. Law Ch. 269 § 10

Michigan      Illegal - State Code: 750.226a.      Illegal - State Code: 750.226a.

Minnesota      Illegal - with exceptions made for collectors and/or possession as curios or antiques -
State Code: Section 609.66 Subdivision 1 State Code: Section 609.02 Subdivision 6
Illegal - State Code: Section 609.66 Subdivision 1
State Code: Section 609.02 Subdivision 6

Mississippi      Legal - State Code: Crimes Section § 97-37-1      Legal - Allowed if not concealed or intoxicated - State Code: Crimes Section § 97-37-1

Missouri      Illegal - with exceptions made for collectors and/or possession as curios or antiques - State Code: Chapter 571, Weapons Offenses 571.020.1.(7)      Illegal - State Code: Chapter 571, Weapons Offenses 571.020.1.(7)

Montana      Illegal - with exceptions made for collectors and/or possession as curios or antiques - State Code: 45-8-331      Illegal - State Code: 45-8-331

Nebraska      Legal - State Code: Crimes and Punishments. 28-1201      Legal - Allowed if not concealed - State Code: Crimes and Punishments. 28-1201

Nevada      Legal - with permit - State Code: NRS 202.355      Illegal - State Code: NRS 202.355

New Hampshire      Legal      Legal
New Jersey      Illegal - State Code: Code of Criminal Justice - 2C:39-3      Illegal - State Code: Code of Criminal Justice
- 2C:39-3e]

New Mexico      Illegal - State Code: Criminal Offenses - 30-1-12      Illegal - State Code: Criminal Offenses - 30-1-12

New York      Legal - for the purpose of hunting or fishing if possessed by a person who has a valid hunting or fishing license - State Code: Penal Law Section 265.01, 265.20(6)      Legal - if carried while hunting or fishing by a person who has a valid hunting or fishing license - State Code: Penal Law Section 265.01, 265.20(6)

North Carolina      Legal - State Code: 14-269"      Illegal - Allowed if not concealed - State Code: 14-269"

North Dakota      Legal - State Code: Criminal Code - Weapons - 62.1-04-02      Legal - Allowed if not concealed - State Code: Criminal Code - Weapons - 62.1-04-02

Ohio      Legal - only ballistic knives are addressed in state law - State Code: § 2923.12      Legal - only ballistic knives are addressed in state law - State Code: § 2923.12
Oklahoma      Legal - State Code: §21-1272.      Illegal - State Code: §21-1272.
Oregon      legal - State Code: 166.240      Legal - Allowed if not concealed State Code: 166.240

Pennsylvania      Illegal - with exceptions made for collectors and/or possession as curios or antiques - [State Code: Pa. C.S.A. 18.908][1]      Illegal [State Code: Pa. C.S.A. 18.908][2]

Rhode Island      Legal unless blade is a dagger, dirk, or stiletto - State Code: 11-47-42      Legal unless blade is a dagger, dirk, or stiletto or concealed while containing a blade length of over 3 inches - State Code: 11-47-42

South Carolina      Legal - State Code: 16-23-460      Illegal - State Code: 16-23-460

South Dakota      Legal - State Code: 22-14-19      Legal - State Code: 22-14-19

Tennessee      Illegal - with exceptions made for collectors and/or possession as curios or antiques - State Code: 39-17-1302 (c) (1)      Illegal - State Code: 39-17-1302

Texas      Illegal - with exceptions made for collectors and/or possession as curios or antiques - State Code: Health, Safety & Morals - 46.02      Illegal - State Code: Health, Safety & Morals - 46.02

Utah      Legal - State Code: Offenses Against Public Health and Safety - 76-10-504      Legal - Allowed if not concealed; concealed carry allowed with permit or license - State Code: Offenses Against Public Health and Safety - 76-10-504

Vermont      Illegal - State Code: Ch. 85 Weapons - T.13-4003      Illegal - State Code: Ch. 85 Weapons - T.13-4003

Virginia      Illegal if for sale, and possession is prima facie evidence of intent to sell - State Code: 18.2-311      Illegal - State Code: 18.2-308

Washington      Illegal - State Code: RCW 9.41.250      Illegal - State Code: RCW 9.41.250

West Virginia      Legal - State Code: §61-7-2      Legal - Allowed if not concealed; concealed carry allowed with permit or license - State Code: §61-7-2

Wisconsin      Illegal - State Code: 941.24      Illegal - State Code: 941.24

Wyoming      Legal - State Code: Statutes 6-8-104      Legal - Allowed if not concealed -State Code: Statutes 6-8-104
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John

[tracker]

I think I will just assume that automatic knives are illegal to carry for most of us. Kentucky makes some sense and thanks for posting these laws.

[MountainMan]

I have three Socoms that are thumb assist opening MicroTechs - two 4 inch blades and one 3 inch.  They are better made than most custom tactical knives.

[yankee2500]

I like the switchblade law in Arkansas


Arkansas    *Posses*  Legal - State Code: 5-73-120   *Carry*   Legal as long as intent is not to use the knife as a weapon against a person. If the intent is to use it as a weapon on a person, then it is illegal to carry, especially where alcohol is served or present. State Code: 5-73-120


They must have had the entire brain trust of the state work that out

John

[tracker]

I liked that one, too; i.e., don't even think about it.

[DDGator]

I am in Florida, so its legal for me to carry with a Concealed Weapon Permit.

Ironically though -- its really too small to be a weapon.

[Brenden]

Wish it were that way in Michigan..

Close as I can go is a Kershaw "flipper"!!