Oklahoma § 21-1290.22

§ 21-1290.22.

Business owner's rights.

BUSINESS OWNER'S RIGHTS

A. Except as provided in subsections B, C and D of this

section, nothing contained in any provision of the Oklahoma SelfDefense Act shall be construed to limit, restrict or prohibit in any

manner the existing rights of any person, property owner, tenant,

employer, liquor store, place of worship or business entity to

control the possession of weapons on any property owned or

controlled by the person or business entity.

B. No person, property owner, tenant, employer, liquor store,

holder of an event permit, place of worship or business entity shall

be permitted to establish any policy or rule that has the effect of

prohibiting any person, except a convicted felon, from transporting

and storing firearms in a locked vehicle on any property set aside

for any vehicle.

C. A property owner, tenant, employer, liquor store, place of

worship or business entity may prohibit any person from carrying a

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concealed or unconcealed firearm on the property. If the building

or property is open to the public, the property owner, tenant,

employer, liquor store, place of worship or business entity shall

post signs on or about the property stating such prohibition.

D. No person, property owner, tenant, employer, liquor store,

holder of an event permit, place of worship or business entity shall

be permitted to establish any policy or rule that has the effect of

prohibiting any person from carrying a concealed or unconcealed

firearm on property within the specific exclusion provided for in

paragraph 4 of subsection B of Section 1277 of this title; provided

that carrying a concealed or unconcealed firearm may be prohibited

in the following places:

1. The portion of a public property structure or building

during an event authorized by the city, town, county, state or

federal governmental authority owning or controlling such building

or structure;

2. Any public property sports field including any adjacent

seating or adjacent area set aside for viewing a sporting event,

where an elementary or secondary school, collegiate, or professional

sporting event or an International Olympic Committee or organization

or any committee subordinate to the International Olympic Committee

event is being held;

3. The fairgrounds during the Oklahoma State Fair or the Tulsa

State Fair; and

4. The portion of a public property structure or building that

is leased or under contract to a business or not-for-profit entity

or group for offices.

E. The otherwise lawful carrying of a concealed or unconcealed

firearm by a person on property that has signs prohibiting the

carrying of firearms shall subject the person to being denied

entrance onto the property or removed from the property. If the

person:

1. Has been informed by the property owner, business entity or

manager of the business that the person is in violation of a policy

that prohibits firearms on the property; and

2. Refuses to leave the property and a peace officer is

summoned, the person shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a

misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty

Dollars ($250.00).

F. A person, property owner, tenant, employer, liquor store,

holder of an event permit, place of worship or business entity that

does or does not prohibit any individual, except a convicted felon,

from carrying a loaded or unloaded, concealed or unconcealed weapon

on property that the person, property owner, tenant, employer,

liquor store, holder of an event permit, place of worship or

business entity owns, or has legal control of, is immune from any

liability arising from that decision. Except for acts of gross

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negligence or willful or wanton misconduct, an employer who does or

does not prohibit his or her employees from carrying a concealed or

unconcealed weapon is immune from any liability arising from that

decision. A person, property owner, tenant, employer, liquor store,

holder of an event permit, place of worship or business entity that

does not prohibit persons from carrying a concealed or unconcealed

weapon pursuant to subsection D of this section shall be immune from

any liability arising from the carrying of a concealed or

unconcealed weapon, while in the scope of employment, on the

property or in or about a business entity vehicle. The provisions

of this subsection shall not apply to claims pursuant to the

Administrative Workers' Compensation Act.

G. It shall not be considered part of an employee's job

description or within the employee's scope of employment if an

employee is allowed to carry or discharge a weapon pursuant to this

section.

H. Nothing in subsections F and G of this section shall prevent

an employer, employee or person who has suffered loss resulting from

the discharge of a weapon to seek redress or damages of the person

who discharged the weapon or used the weapon outside the provisions

of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act.

Added by Laws 1995, c. 272, § 22, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by

Laws 1996, c. 191, § 19, emerg. eff. May 16, 1996; Laws 2004, c. 39,

§ 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2004; Laws 2013, c. 366, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2013;

Laws 2016, c. 18, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2016; Laws 2017, c. 358, § 1,

eff. Nov. 1, 2017; Laws 2019, c. 1, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 2019; Laws

2021, c. 291, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.