Oklahoma § 40-169 - Hiring armed guards without permit a felony

§ 40-169. Hiring armed guards without permit a felony

Any person who shall hire, aid, abet or assist in hiring through

private detective agencies or otherwise, persons to guard with arms

or deadly weapons of any kind, other persons or property, or any

person who shall come into this state armed with deadly weapons of

any kind for any such purpose, without a permit, in writing, from

the Governor, shall be guilty of a Class D1 felony offense, and on

conviction thereof shall be imprisoned as provided for in

subsections B through F of Section 20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma

Statutes. Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be

construed to interfere with the right of any person, corporations,

society, association or organization in guarding and protecting

their property as provided by law; but this section shall be

construed only to apply in cases where workmen are brought into the

state or induced to go from one place to another in the state by any

false pretenses, false advertising, or deceptive representation, or

brought into the state under arms or removed from one place to

another in the state under arms.

R.L. 1910, § 3767. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 454, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 331, eff. July 1, 1999;

Laws 2025, c. 486, § 502, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective

date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 454 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.