{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-1290.22","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1290.22","heading":"Business owner's rights","body":"BUSINESS OWNER'S RIGHTS\n\nA. Except as provided in subsections B, C and D of this\n\nsection, nothing contained in any provision of the Oklahoma Self-\n\nDefense Act shall be construed to limit, restrict or prohibit in any\n\nmanner the existing rights of any person, property owner, tenant,\n\nemployer, liquor store, place of worship or business entity to\n\ncontrol the possession of weapons on any property owned or\n\ncontrolled by the person or business entity.\n\nB. No person, property owner, tenant, employer, liquor store,\n\nholder of an event permit, place of worship or business entity shall\n\nbe permitted to establish any policy or rule that has the effect of\n\nprohibiting any person, except a convicted felon, from transporting\n\nand storing firearms in a locked vehicle on any property set aside\n\nfor any vehicle.\n\nC. A property owner, tenant, employer, liquor store, place of\n\nworship or business entity may prohibit any person from carrying a\n\nconcealed or unconcealed firearm on the property. If the building\n\nor property is open to the public, the property owner, tenant,\n\nemployer, liquor store, place of worship or business entity shall\n\npost signs on or about the property stating such prohibition.\n\nD. No person, property owner, tenant, employer, liquor store,\n\nholder of an event permit, place of worship or business entity shall\n\nbe permitted to establish any policy or rule that has the effect of\n\nprohibiting any person from carrying a concealed or unconcealed\n\nfirearm on property within the specific exclusion provided for in\n\nparagraph 4 of subsection B of Section 1277 of this title; provided\n\nthat carrying a concealed or unconcealed firearm may be prohibited\n\nin the following places:\n\n1. The portion of a public property structure or building\n\nduring an event authorized by the city, town, county, state or\n\nfederal governmental authority owning or controlling such building\n\nor structure;\n\n2. Any public property sports field including any adjacent\n\nseating or adjacent area set aside for viewing a sporting event,\n\nwhere an elementary or secondary school, collegiate, or professional\n\nsporting event or an International Olympic Committee or organization\n\nor any committee subordinate to the International Olympic Committee\n\nevent is being held;\n\n3. The fairgrounds during the Oklahoma State Fair or the Tulsa\n\nState Fair; and\n\n4. The portion of a public property structure or building that\n\nis leased or under contract to a business or not-for-profit entity\n\nor group for offices.\n\nE. The otherwise lawful carrying of a concealed or unconcealed\n\nfirearm by a person on property that has signs prohibiting the\n\ncarrying of firearms shall subject the person to being denied\n\nentrance onto the property or removed from the property. If the\n\nperson:\n\n1. Has been informed by the property owner, business entity or\n\nmanager of the business that the person is in violation of a policy\n\nthat prohibits firearms on the property; and\n\n2. Refuses to leave the property and a peace officer is\n\nsummoned, the person shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a\n\nmisdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty\n\nDollars ($250.00).\n\nF. A person, property owner, tenant, employer, liquor store,\n\nholder of an event permit, place of worship or business entity that\n\ndoes or does not prohibit any individual, except a convicted felon,\n\nfrom carrying a loaded or unloaded, concealed or unconcealed weapon\n\non property that the person, property owner, tenant, employer,\n\nliquor store, holder of an event permit, place of worship or\n\nbusiness entity owns, or has legal control of, is immune from any\n\nliability arising from that decision. Except for acts of gross\n\nnegligence or willful or wanton misconduct, an employer who does or\n\ndoes not prohibit his or her employees from carrying a concealed or\nloyer,\n\nliquor store, holder of an event permit, place of worship or\n\nbusiness entity owns, or has legal control of, is immune from any\n\nliability arising from that decision. Except for acts of gross\n\nnegligence or willful or wanton misconduct, an employer who does or\n\ndoes not prohibit his or her employees from carrying a concealed or\n\nunconcealed weapon is immune from any liability arising from that\n\ndecision. A person, property owner, tenant, employer, liquor store,\n\nholder of an event permit, place of worship or business entity that\n\ndoes not prohibit persons from carrying a concealed or unconcealed\n\nweapon pursuant to subsection D of this section shall be immune from\n\nany liability arising from the carrying of a concealed or\n\nunconcealed weapon, while in the scope of employment, on the\n\nproperty or in or about a business entity vehicle. The provisions\n\nof this subsection shall not apply to claims pursuant to the\n\nAdministrative Workers' Compensation Act.\n\nG. It shall not be considered part of an employee's job\n\ndescription or within the employee's scope of employment if an\n\nemployee is allowed to carry or discharge a weapon pursuant to this\n\nsection.\n\nH. Nothing in subsections F and G of this section shall prevent\n\nan employer, employee or person who has suffered loss resulting from\n\nthe discharge of a weapon to seek redress or damages of the person\n\nwho discharged the weapon or used the weapon outside the provisions\n\nof the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act.","path":["OK Code","Title 21"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os21.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"a4425cddf0091154f4bcc7f78e9550f7aac244ab19a913d1c47a1e2dca625898","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-1290.21","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-1290.23"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}