{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1750.5v1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1750.5v1","heading":"Licenses authorized - Combination license - Firearms","body":"- Identification cards - Conditional license - Qualifications for\n\nissuance - Agency license - Insurance coverage.\n\nA. Licenses authorized to be issued by the Council on Law\n\nEnforcement Education and Training (CLEET) shall be as follows:\n\n1. Security Agency License;\n\n2. Investigative Agency License;\n\n3. Private Investigator License (unarmed);\n\n4. Security Guard License (unarmed);\n\n5. Armed Security Guard License;\n\n6. Special Event License (unarmed);\n\n7. Armed Private Investigator License;\n\n8. Bail Enforcer License; and\n\n9. Armed Bail Enforcer License.\n\nB. Any qualified applicant meeting the requirements for more\n\nthan one of the positions of private investigator, security guard,\n\narmed security guard, bail enforcer, or armed bail enforcer may be\n\nissued a separate license for each position for which qualified, or\n\nin the discretion of the Council, a combination license provided the\n\nrequired license fees are paid.\n\nC. 1. A private investigator may carry a firearm, if the\n\nprivate investigator also performs the functions of an armed\n\nsecurity guard, under the authority of the armed security guard\n\nlicense.\n\n2. If the private investigator performs no functions of an\n\narmed security guard, the Council may issue an armed private\n\ninvestigator license. If a person has been issued an armed private\n\ninvestigator license, the Council may issue an armed bail enforcer\n\nlicense if the applicant is otherwise eligible and qualified. The\n\napplicant for an armed private investigator license must complete\n\nPhase I, III and IV training and pass the psychological examination\n\nand state test; provided however, active certified peace officers\n\nand retired certified peace officers shall be exempt from the\n\npsychological examination as provided in Section 1750.3A of this\n\ntitle, and active certified peace officers of any state, county or\n\nmunicipal law enforcement agency in this state shall be exempt from\n\nthe Phase I, III and IV training and state test for an armed private\n\ninvestigator. The Council will charge the same fee for the armed\n\nprivate investigators license as the cost of the armed security\n\nguard license; provided however, an active certified peace officer\n\nwho is an applicant for an armed private investigator or armed\n\nsecurity guard license shall be charged only twenty percent (20%) of\n\nthe required fee.\n\n3. Any person issued an armed private investigator license may\n\ncarry a concealed or unconcealed firearm when on and off duty,\n\nprovided the person is in possession of a valid driver license and a\n\nvalid armed private investigator license.\n\n4. Any person issued an armed bail enforcer license may carry a\n\nconcealed approved pistol, or may open-carry an approved pistol with\n\na visible bail enforcer badge affixed to the holster or belt\n\nimmediately next to the firearm while wearing clearly marked apparel\n\ndesignating the person as a \"Bail Enforcer\" or \"Bail Enforcement\"\n\nwhen actively engaged in the recovery of a defendant, subject to all\n\nrules for use and conduct of firearms promulgated by the Council.\n\nAn armed bail enforcer shall be permitted to carry a concealed\n\npistol when not actively engaged in the recovery of a defendant\n\nprovided the bail enforcer badge authorized or issued by CLEET and a\n\nstate-issued driver license or identification card are in the\n\npossession of the person while carrying the firearm.\n\nD. Any identification card or badge issued to a person meeting\n\nthe license requirements for an armed security guard, an armed\n\nprivate investigator or armed bail enforcer shall be distinct and\n\nshall explicitly state that the person is authorized to carry a\n\nfirearm pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Security Guard\n\nand Private Investigator Act or the Bail Enforcement and Licensing\n\nAct. Upon receipt of the license and identification card, the armed\nthe license requirements for an armed security guard, an armed\n\nprivate investigator or armed bail enforcer shall be distinct and\n\nshall explicitly state that the person is authorized to carry a\n\nfirearm pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Security Guard\n\nand Private Investigator Act or the Bail Enforcement and Licensing\n\nAct. Upon receipt of the license and identification card, the armed\n\nsecurity guard, armed private investigator or armed bail enforcer is\n\nauthorized to carry a firearm subject to the respective provisions\n\nof the Oklahoma Security Guard and Private Investigator Act or the\n\nBail Enforcement and Licensing Act and the rules promulgated by the\n\nCouncil.\n\nE. The Council may issue a conditional license to a person\n\nemployed by a security or investigative agency under the conditions\n\nset forth in this subsection, this statute and procedures and/or\n\nrules established by CLEET. A conditional training license may be\n\nissued to a trainee for an unarmed security guard or unarmed private\n\ninvestigator position, or armed private investigator position when\n\nthe person has submitted a properly completed application, made\n\nunder oath, subject to the conditions set forth below. The Council\n\nmay also issue a conditional license pending background\n\ninvestigation for an unarmed security guard, armed security guard,\n\nunarmed private investigator position or armed private investigator\n\nposition when the person has submitted a properly completed\n\napplication, made under oath, including all required documentation\n\npending the completed Federal Bureau of Investigation fingerprint\n\ncheck subject to the conditions set forth below, in this statute and\n\nprocedures established by CLEET.\n\n1. A conditional license, either for training or pending\n\nbackground investigation, shall authorize employees to perform the\n\nsame functions that regular unarmed licensees perform, but subject\n\nto supervision by the employing agency as the Council may prescribe;\n\n2. The holder of a conditional training license shall complete\n\nthe necessary training requirements within one hundred eighty (180)\n\ndays from the effective date of the conditional license, after which\n\nthe conditional license shall expire;\n\n3. A holder of any type of conditional license as an armed\n\nsecurity guard or armed private investigator shall not carry a\n\nfirearm in the performance of duties until after completing the\n\nrequired course of training including firearms training as\n\nprescribed by the Council, the completion of the required background\n\ncheck and application process illustrating that the applicant meets\n\nall requirements for the requested license, and having been issued a\n\nregular license by the Council;\n\n4. A conditional license may be renewed at the discretion of\n\nthe Council, if necessary to allow an applicant to complete any\n\ntraining required for a regular license;\n\n5. A conditional license, whether for training or pending\n\nbackground investigation may be denied, suspended or withdrawn at\n\nthe discretion of CLEET. Notwithstanding any other provisions of\n\nlaw, a conditional license is not an individual proceeding and is\n\nnot subject to the Administrative Procedure Act, as provided for in\n\nSection 250 et seq. of Title 75 of the Oklahoma Statutes. CLEET may\n\ndeny, suspend or withdraw a conditional license by mailing, by\n\nUnited States Postal Service mail, a letter of withdrawal to the\n\napplicant's address on file with CLEET and to the employing agency;\n\n6. Whenever a conditional license is issued by CLEET, the\n\nlicense or documentation provided to the conditional licensee shall\n\nprominently state \"CONDITIONAL LICENSE\" and \"HOLDER IS NOT PERMITTED\n\nTO CARRY A FIREARM\";\n\n7. When the Council finds that a conditional license holder has\n\ncompleted the required training and is otherwise qualified for a\n\nlicense pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Security Guard\nnditional license is issued by CLEET, the\n\nlicense or documentation provided to the conditional licensee shall\n\nprominently state \"CONDITIONAL LICENSE\" and \"HOLDER IS NOT PERMITTED\n\nTO CARRY A FIREARM\";\n\n7. When the Council finds that a conditional license holder has\n\ncompleted the required training and is otherwise qualified for a\n\nlicense pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Security Guard\n\nand Private Investigator Act, the Council shall issue a regular\n\nlicense; and\n\n8. The Council shall be prohibited from issuing a conditional\n\nlicense to a bail enforcer under the Bail Enforcement and Licensing\n\nAct.\n\nF. A Security Agency License may be issued to an individual,\n\ncorporation, or other legal entity meeting the following\n\nqualifications:\n\n1. If the license is to be issued in the name of a legal entity\n\nother than a natural person, the applicant must furnish proof that\n\nthe entity is legally recognized, such as the issuance of a\n\ncorporate charter; and\n\n2. The executive officer, manager, or other person in charge of\n\nsupervising security guards in the performance of their duties shall\n\nbe a licensed security guard.\n\nG. An Investigative Agency License may be issued to an\n\nindividual, corporation, or other legal entity meeting the following\n\nqualifications:\n\n1. If the license is to be issued in the name of a legal entity\n\nother than a natural person, the applicant must furnish proof that\n\nthe entity is legally recognized, such as the issuance of a\n\ncorporate charter;\n\n2. Any person, otherwise qualified, may own a private\n\ninvestigation agency; and\n\n3. A self-employed private investigator who employs no other\n\ninvestigators shall also be licensed as an investigative agency, but\n\nshall only be required to be insured or bonded as a self-employed\n\nprivate investigator.\n\nH. A Security Guard License, Armed Security Guard License,\n\nPrivate Investigator License, Armed Private Investigator License, or\n\ncombination thereof may be issued to an applicant meeting the\n\nfollowing qualifications. The applicant shall:\n\n1. Be a citizen of the United States or an alien legally\n\nresiding in the United States;\n\n2. Be at least eighteen (18) years of age, except that an\n\napplicant for an Armed Security Guard License or Armed Private\n\nInvestigator License shall be at least twenty-one (21) years of age;\n\n3. Have successfully completed training requirements for the\n\nlicense applied for, as prescribed by the Council;\n\n4. Be of good moral character;\n\n5. Not have a record of a felony conviction, entry of a plea of\n\nguilty, nolo contendere, an \"Alford\" plea, or any plea other than a\n\nnot guilty plea in a felony case naming the applicant as a\n\ndefendant;\n\n6. Not have a record of conviction, entry of a plea of guilty,\n\nnolo contendere, an \"Alford\" plea, or any plea other than a not\n\nguilty plea for larceny, theft, false pretense, fraud, embezzlement,\n\nfalse personation of an officer, any offense involving moral\n\nturpitude, any offense involving a minor as a victim, any\n\nnonconsensual sex offense, any offense involving the possession,\n\nuse, distribution, or sale of a controlled dangerous substance, any\n\noffense involving a firearm, or any other offense as prescribed by\n\nthe Council, as provided herein.\n\na. If any conviction, entry of a plea of guilty, nolo\n\ncontendere, an \"Alford\" plea, or any plea other than a\n\nnot guilty plea which disqualifies an applicant\n\noccurred more than five (5) years prior to the\n\napplication date and the Council is convinced the\n\noffense constituted an isolated incident and the\n\napplicant has been rehabilitated, the Council may, in\n\nits discretion, waive the disqualification as provided\n\nfor in this paragraph and issue an unarmed security\n\nguard license or an unarmed private investigator\n\nlicense, but shall not issue an armed guard license or\n\nan armed private investigator license to the applicant\n\nif the charge involved the use of a firearm or was\nlated incident and the\n\napplicant has been rehabilitated, the Council may, in\n\nits discretion, waive the disqualification as provided\n\nfor in this paragraph and issue an unarmed security\n\nguard license or an unarmed private investigator\n\nlicense, but shall not issue an armed guard license or\n\nan armed private investigator license to the applicant\n\nif the charge involved the use of a firearm or was\n\nviolent in nature or if the applicant has a felony\n\nconviction.\n\nb. If an Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation records\n\ncheck and a local records check reveal that there are\n\nno felony convictions, criminal convictions involving\n\nmoral turpitude, or any other potential disqualifiers\n\nas specified in the Oklahoma Security Guard and\n\nPrivate Investigator Act or prescribed by the Council,\n\nthen the Council may conditionally issue a security\n\nguard license or private investigator license pending\n\ncompletion of the criminal history and background\n\ncheck.\n\nc. Under oath, the applicant shall certify that he or she\n\nhas no disqualifying convictions, entry of a plea of\n\nguilty, nolo contendere, an \"Alford\" plea, or any plea\n\nother than a not guilty plea for a disqualifying\n\ncharge as specified in the Oklahoma Security Guard and\n\nPrivate Investigator Act or by the Council.\n\nd. The applicant shall further meet all other\n\nqualifications.\n\ne. If upon completion of the required background\n\ninvestigation it is discovered that a disqualifying\n\nconviction, entry of a plea of guilty, nolo\n\ncontendere, an \"Alford\" plea or any plea other than a\n\nnot guilty plea for a disqualifying charge exists, the\n\nCouncil shall immediately revoke the security guard\n\nlicense or the private investigator license of the\n\napplicant or withdraw the conditional license of the\n\napplicant;\n\n7. Make a statement that the applicant is not currently\n\nundergoing treatment for a mental illness, condition, or disorder,\n\nmake a statement whether the applicant has ever been adjudicated\n\nincompetent or committed to a mental institution, and make a\n\nstatement regarding any history of illegal drug use or alcohol\n\nabuse. Upon presentation by the Council on Law Enforcement\n\nEducation and Training of the name, gender, date of birth, and\n\naddress of the applicant to the Department of Mental Health and\n\nSubstance Abuse Services, the Department of Mental Health and\n\nSubstance Abuse Services shall notify the Council within ten (10)\n\ndays whether the computerized records of the Department indicate the\n\napplicant has ever been involuntarily committed to an Oklahoma state\n\nmental institution. In the event that the Department of Mental\n\nHealth and Substance Abuse Services reports to the Council that the\n\napplicant has been involuntarily committed, the Council shall\n\nimmediately inform the employing agency. For purposes of this\n\nsubsection, \"currently undergoing treatment for a mental illness,\n\ncondition, or disorder\" means the person has been diagnosed by a\n\nlicensed physician or psychologist as being afflicted with a\n\nsubstantial disorder of thought, mood, perception, psychological\n\norientation, or memory that significantly impairs judgment,\n\nbehavior, capacity to recognize reality, or ability to meet the\n\nordinary demands of life and such condition continues to exist;\n\n8. Make a statement regarding misdemeanor domestic violence\n\ncharges;\n\n9. Not be a defendant in a disqualifying charge that is pending\n\nin any court in this state, another state, tribal court or pursuant\n\nto the United States Code. For the purposes of this section,\n\n\"pending\" includes currently being subject to a deferred sentence;\n\nand\n\n10. Not be the subject of an order deferring imposition of\n\njudgment and sentence in any court in this state, another state,\n\ntribal court or pursuant to the United States Code for a\n\ndisqualifying charge.\nStatutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations Page 1264\n\nto the United States Code. For the purposes of this section,\n\n\"pending\" includes currently being subject to a deferred sentence;\n\nand\n\n10. Not be the subject of an order deferring imposition of\n\njudgment and sentence in any court in this state, another state,\n\ntribal court or pursuant to the United States Code for a\n\ndisqualifying charge.\n\nI. A special event license may be issued to an employee of a\n\nsecurity agency who is hired on a temporary basis as an unarmed\n\nsecurity guard for a particular event. An application for a special\n\nevent license shall be made by the agency employing the applicant.\n\nThe agency shall certify to the Council that the applicant meets the\n\nqualifications for security guards, pursuant to subsection H of this\n\nsection.\n\nJ. 1. All persons and agencies shall obtain and maintain\n\nliability coverage in accordance with the following minimum\n\nstandards:\n\na. general liability insurance coverage for bodily\n\ninjury, personal injury, and property damage, with\n\nendorsements for personal injury including false\n\narrest, libel, slander, and invasion of privacy, or\n\nb. a surety bond that allows persons to recover for\n\nactionable injuries, loss, or damage as a result of\n\nthe willful, or wrongful acts or omissions of the\n\nprincipal and protects this state, its agents,\n\nofficers and employees from judgments against the\n\nprincipal or insured licensee, and is further\n\nconditioned upon the faithful and honest conduct of\n\nthe principal's business.\n\n2. Liability coverages and bonds outlined in this section shall\n\nbe in the minimum amounts of One Hundred Thousand Dollars\n\n($100,000.00) for agencies, Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for\n\narmed security guards and armed private investigators, or\n\ncombination armed license; and Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for\n\nunarmed security guards and self-employed unarmed private\n\ninvestigators who employ no other investigators.\n\n3. Security agencies and investigative agencies shall ensure\n\nthat all employees of these agencies have met the minimum liability\n\ncoverages as prescribed in this section.\n\n4. Insurance policies and bonds issued pursuant to this section\n\nshall not be modified or canceled unless ten (10) days' prior\n\nwritten notice is given to the Council. All persons and agencies\n\ninsured or bonded pursuant to this section shall be insured or\n\nbonded by an insurance carrier or a surety company licensed in the\n\nstate in which the insurance or bond was purchased, or in this\n\nstate.\n\n5. In lieu of the requirements of this subsection, the Council\n\nmay accept a written statement from a corporation which is\n\nregistered with the Oklahoma Secretary of State attesting that the\n\ncorporation self-insures the general operation of business for the\n\ntypes of liability set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this subsection.\n\nK. Upon written notice, any license may be placed on inactive\n\nstatus.\n\nL. Similar or duplicate agency names will not be issued. Each\n\nagency name must be distinguishably different.","path":["OK Code","Title 59"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os59.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"3984f9112e9d8337245606b040b5a91612564ff09cfb979f8295cd7aef824530","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1750.5","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1750.5v2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}