Oklahoma Statutes

Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 1289.7 (2026)

Firearms in vehicles

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FIREARMS IN VEHICLES A. Any person who is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing or purchasing a firearm and is not carrying or transporting a firearm in the furtherance of a crime may transport in or on a vehicle a firearm, loaded or unloaded, at any time. B. Any person, eighteen (18) to twenty (20) years of age, who is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing or purchasing a

firearm and is not carrying or transporting a firearm in the furtherance of a crime may transport in or on a vehicle, open or concealed, an unloaded firearm at any time. C. It shall be unlawful for any person transporting a firearm in or on a vehicle to fail or refuse to identify that the person is in actual possession of a firearm when demanded by a law enforcement officer of this state during any arrest, detainment or routine traffic stop. Any person who violates the provisions of this subsection may be issued a citation for an amount not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). Added by Laws 1971, c. 159, § 7, emerg. eff. May 24, 1971. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 272, § 45, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Laws 1996, c. 190, § 1, emerg. eff. May 16, 1996; Laws 2012, c. 259, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 2012; Laws 2019, c. 1, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2019; Laws 2021, c. 292, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1973–2007 · leading case: Williams v. State, 565 P.2d 46 (Okla. Crim. App. 1977).
Williams v. State, 565 P.2d 46 (Okla. Crim. App. 1977). “2d 324 (1973), which allows a single stage trial when the firearm in question is unloaded and carried in compliance with 21 O.S.1971, § 1289.7, which would be legal except for the fact that the person carrying the firearm is a felon.”
Marr v. State, 513 P.2d 324 (Okla. Crim. App. 1973). · cites it 2× “In 1971 the Legislature passed 21 O.S. § 1289.7 which provides: “A person may carry or transport in a motor vehicle a rifle, shotgun or pistol, unloaded, at any time.”
Bastible v. Weyerhaeuser Co., 437 F.3d 999 (10th Cir. 2006). “Okla. Stat. Ann. tit. 21, § 1289.7 (2002).”
ConocoPhillips Co. v. Henry, 520 F. Supp. 2d 1282 (N.D. Okla. 2007). “” See Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 1289.7 . Section 1289.”
Prock v. State, 542 P.2d 522 (Okla. Crim. App. 1975). “2d 324 (1973), which states: “We thus conclude that because of the passage of 21 O.S. § 1289.7 that the previous convictions of a felony is a necessary element of the crime charged which should be pleaded and proven during the State’s case in chief in a one stage proceeding.”
Birch v. State, 603 P.2d 1161 (Okla. Crim. App. 1979). “2d 324 (1973), which allows a single stage trial when a firearm is unloaded and carried in compliance with 21 O.S.1971, § 1289.7, which would be legal except for the fact that the person carrying the firearm is a felon.”
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