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Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 252 trouble at the place of the proposed employment, when in fact such strike, lockout or other labor troubles then actually exist at such place, shall be deemed a false advertisement and misrepresentation for the purposes of this section. R.L.1910, § 3765.
§40-168. Penalty. Any employer of labor of any kind doing business in this state, as well as its agent, attorney or servant, found guilty of violating the preceding section, or any part thereof, shall be fined not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) and not exceeding Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00), or confined in the county jail not less than one (1) month and not exceeding one (1) year or both such fine and imprisonment. R.L.1910, § 3766.
§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.
§40-170. Workman may recover for misrepresentation. Any workman who shall be influenced, induced or persuaded to engage with any persons mentioned in Section 3765, through or by means of any of the things therein prohibited, shall have the right of action for recovery of all damages that he has sustained in consequence of the false or deceptive representation, false advertisement and false pretenses used to induce him to change his