The Alarm, Locksmith and Fire Sprinkler Industry Act shall not apply to:

1. An officer or employee of this state, the United States or a political subdivision of either, while the employee or officer is engaged in the performance of official duties;

2. An individual who owns and installs alarm devices, mechanical or electronic security devices and locks on the individual's own property or, if the individual does not charge for the device or its installation, installs it for the protection of the individual's personal property located on another's property, and does not install the alarm devices, mechanical or electronic security devices and locks as a normal business practice on the property of another;

3. The sale of alarm or lock systems designed or intended for customer or user installation;

4. The sale, installation, service, or repair of alarm systems or electronic security devices such as electronic access control, closed circuit television, video surveillance, nurse call systems and the like by individuals licensed pursuant to the Electrical License Act;

5. The locksmith industry activities of tow truck operators from their towing vehicles or repossession agents within the execution of their duties;

6. Locksmith industry activities of persons primarily engaged in selling lumber and other building materials who hold a sales tax permit as a Group One vendor authorized to engage in business within this state pursuant to Sections 1363 and 1364 of the Oklahoma Sales Tax Code;

7. The solicitation of a potential alarm system customer by a person via telephone or electronic device on behalf of an Oklahoma licensed alarm company for the sale of an alarm system; or

8. The sale of alarm or locksmith products or systems by a retail counter sales agent upon the conditions required by Section 1800.6a of this title.

Added by Laws 1985, c. 217, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1985. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 199, § 1, emerg. eff. May 13, 1992; Laws 2006, c. 110, § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 2007; Laws 2008, c. 4, § 11, eff. Nov. 1, 2008; Laws 2010, c. 299, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2010; Laws 2012, c. 368, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2012; Laws 2013, c. 22, § 1, eff. July 1, 2013; Laws 2015, c. 247, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2015; Laws 2019, c. 218, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.