Personal Vehicle Storage Limitations

62.1-02-13 Possession of Secured Firearm – Prohibition by Employer Prohibited.
Public and private employers shall not:
a. Prohibit their employees from possessing firearms lawfully, as long as the firearms are kept in a locked vehicle in the employer’s parking lot.
b. Inquire among the employees regarding the presence of firearms in their vehicles
c. Make an actual search on the employees’ vehicles for the presence of firearms. This should only be done by a law enforcement officer.
d. Prohibit customers or employees from entering the parking lot for carrying firearms in their vehicles lawfully.
e. Terminate the employment of his workers for carrying firearms
Individuals who are aggrieved under this section may file charges for violation of their rights. The court may award all reasonable costs and attorney fees suffered by the aggrieved individuals when successfully proven that there is a violation of rights.

The prohibitions under this section is not applicable to the following:
a. Public and nonpublic elementary, middle and high school.
b. Correctional facilities
c. Properties where aerospace, national defense and homeland security activities are conducted
d. Properties used in manufacturing, using, storing and transporting explosive and combustible materials who had been issues permits to conduct such business
e. Motor vehicles owned or rented by public and private employers