New Arkansas Gun Law For Property Owners

Protection from Civil Liability in Arkansas - Property Owner - ACT 749 (HB1737)

No Liability to Homeowner

• ACT 749 (HB1737) provides that, if a property owner allows nonemployees to carry a loaded firearm on the property, the owner is not subject to civil liability for any damage, injury, or death resulting from the nonemployee using a loaded firearm on or near the property. The act does not apply to intentional or reckless conduct by the property owner and provides certain exceptions that allow a property owner to prohibit an individual from carrying a loaded firearm on the property and remain protected from civil livability.

• The act provides that the fact that a property owner allows for all nonemployees on the property to carry a loaded firearm shall not be used to infer or impute liability in any cause of action against the property owner.

• The act provides that protection from civil liability does not apply to intentional or reckless conduct by the property owner and provides certain exceptions that allow a property owner to prohibit an individual from carrying a loaded firearm on the property and remain protected from civil liability.