California Code
DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY
CHAPTER 11.6 - Alarm Companies

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 7590. - 7590. This chapter constitutes the chapter on alarm company operators...

Section 7590.1. - 7590.1. The following terms as used in this chapter have...

Section 7590.2. - 7590.2. (a) An “alarm company operator” means a person who,...

Section 7590.3. - 7590.3. This chapter does not apply to: (a) A person...

Section 7590.5. - 7590.5. Notwithstanding any other requirements for licensure as an alarm...

Section 7590.6. - 7590.6. (a) Notwithstanding any law, any application for a license,...

ARTICLE 2 - Administration

Section 7591. - 7591. There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs a...

Section 7591.1. - 7591.1. The Governor shall appoint a chief of the bureau...

Section 7591.2. - 7591.2. Every power and duty granted to or imposed upon...

Section 7591.3. - 7591.3. The director, in accordance with the State Civil Service...

Section 7591.4. - 7591.4. The chief shall gather evidence of violations of this...

Section 7591.5. - 7591.5. It shall be the duty of the chief to...

Section 7591.6. - 7591.6. The director, taking into consideration the recommendations of the...

Section 7591.7. - 7591.7. The chief or his or her designee may inspect,...

Section 7591.8. - 7591.8. The director may automatically suspend a license, registration, or...

Section 7591.9. - 7591.9. If, upon investigation, the chief determines that an alarm...

Section 7591.10. - 7591.10. (a) The director may deny a license, certificate, or...

Section 7591.11. - 7591.11. (a) The bureau shall deny a firearms permit, pursuant...

Section 7591.12. - 7591.12. (a) When considering the denial, suspension, or revocation of...

Section 7591.13. - 7591.13. (a) The chief or his or her designee may...

Section 7591.14. - 7591.14. It is the intent of the Legislature, consistent with...

Section 7591.17. - 7591.17. The Governor shall appoint an Alarm Company Operator Disciplinary...

Section 7591.18. - 7591.18. (a) The Alarm Company Operator Disciplinary Review Committee shall...

Section 7591.19. - 7591.19. (a) (1) An alarm company operator, qualified manager, or...

Section 7591.20. - 7591.20. The disciplinary review committee shall be provided all evidence...

ARTICLE 3 - Application of Chapter

Section 7592. - 7592. No person shall engage within this state in the...

Section 7592.2. - 7592.2. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter,...

Section 7592.3. - 7592.3. Any person who engages in any business regulated by...

Section 7592.5. - 7592.5. No person engaged in performing any service requiring a...

Section 7592.6. - 7592.6. Any person who knowingly falsifies fingerprints or photographs as...

Section 7592.8. - 7592.8. (a) The provisions of this chapter shall not prevent...

Section 7592.9. - 7592.9. Notwithstanding Section 7592.8, a city, county, or city and...

ARTICLE 4 - Licenses

Section 7593. - 7593. An application for an alarm company operator license shall...

Section 7593.1. - 7593.1. (a) Each individual applicant, partner of a partnership, designated...

Section 7593.2. - 7593.2. If the applicant for license is an individual, the...

Section 7593.3. - 7593.3. If the applicants for license are copartners, the application...

Section 7593.4. - 7593.4. If the applicant for license is a corporation, the...

Section 7593.5. - 7593.5. (a) If the applicant for a license is a...

Section 7593.6. - 7593.6. (a) The director may refuse to issue a license...

Section 7593.7. - 7593.7. The chief shall issue a pocket identification card to...

Section 7593.8. - 7593.8. The director shall issue a license, the form and...

Section 7593.9. - 7593.9. Each alarm company operator license, together with the current...

Section 7593.11. - 7593.11. An alarm company operator license issued under this chapter...

Section 7593.12. - 7593.12. An alarm company operator’s license not renewed within three...

Section 7593.13. - 7593.13. A suspended alarm company operator license is subject to...

Section 7593.14. - 7593.14. An alarm company operator whose license has been canceled...

Section 7593.15. - 7593.15. (a) Except as provided in this section, an alarm...

Section 7593.16. - 7593.16. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director...

ARTICLE 5 - Licensed and Registered Locations

Section 7594. - 7594. A licensee desiring to operate an alarm company operator...

Section 7594.1. - 7594.1. A licensee desiring to operate an alarm company operator...

Section 7594.2. - 7594.2. Every licensed business, including registered branch offices, shall be...

Section 7594.3. - 7594.3. (a) Whenever a qualified manager ceases to be in...

Section 7594.4. - 7594.4. Except as herein otherwise provided, no individual shall be...

Section 7594.5. - 7594.5. (a) The business of each licensee shall be operated...

Section 7594.6. - 7594.6. The designated branch office manager shall spend an average...

ARTICLE 6 - Firearms Permits and Permits for Other Deadly and Nonlethal Weapons

Section 7596. - 7596. (a) Every person licensed, registered, or designated under this...

Section 7596.3. - 7596.3. The director shall issue a firearms permit when all...

Section 7596.4. - 7596.4. (a) (1) If a firearms permit is denied, the...

Section 7596.5. - 7596.5. (a) The firearms qualification card shall be mailed to...

Section 7596.6. - 7596.6. A firearms qualification card does not authorize the holder...

Section 7596.7. - 7596.7. A firearms qualification card expires two years from the...

Section 7596.8. - 7596.8. (a) The bureau shall not issue a firearm permit...

Section 7596.81. - 7596.81. (a) The bureau shall not renew a firearm permit...

Section 7596.82. - 7596.82. (a) The Department of Justice may charge the bureau...

Section 7596.83. - 7596.83. (a) A firearm permit shall be automatically revoked if...

Section 7596.12. - 7596.12. Every person licensed, registered, or designated under this chapter,...

Section 7596.13. - 7596.13. A licensee shall not permit any employee to carry...

ARTICLE 7 - Prohibited Acts and Citations for Firearms and Nonlethal Weapons

Section 7597. - 7597. The director may assess fines as enumerated in this...

Section 7597.1. - 7597.1. (a) A licensee, qualified manager, branch office manager, or...

Section 7597.2. - 7597.2. (a) A licensee, qualified manager, branch office manager, or...

Section 7597.3. - 7597.3. (a) No licensee, qualified manager, branch office manager, or...

Section 7597.5. - 7597.5. (a) A licensee, qualified manager, branch office manager, or...

Section 7597.6. - 7597.6. (a) A licensee, qualified manager, branch office manager, or...

ARTICLE 8 - Powers to Arrest and Registration of Employees

Section 7598.1. - 7598.1. (a) Every person entering the employ of a licensee,...

Section 7598.2. - 7598.2. (a) The course of training in the exercise of...

Section 7598.3. - 7598.3. (a) No employee of a licensee performing the function...

Section 7598.4. - 7598.4. (a) Within three working days after commencing employment, any...

Section 7598.5. - 7598.5. The application for registration under this article shall be...

Section 7598.6. - 7598.6. The application shall be verified and shall include the...

Section 7598.7. - 7598.7. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), an employee...

Section 7598.8. - 7598.8. No employee of a licensee shall carry or use...

Section 7598.9. - 7598.9. The bureau, upon receipt of a criminal offense record...

Section 7598.11. - 7598.11. If the chief determines that an applicant’s criminal history...

Section 7598.12. - 7598.12. If the director determines that continued employment of an...

Section 7598.14. - 7598.14. Upon approval of an application for registration, the chief...

Section 7598.16. - 7598.16. A licensee shall at all times be responsible for...

Section 7598.17. - 7598.17. (a) A registration issued under this chapter expires at...

ARTICLE 9 - Prohibited Acts and Citations for Registered Employees

Section 7598.50. - 7598.50. The director may assess fines as enumerated in this...

Section 7598.51. - 7598.51. (a) (1) An alarm agent shall carry on their...

Section 7598.53. - 7598.53. An alarm agent who responds to an alarm system...

ARTICLE 10 - Alarm Company Operators Qualifications and Examination

Section 7599. - 7599. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, an applicant...

Section 7599.4. - 7599.4. The director shall issue a qualified manager certificate to...

Section 7599.5. - 7599.5. Examinations shall be given at least once every other...

Section 7599.6. - 7599.6. In order to be eligible for an initial examination,...

Section 7599.7. - 7599.7. If an applicant fails to pass an initial examination...

Section 7599.8. - 7599.8. All applicants shall be examined concerning their competency, experience,...

Section 7599.9. - 7599.9. If an applicant fails to complete his or her...

Section 7599.10. - 7599.10. Every qualified manager certificate issued under this chapter shall...

ARTICLE 11 - Alarm Company Operators Licensed and Registered Locations

Section 7599.20. - 7599.20. For purposes of this article, “branch office” means any...

Section 7599.21. - 7599.21. Any licensed alarm company operator, who maintains or proposes...

Section 7599.22. - 7599.22. The application for a branch office registration under this...

Section 7599.23. - 7599.23. The application shall include: (a) The full name, address...

Section 7599.24. - 7599.24. Upon receipt of the application for a branch office...

Section 7599.25. - 7599.25. Each branch office registration shall be managed and supervised...

Section 7599.29. - 7599.29. Every branch office registration issued under this chapter shall...

ARTICLE 12 - Alarm Company Operators Conduct of Business, Prohibited Acts and Citations

Section 7599.30. - 7599.30. The director may assess fines for any violation as...

Section 7599.31. - 7599.31. For purposes of this article, “licensee” means an alarm...

Section 7599.32. - 7599.32. (a) A licensee shall notify the bureau within 30...

Section 7599.33. - 7599.33. A licensee shall not conduct business, as defined in...

Section 7599.34. - 7599.34. (a) A licensee shall not conduct a business as...

Section 7599.345. - 7599.345. Notwithstanding any other law, commencing January 1, 2025, a...

Section 7599.35. - 7599.35. (a) On or before January 1, 2023, the bureau...

Section 7599.36. - 7599.36. (a) Each licensee shall maintain a file or record...

Section 7599.37. - 7599.37. (a) Each licensee shall maintain an accurate and current...

Section 7599.38. - 7599.38. (a) Each licensee shall certify an employee’s completion of...

Section 7599.39. - 7599.39. Within three working days, each licensee shall verify proof...

Section 7599.40. - 7599.40. A licensee shall not allow any employee to carry...

Section 7599.41. - 7599.41. A licensee shall maintain an accurate and current record...

Section 7599.42. - 7599.42. Within seven days after any violent incident involving a...

Section 7599.43. - 7599.43. Within seven days after receiving a final civil court...

Section 7599.44. - 7599.44. (a) Every advertisement by a licensee soliciting or advertising...

Section 7599.45. - 7599.45. A licensee or employee of a licensee shall not...

Section 7599.46. - 7599.46. No licensee shall aid and abet an unlicensed alarm...

Section 7599.47. - 7599.47. No licensee shall transfer his or her license. This...

Section 7599.48. - 7599.48. No licensee, or officer, partner, member, manager, qualified manager,...

Section 7599.49. - 7599.49. No licensee shall abandon the completion of any installation...

Section 7599.50. - 7599.50. No licensee shall willfully depart from or disregard any...

Section 7599.51. - 7599.51. No licensee shall willfully or deliberately disregard any building...

Section 7599.52. - 7599.52. No licensee shall fail in any material respect to...

Section 7599.53. - 7599.53. No licensee shall willfully refuse, without legal excuse, to...

Section 7599.54. - 7599.54. (a) Except as provided by Section 7599.56, every agreement,...

Section 7599.55. - 7599.55. No licensee shall make any untrue or misleading statements...

Section 7599.56. - 7599.56. (a) Contracts for services or other activities authorized by...

Section 7599.58. - 7599.58. No alarm company operator shall: (a) Knowingly install a...

Section 7599.59. - 7599.59. The director may assess administrative fines of fifty dollars...

ARTICLE 13 - Disciplinary Proceedings

Section 7599.60. - 7599.60. Except as otherwise required to comply with the provisions...

Section 7599.61. - 7599.61. The director may suspend or revoke an alarm company...

Section 7599.62. - 7599.62. Notwithstanding any other law, the failure of any person...

Section 7599.63. - 7599.63. The record of conviction, or a certified copy thereof,...

ARTICLE 14 - Revenue

Section 7599.70. - 7599.70. The bureau shall establish and assess fees and penalties...

Section 7599.71. - 7599.71. The director shall furnish one copy of any issue...

Section 7599.72. - 7599.72. The department shall receive and account for all money...

Section 7599.73. - 7599.73. Application or licensee fees shall not be refunded except...

Section 7599.74. - 7599.74. All money derived from Section 7591.9 shall be used...

Section 7599.75. - 7599.75. There shall be a separate budget and expenditure statement...

ARTICLE 15 - Review

Section 7599.80. - 7599.80. Notwithstanding any other law, the powers and duties of...

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California Code DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY CHAPTER 11.6 - Alarm Companies

California Code
DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY
CHAPTER 11.6 - Alarm Companies