Title 7, Human Health Care and Safety.

(a) No person shall act as an alarm agent within the boundaries of the District of Columbia without first obtaining a license to be known as an alarm agent’s license. A person to whom an alarm dealer’s license has been issued may obtain an alarm agent’s license without payment of…

(a) Alarm dealers shall maintain in a secure and confidential manner records of all sales, leases, rentals, or installations of alarm systems and of service calls for alarm systems. Such records shall include the name of the alarm user, the address of the premises at which the al…

(a) An alarm system user shall not cause or permit any false alarm. (b) It shall be the responsibility of alarm users to instruct any employees or others who may have occasion to activate an alarm that alarm systems are to be activated only in emergency situations to summon an im…

(a) No person shall install or maintain an audible alarm system which creates a sound capable of being mistakenly identified as that of an emergency vehicle siren or a civil defense warning siren. (b) The Mayor is authorized to deactivate any exterior audible alarm system which c…

(a) This chapter shall not apply to the use of alarm systems by law-enforcement personnel for law-enforcement purposes. (b) This chapter shall not apply to alarm systems installed in motor vehicles, boats, or aircraft. (c) This chapter shall not apply to alarm systems which do no…

The Mayor is authorized to inspect the facilities of any alarm dealer, central alarm station, or commercial user or subscriber during reasonable business hours to determine whether the requirements of this chapter are being met. Information obtained pursuant to such inspections s…

(a) Unless otherwise specified, any person who violates a provision of this chapter shall be fined no less than $40 nor more than $100. (b) All fines levied pursuant to this chapter are civil in nature. (c) Civil fines, penalties, and fees may be imposed as alternative sanctions …

(a) The Mayor may issue a notice of violation to any person who violates a provision of this chapter. (b) A notice of violation shall: (1) State the nature of the violation; and (2) Describe the procedures provided in this section and § 7-2813. (c) A notice of violation shall be …

(a) Unless otherwise provided, the conduct of any civil trial commenced pursuant to § 7-2812 shall be governed by the Rules of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. (b) In such trial, the complaint of a violation of this chapter shall be brought in the name of the Distr…

(a) All fines, collateral and fees collected pursuant to this chapter shall be paid into the General Fund of the District of Columbia. (b) A fine or collateral is due and payable under this chapter upon default or a finding at trial in favor of the District or upon the failure of…

(a) In accordance with Chapter 5 of Title 2, the Mayor shall issue such rules and procedures as are necessary to implement this chapter. Except as provided by the Mayor, the Metropolitan Police Department and District of Columbia Fire Department shall be responsible for the enfor…

(a)(1) There is established a Private Security Camera System Incentive Program ("Program"), to be administered by the Mayor, to encourage the purchase and installation of the following: (A) A security camera system on the exterior of a building owned or leased by an individual, b…

(a) There is established as a special fund the Private Security Camera Incentive Fund ("Fund"), which shall be administered by the Mayor in accordance with subsections (c) and (d) of this section. (b) Revenue from the following sources shall be deposited in the Fund: (1) Funds ap…