Title 5, Title 5 and Professions

The registration and license fee for a private security guard business shall be four hundred dollars ($400) biennially.

(a) No license issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be assigned or transferred, either by operation of law or otherwise. (b) If a licensee dies, becomes disabled, or ceases to engage in the business, the successor, heir, devisee, or personal representative of t…

(a) The attorney general may suspend or revoke any license issued under this chapter in the manner subsequently prescribed if the licensee or any of its partners, officers, generals, and shareholders owning a ten percent (10%) or greater interest in the license, provided the lice…

Each license shall be surrendered to the attorney general within seventy-two (72) hours after it has been revoked or after the licensee ceases to do business pursuant to an order of suspension. If the attorney general or a court of competent jurisdiction has pending before it any…

The licensee shall notify the attorney general, in writing, within five (5) days of: (1) Any change in identity of the licensee, or any of its partners, directors, officers, and shareholders owning a ten percent (10%) or greater interest in the licensee, provided the licensee is …

(a) Except as provided in this chapter, no person shall perform the functions and duties of an employee of a business required to be licensed under this chapter in this state without first having been registered or licensed. The attorney general shall keep and make available for …

(a) No individual licensed by, registered by, or subject to the provisions of this chapter shall wear or display any insignia, patch, or pattern that indicates or tends to indicate that he or she is a law enforcement officer of the federal government, a state, or any political su…

(a) As used in this chapter: (1) “Applicant” means any person who on his or her own behalf or on behalf of another has applied for permission to engage in any act or activity that is regulated under the provisions of this chapter. (2) “Attorney General” means the attorney general…

The attorney general shall prescribe by regulation the form of identification cards that may be carried by persons licensed under this chapter.

(a) Any licensee shall, on notice from the attorney general, discontinue any advertising or the use of any advertisement, seal, or card that, in the opinion of the attorney general, tends to mislead the public. Failure to comply with this order of the attorney general is cause fo…

A licensee of a private security guard business shall file with the attorney general a certificate of insurance evidencing comprehensive general liability coverage for bodily injury, personal injury, and property damage with endorsements for assault and battery and personal injur…

(a) It is unlawful for any person subject to the provisions of this chapter to knowingly commit any of the following: (1) Provide any service required to be licensed under this chapter without possessing a valid license; (2) Employ any individual to perform the duties of an unarm…

(a) Any person aggrieved by a final decision or order of the attorney general made after a hearing or rehearing, whether or not a petition for a hearing was filed, may obtain judicial review of the decision by appeal to the superior court in accordance with chapter 35 of title 42…

The attorney general, or his or her designee, shall have general responsibility and authority for the implementation of this chapter, as subsequently provided, including, without limiting the responsibility and authority: (1) To process all applications for any license provided u…

(a) The attorney general is authorized to adopt, amend, or repeal any regulations, consistent with the policy and objectives of this chapter, that he or she deems necessary or desirable for the public interest in carrying out the provisions of this chapter. (b) The regulations sh…

(a) The attorney general, or his or her designee, shall have the power and authority to issue subpoenas and to compel the attendance of witnesses at any place within this state; to administer oaths; and to require testimony under oath. The attorney general may serve his or her pr…

The attorney general, or his or her designee, shall have authority, with warrant: (1) To inspect and examine the principal place of business, each bureau, agency, subagency, office, or branch office for which a license is sought or has been issued; (2) To inspect, examine, and au…

No person, whether or not he or she is a resident of the state, shall engage in the private security guard business without first obtaining from the attorney general a license to conduct the business, as subsequently provided. No person shall conduct the business under the licens…

(a) Every applicant, or in the case of a partnership each partner, or in the case of a corporation each officer and general, and each shareholder owning a ten percent (10%) or greater interest in the applicant, provided, the applicant is not a publicly traded corporation, shall m…

After an examination of the application and any further inquiry and investigation that he or she deems proper and necessary as to the good character, competency, and integrity of the applicant and the persons named in the application, the attorney general shall as soon as practic…