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Del. Laws, c. 179, § 8_
§ 1201. Definitions ºEffective until fulfillment of 76 Del. Laws, c. 179,
(a) "Officers or employees of the business" shall include all persons
associated with a security business except stockholders of a corporation whose
stock is publicly traded.
(b) "Security business" shall mean the sale of a security system where the
vendor installs the device, or the monitoring or service of a security system
on protected premises.
(c) "Security system" shall mean sensor-based devices designed to detect or
signal the intrusion on or unauthorized use of equipment, residence, structure
or leasehold. This section shall not include any electronic software programs
designed to protect computational devices, electronic article surveillance
equipment or money dye systems.
(64 Del. Laws, c. 281, § 1; 64 Del. Laws, c. 377, § 1.)
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§ 1201. Definitions ºEffective upon fulfillment of 76 Del. Laws, c. 179, §
8_
(a) "Officers or employees of the security business" shall include all persons
associated with a security business except stockholders of a corporation
whose stock is publicly traded.
(b) "Security business" means a person or entity in the business of selling,
providing, installing, maintaining, servicing, repairing, altering, replacing
or providing monitoring services at a security system site. Every security
business shall have a registered agent pursuant to § 132 of Title 8.
(c) "Security system" shall mean a device or series of devices, including, but
not limited to, hardwired systems and systems interconnected with a radio
frequency method such as cellular or private radio signals, which emit or
transmit a remote or local audible, visual or electronic signal indicating an
alarm condition and intended to summon law enforcement authority response,
including local alarm systems. "Security system" does not include an alarm
installed in a vehicle or in someone's person unless the vehicle or the
personal alarm is permanently located at a site.
(64 Del. Laws, c. 281, § 1; 64 Del. Laws, c. 377, § 1; 76 Del. Laws, c. 179,
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§ 1202. License requirement; operation without license.
(a) No persons shall operate a security business without having obtained a
license, as provided herein, to conduct such business. The Division of Revenue
shall not issue a license to a security business under the authority of
Chapter 23 of Title 30 without the approval of the Superintendent of the
Delaware State Police.
(b) Operating a security business without a license shall be punishable
pursuant to § 1214 of this title. Each day a person operates a security
business without a license may be counted as a separate violation.
(64 Del. Laws, c. 281, § 1.)
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§ 1203. Qualifications of applicants.
(a) In addition to the requirements of the Division of Revenue, an applicant
for a license to operate as a security business in this State shall furnish
the following information to the Superintendent of the State Police:
(1) The name and address of the security business and the location or
locations where it intends to operate within the State;
(2) If the applicant is a corporation, the application shall state the date
and place of incorporation, the name and address of its resident agent if
incorporated in Delaware with a principal place of business outside the State,
the location of the applicant's principal place of business and a list of the
principal corporate officers with their business and home addresses;
(3) If the applicant intends to operate as a partnership, the application
shall list each of the partners with their business and home addresses;
(4) A statement as to the length of time the applicant has been engaged in the
security business and where engaged, and the date when the security business
commenced operation in this State or when the security business intends to
commence such operation;
(5) The specific nature of the security business;
(6) Each applicant's full name, business address and telephone number, home
address and telephone number and date and place of birth;
(7) The name and address of the applicant's present place or places of
employment for the past 3 years and the length of time so employed, stating
the principal source of income for any individual not regularly employed in 1
business;
(8) A list of all felony and misdemeanor convictions in any jurisdiction of
all individuals listed in the application;
(9) One set of classifiable fingerprints recorded in the manner required by
the Superintendent of State Police;
(10) A statement as to whether the individual has ever been denied a license
or permit in any jurisdiction to engage in the security business or has had
such license or permit revoked or suspended;
(11) If neither the applicant nor any other person named above will operate
the business on a daily basis, the name and home address of the person who
will be responsible for the operation of the business with information on
training or experience in the field of security systems or protective
services; and
(12) The Superintendent may require that the application include any other
information which the Superintendent may reasonably deem necessary to
determine whether the applicant or individual signing the application meets
the requirements of this statute or to establish the truth of the facts set
forth in the application.
(b) If the applicant is an individual and does not reside or operate any
business or is not employed within the State, or in the event the applicant is
a form of partnership and no owner or general partner resides, operates a
business or is employed within the State, then the application must also be
subscribed and sworn to by the individual having the authority and
responsibility for the management and operations of the security business with
this State.
(c) If the applicant is a corporation, the application shall be subscribed and
sworn to by at least 1 principal corporate officer, either the president,
vice-president, treasurer, secretary or comptroller. If the applicant is a
corporation and none of its principal corporate officers are responsible for
the management and operation of the security business within the State, the
application shall also be subscribed and sworn to by the individual having the
authority and responsibility for the management and operations of the
security business within the State.
(d) An application for a license to operate a security business shall be
signed by at least 1 person 18 years of age or older.
(e) The Division may conduct a criminal history background check pursuant to
the procedures set forth in Chapter 85 of Title 11 for the purposes of
licensing any individual pursuant to this chapter.
(64 Del. Laws, c. 281, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 73 Del. Laws, c. 252,
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The Superintendent shall review each application for a license to operate a
security business. The Superintendent shall investigate the character of each
applicant and each officer of the corporation or partner named in the
application to the extent the Superintendent deems necessary. If the
Superintendent finds that all parties whose names have been submitted are of
good character and that the business is organized for a legitimate purpose,
the Superintendent may approve the issuance of a business license by the
Division of Revenue to the applicant.
(1) Evidence of a lack of good character shall include:
a. A record of arrests and/or convictions for crimes involving offenses
against the person, dishonesty or fraud; and
b. A record of complaints filed with the Division of Consumer Protection or
Better Business Bureau regarding the applicant, officers or partners in the
business or the proposed manager of the business.
(2) Evidence of a lack of a legitimate purpose shall include:
a. A total lack of training or experience in the installation of burglar
alarms or alarm systems by any person named in the application; and
b. Failure to obtain a bond as required by § 1212 of this title.
(3) The Superintendent may conduct a criminal history background check
pursuant to the procedures set forth in Chapter 85 of Title 11 for the
purposes of licensure review pursuant to this chapter.
(64 Del. Laws, c. 281, § 1; 69 Del. Laws, c. 291, § 98(c); 70 Del. Laws, c.
186, § 1; 73 Del. Laws, c. 252, § 12.)
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§ 1205. Renewal and transferability of license.
Each license shall expire 2 years after the date of issuance. No license
issued pursuant to this chapter shall be assigned or transferred, either by
operation of law or otherwise.
(64 Del. Laws, c. 281, § 1.)
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§ 1206. Change in ownership or site of business; revocation of license.
(a) In the event of any change in the membership of the firm or in the
officers or directors of any association or corporation or any change in the
address of any office or location of such business, the Superintendent shall
be notified in writing of such change within 5 days thereafter. Failure to
give such notification shall be sufficient cause for revocation of the
license.
(b) Each new member of the firm or of the officers or directors of any
association or corporation shall provide the information required by § 1203 of
this title. The Superintendent shall then review each application as provided
in § 1204 of this title. If the Superintendent finds that the applicant is
not of good character, the Superintendent shall revoke the license. In the
event that a license is revoked pursuant to this subsection, the license
holder shall be afforded a hearing before the Superintendent and shall have
the right to appeal to the Secretary of the Department of Safety and Homeland
Security in conformity with the State Administrative Procedures Act.
(64 Del. Laws, c. 281, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 74 Del. Laws, c. 110,
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(a) Before any applicant shall exercise any rights under the license issued to
the applicant, such license, or a certified copy thereof, shall be posted and
at all times thereafter, while the same is in force, be displayed in a
conspicuous place in the principal office and in each bureau, agency,
subagency, office or branch office for which it is issued.
(b) No person holding any license approved by the Superintendent under this
chapter shall:
(1) Post or permit such license to be posted upon premises other than those
described therein or to which it may be transferred pursuant to this chapter;
(2) Fail to maintain such license in a conspicuous place in such offices or
places of business; or
(3) Knowingly alter, deface or destroy any such license or permit the
alteration, defacement or destruction thereof.
(64 Del. Laws, c. 281, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1.)
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§ 1208. Employee identification cards.
(a) Any person operating a security business shall provide the Superintendent
with a list of the names, addresses, social security numbers and 1 set of
classifiable fingerprints recorded in the manner required by the
Superintendent of employees as hired.
(b) No individual shall function as a security agent or perform the duties
described in subsection (c) of this section without first obtaining the
identification card required by this section.
(c) Owners, principal corporate officers, partners, employees and managers of
all security businesses shall be required to obtain identification cards if
they are directly engaged in selling, installing, altering, servicing, moving,
maintaining, repairing, replacing, monitoring, responding to or causing
others to respond to security systems within the State.
(d) Security agents who are employed by persons who were engaged in the
security business on June 25, 1984, shall have 60 days to file an application
for an identification card under this section and may continue to function as
a security agent pending a final determination of such application.
(e) A temporary identification card may be issued by a security business
licensed under this statute to any of its security agents or any individual
required to obtain an identification card prior to the issuance of a permanent
identification card for any such individual by the business. The form,
requirements and conditions for issuance and use of temporary identification
cards shall be prescribed by the Superintendent.
(f) The temporary or permanent identification card shall be carried by any
individual required to obtain an identification card under this statute
whenever such individual is engaged in the security business and shall be
exhibited upon request.
(g) The Superintendent may refuse to approve an identification card if the
identification card applicant has been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor
in any jurisdiction and the Superintendent finds that such conviction reflects
unfavorably on the fitness of such applicant to engage in the security
business or to be employed by the security business.
(h) The permanent and temporary identification card issued by the business
shall include the name and description identifying the cardholder, the name of
the security agent's employer and the number of any other information which
is required or which the business may wish to include.
(i) No permanent identification card or temporary identification card issued
pursuant to this chapter shall be transferable. Temporary identification cards
issued by a security business must be surrendered to the business by the
cardholder upon termination of employment.
(64 Del. Laws, c. 281, § 1.)
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§ 1209. Employee identification cards -- Renewal; notice of changes.
(a) Identification cards approved by the Superintendent shall expire and be
renewable on the fifth anniversary date of the birth of the applicant next
following the date of its issuance, unless the birth date is February 29, in
which event the license shall expire and be renewable on February 28 every
fifth year.
(b) The Superintendent may refuse to renew an identification card for any
grounds set forth in § 1204 or § 1208 of this title.
(c) A security business shall notify the Superintendent within 10 days after
the termination of employment of, or association of, any cardholder of such
security business.
(64 Del. Laws, c. 281, § 1; 73 Del. Laws, c. 370, § 1.)
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§ 1210. Request for hearing upon receipt of notice of denial of an
identification card or license.
After receipt of written notice from the Superintendent of denial or approval
for a license or an identification card, the applicant shall be afforded a
hearing before the Superintendent and shall have the right to appeal to the
Secretary of the Department of Safety and Homeland Security in conformity with
the state Administrative Procedures Act [Chapter 101 of Title 29].
(64 Del. Laws, c. 281, § 1; 74 Del. Laws, c. 110, § 138.)
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§ 1211. Suspension or revocation of identification cards; notices.
(a) Identification cards may be suspended or revoked by the Superintendent on
the grounds that the holder is not considered of good character.
(b) In the event that the Superintendent suspends or revokes an identification
card, the cardholder, upon receipt of the notice of suspension or revocation,
shall cease to perform any services related to the security business.
(c) Both the identification cardholder and the security business which employs
the cardholder or with which the cardholder is associated shall be notified
by the Superintendent of the suspension or revocation of an identification
card.
(64 Del. Laws, c. 281, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1.)
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§ 1212. Issuance of license; copies; fee; bond.
If the application for a license is approved by the Superintendent, the
Division of Revenue shall issue and deliver to the applicant, a license to
conduct business and to maintain 1 or more bureaus, agencies or offices for
the conduct of such business at the locations stated in the application. As
many copies of the license as there are to be offices, bureaus, agencies or
branch offices shall be supplied upon:
(1) Payment by the applicant to the Division of Revenue of a license fee of
$150; and
(2) Execution by the applicant and delivery to the Department of Safety and
Homeland Security of a bond with a surety company authorized to be surety in
this State and approved as to form, manner of execution and sufficiency by the
Superintendent, payable to the State, and which shall be for the benefit of
any persons injured by the wilful, malicious or wrongful act of the applicant,
in the amount of $10,000. The bond shall be conditioned for the faithful and
honest conduct of such business by the applicant.
(64 Del. Laws, c. 281, § 1; 74 Del. Laws, c. 110, § 138.)
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§ 1213. Delay of suspension or revocation of license or identification
card during public emergency.
(a) Under circumstances in which the Superintendent determines that a public
emergency exists or that the public health, welfare or safety may be
jeopardized, the Superintendent may, upon application by the licensee or any
third party affected by such termination, revocation or suspension, extend the
time for the termination, revocation or suspension.
(b) After the Superintendent has issued a notice of intent to revoke or
suspend a security business license or to revoke or suspend a security agent
identification card, the licensee or identification cardholder may request
that the license or identification card remain in effect subject to the terms
of a written order of consent to be issued by the Superintendent. Denial of a
request for consent order negotiations shall not be subject to judicial
review.
(64 Del. Laws, c. 281, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1.)
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§ 1214. Prohibited acts; penalties.
(a) It shall be unlawful for a person to:
(1) Conduct a security business without a license;
(2) Fail to obtain an identification card as required by § 1208 of this title;
(3) Wilfully and knowingly fail to notify subscribers of a security business
of the suspension of a security business or the suspension or revocation of
its license;
(4) Wilfully and knowingly fail to file the surety bond required by § 1212 of
this title;
(5) Wilfully and knowingly fail to surrender a revoked license certificate or
to surrender an identification card;
(6) Wilfully and knowingly submit false information of a material nature in
any application or renewal application for a security business license or for
an identification card.
(b) Any person found guilty of violating this section shall be subject to a
fine not to exceed $500 or imprisonment for a period not to exceed 90 days or
both.
(64 Del. Laws, c. 281, § 1.)
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