Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.1051
Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "private security business and security alarm act".
Michigan Compiled Laws — PRIVATE SECURITY BUSINESS AND SECURITY ALARM ACT (Act 330 of 1968)
Michigan · statute · 330 of 1968, Mich. Comp. Laws · 41 active provisions
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.1052
Definitions; persons not subject to act.
(1) As used in this act: (a) "Commission" means the commission on law enforcement standards created under section 3 of the commission on law enforcement standards act, 1965 PA 203, MCL 28.603. (b) "Department" means the department of licensing and regulatory affairs, except that in reference to the regulation of privat…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.1053
License required; permission for device delivering recorded message to public service, utility, or police agency required; violation; penalty.
(1) Unless licensed under this act, a sole proprietorship, firm, company, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation shall not engage in the business of security alarm system contractor, private security guard, private security police, private college security force, patrol service, or an agency furnishing…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.1054
Issuance of separate licenses for different security services; private detective or investigator services.
The department may issue separate licenses to security alarm system contractors, private college security forces, private security police, and private security guard agencies. This section does not prevent a private detective or private investigator licensed under the professional investigator licensure act, 1965 PA 28…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.1055
License; issuance; term; local license not required.
The department, upon proper application and upon being satisfied that the applicant is qualified, shall issue the applicant a license to conduct business as an alarm system contractor or a private security guard or agency for a period of 2 years from date of issuance. Upon the issuance of a license to conduct business…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.1056
License; qualifications; compliance; "armed forces" defined.
(1) The department shall issue a license to conduct business as a security alarm system contractor or a private security guard, private security police, or to a private security guard business, if it is satisfied that the applicant, if the applicant is an individual, or the individual who is the sole or principal licen…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.1056a
License to operate private college security force; issuance to private college or university.
The department may issue a license to operate a private college security force to a private college or university, but shall not issue that license until the private college or university has demonstrated compliance with the requirements of sections 37 to 42.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.1057
License; application; references; investigation; approval; nonrenewable temporary license; fees; section inapplicable to private college security force.
(1) The department shall prepare a uniform application for the particular license and shall require the person filing the application to obtain reference statements from at least 5 reputable citizens who have known the applicant for a period of at least 5 years, who can attest that the applicant is honest, of good char…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.1058
Application; signature and verification; contents; photographs; section inapplicable to private college security force.
(1) Each applicant shall sign and verify the application. Each application shall contain at least all of the following: (a) The name and principal address where the individual or business entity is located in this state. (b) The address and location of any branch office of the business. (c) The certificate of incorpora…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.1059
License; issuance; term; revocation; form; fees; bond; additional license for branch office; refunds; receipt of completed application; issuance of license within certain time period; report; security business fund; service in armed forces; waiver of fee; “completed application” defined.
(1) The department shall issue a license to an applicant when the requirements of this act are met and the department is satisfied of the good character, competence, and integrity of the applicant, if the applicant is an individual, or if the applicant is an entity other than a private college or university, of its ind…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.1060
License; revocation; grounds; failure to pay fines or fees; surrender of license; misdemeanor.
(1) The department may revoke any license issued under this act if it determines, upon good cause shown, that the licensee or his or her manager, if the licensee is an individual, or if the licensee is not an individual, that any of its officers, directors, partners or its manager, has done any of the following: (a) Ma…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.1061
Refund of application or license fee.
The department shall not refund a license or application fee unless a showing is made of mistake, inadvertence, error in the collection of the fee, or noncompliance with the time periods described in section 9(5).
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.1062
Posting certificate of license.
Upon receipt of a certificate of license from the department the licensee shall post it in a conspicuous place in his office.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.1063
Change in name or location; report; failure to notify department.
(1) Any change in the name or location of the agency or of a branch office or subagency shall be reported by the licensee to the department at least 10 days before the change becomes effective, upon receipt of which the department shall prepare and forward a certificate showing the change. The licensee shall return the…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.1064
Identification card; issuance; form; contents; recall; custody; unauthorized use; suspension and reinstatement; duplicates.
(1) Upon issuing a license, the department shall issue an identification card to the principal license holder, and if the licensee is a partner in a partnership to each partner, and if the license holder is a corporation to each resident officer or manager but only if requested by a resident officer or manager. (2) The…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.1065
Nonassignability of license.
A license issued under the provisions of this act is not assignable, and is personal to such licensee.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.1066
Unlawful manufacture of badge or shield; unlawful display of badge, shield, card, or license; distribution of card or license; buying or receiving spurious identification; violation; penalty; confiscation of card or license; separate offenses.
A person shall not manufacture a badge or shield which purports to indicate that the holder is a licensed alarm system contractor, alarm system agent, private security guard or agency, or any of those persons as listed, in section 2. A person shall not display for sale a badge, shield, identification card, or certifica…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.1067
Employees of licensee; conduct and qualifications; personnel information; employee roster to be filed with department; false statements or representations; revocation of license; misdemeanor.
(1) A licensee may employ as many persons as he or she considers necessary to assist him or her in his or her work of security alarm system contractor, private security police, private college security force, or private security guard and in the conduct of his or her business, and at all times during the employment is…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.1067a
Notifying law enforcement agency of suspected crime.
If a private security guard, private security police officer, or private college security force officer acting in the course of his or her employment reasonably suspects that any of the following crimes have occurred, he or she shall immediately notify a law enforcement agency of that suspected crime: (a) An assaultive…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.1068
Employment of unqualified employees; fingerprints; fee; background check of prospective employee; employment application; refusal to surrender identification.
(1) A licensee shall not knowingly employ any person who fails to meet the requirements of section 17. (2) The licensee shall cause fingerprints to be taken of all prospective employees who are direct providers of the security business, which fingerprints shall be submitted to the department of state police and the fed…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.1069
Uniform and insignia; shoulder identification patches or emblems; badge or shield; deadly weapons; tactical baton.
(1) The particular type of uniform and insignia worn by a licensee or his or her employees must be approved by the department and shall not deceive or confuse the public or be identical with that of a law enforcement officer of the federal government, state, or a political subdivision of the state in the community of t…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.1070
Confidentiality of information; false reports, penalty.
(1) Any person who is or has been an employee of a licensee shall not divulge to anyone other than his employer or former employer, or as the employer shall direct, except as he may be required by law, any information acquired by him during his employment in respect to any of the work to which he shall have been assign…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.1071
Violations of act; report of convictions.
The prosecuting attorney of the county in which any conviction for a violation of any provision of this act shall, within 10 days thereafter, make and file with the department a report showing the date of such conviction, the name of the person convicted and the nature of the charge.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.1072
Advertising.
(1) Every advertisement by a licensee soliciting or advertising for business shall contain his or her business name and address as they appear in the records of the department. (2) A licensee shall, upon notice from and order of the department, discontinue any advertising or the use of any advertisement, seal, or card…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.1073
Trade names; approval.
No licensee shall use any designation or trade name which has not been first approved by the department, nor shall any licensee use any designation or trade name which implies any association with any municipal, county or state government or the federal government, or agency thereof.
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