# Sec. 9-221. Alarm business license requirements

Codified through Bill No. CB-018-2026, adopted May 12, 2026, effective July 24, 2026. Source: Municode, Supplement 2026 Update 2. Editorial notes and legislative history omitted.

## Sec. 9-221. Alarm business license requirements

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 9-221 (2026)

(a) Any person engaging in an alarm business in Prince George's County must apply to the Chief of Police for a license to operate as an alarm business. Such application must be signed by either the owner of the business for a sole proprietorship, one partner for a partnership, or a corporate officer for a corporation, and must be approved by the Chief.

(b) The license application must include:

  (1) The name, address, Fax and telephone number of the alarm business, it's business organization (Sole Proprietorship, Partnership, or Corporation), and Employer ID number (EIN);

  (2) The number of active residential and nonresidential alarm customers in Prince George's County with which the alarm business conducts business;

  (3) The name, address, and telephone number of the official responsible for the operation of the alarm business in Prince George's County;

  (4) Background criminal history information;

  (5) Complete list of associated (contracted) alarm businesses, including name, address, telephone number, and alarm business license number, that may alter, install, lease, maintain, monitor, repair, replace, sell at retail, service, or respond to an alarm system in Prince George's County;

  (6) An alarm business that is incorporated in a state other than Maryland, must include on the alarm business license application form the name and address of the Resident Agent located in Maryland.

(c) License applications must be accompanied by a biennial, nonrefundable processing fee of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00), which will be due and payable biennially on the anniversary of the issuance of the alarm business license. If the alarm business license has been revoked or suspended, a reinstatement fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) plus the regular fee must accompany a reinstatement application.

  (1) An applicant must not conduct business in Prince George's County until the alarm business license is approved.

  (2) An applicant must give written notice of any changes to the information contained in the application to the Chief within ten (10) days of the change.

(d) Should an alarm business license be suspended, revoked, or refused, the alarm business must notify, by first class mail, within five (5) days, each of its alarm users that the alarm business is unable to request Prince George's County Police dispatch to the user's alarm system for the duration of the suspension, revocation, or refusal. The alarm business must also provide the Chief, by first class mail, within five (5) days, a list containing the name and complete address of the alarm business's registered alarm users.

(e) A licensed alarm business must not enter into a contract regarding their business in the County with an alarm business that does not have a valid County alarm business license.

(f) The owner, partner, or corporate officer of an alarm business must conduct a criminal history background check on all employees of the alarm business involved in the sale, installation, monitoring, or maintenance of an alarm system. The background check must cover the past seven (7) years.

(g) Any licensee or applicant who requests a hearing before the Chief to show cause why an alarm business license should not be revoked or suspended or the license application should be granted or renewed must include an appeal filing fee of $150.00.

(h) An alarm business without a current County license must not request a police response to an alarm signal from an alarm system in the County.