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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 29.04.01.01" title_num="29" subtitle_num="04" chapter_num="01" heading="Agency Licenses.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An applicant shall submit an application provided by the Secretary of State Police, with the following signatures:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>If the applicant is an individual, the application form shall be signed, under oath, by the individual;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If the applicant is a firm, the application form shall be signed, under oath, by the representative member, and by all the other firm members.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>An applicant for a license shall pay to the Secretary an application fee as follows:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Individual—$200;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Firm—$375;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>For a license for both an unincorporated security guard agency and private detective agency under the same licensee name submitted simultaneously—$375; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>For a license for both an incorporated security guard agency and private detective agency under the same licensee name submitted simultaneously—$750.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>An applicant shall submit to the Secretary a complete set of the applicant's legible fingerprints taken on standard fingerprint cards, accompanied by payment for the costs of the fingerprint card record checks, which are $24 for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and $18 for the Criminal Justice Information System. If the applicant is a firm, the applicant shall pay the cost of the fingerprint card record checks for each firm member.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Recommendations.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An applicant shall submit to the Secretary three notarized recommendations for the individual, or, if a firm, three notarized recommendations for each firm member.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Each recommendation shall be prepared by a reputable citizen who owns property in the county where the individual applicant or firm member resides or where the business of the security guard agency is to be conducted.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>An applicant for a license who intends to employ at least five individuals as security guards shall submit with the application proof of liability insurance in an amount not less than $1,000,000.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Photograph.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An applicant, and each firm member or corporate officer who will be engaging in security guard services, shall submit two photographs, 11/2 inches square, of the applicant's head and shoulders.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Printed computer-generated photographs that are similar to the size indicated in §F(1) of this regulation and represent a clear display of only the applicant's head and shoulders are acceptable.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>A completed application form shall include the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Address of the applicant's proposed principal place of business and of each proposed branch office;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Trade name, as approved by the Department of Assessments and Taxation, or fictitious name that the applicant intends to use while conducting the business of the security guard agency;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Submission of a facsimile of any trademark that the applicant intends to use while conducting the business of the security guard agency;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Verification that the applicant or firm has established a Maryland sales tax account for the agency;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>If the applicant is a firm, copies of the articles of incorporation and any resolutions passed by the board of directors showing that the representative member is a corporate office of the firm;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>A draft copy of the intended badge and patch that the agency intends to use for review and approval by the Secretary; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>A signed copy of the Authorization for Release of Information.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>A nonresident applicant shall submit a consent and any related document, as required by Business Occupations and Professions Article, §19-505, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="I.">
    <text>An individual applicant or representative member of a firm shall report in person to the Licensing Division with all appropriate completed forms and fees. At that time each applicant shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Have the right index finger printed to a prenumbered certification card; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Sign the certification card.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>