# COMAR Title 29 — Department of State Police

## Subtitle 04 — Licensing and Permits

### Chapter 01 — Security Guard Agency Licenses and Security Guard Certifications

#### Regulation .12 Armed Security Guards; Documentation of Weapon Information Required.

*COMAR 29.04.01.12*

A. If a security guard agency employs armed security guards, the agency shall maintain a list for each armed security guard of:

  (1) The weapon type;

  (2) The weapon's serial number; and

  (3) Whether the weapon is agency owned or personally owned.

B. The personnel file for each armed employee shall contain a photocopy of the handgun permit for each security guard who is armed.

C. An armed security guard may only use a weapon for which the guard has been qualified to shoot and for which the guard has submitted documentation identifying the weapon and the qualifying score to the Licensing Division Handgun Permit Section before carrying that weapon, in accordance with Public Safety Article, Title 5, Annotated Code of Maryland.

D. Security guards may not be armed unless they possess a valid handgun permit.