Virginia Administrative Code › Title 6 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CORRECTIONS › Agency 20 - DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES › Chapter 172 - REGULATIONS RELATING TO PRIVATE SECURITY SERVICES BUSINESSES › Part IV - Business License Application Procedures; Administrative Requirements; Standards of Conduct › Section 6VAC20-172-40 - Initial business license application

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. Prior to the issuance of a private
				  security services business license, the applicant shall meet or exceed the
				  requirements of licensing and application submittal to the department as set
				  forth in this section.
B. Each
				  person seeking a license shall file a completed application provided by the
				  department including:
1. For each principal
				  and supervisor of the applying business and for each electronic security
				  employee of an electronic security services business, his fingerprints pursuant
				  to this chapter;
2. A certificate
				  of insurance reflecting the department as a certificate holder and showing a
				  policy of comprehensive general liability insurance in the minimum coverage
				  amount of $1 million of general aggregate liability insurance issued by an
				  insurance company authorized to do business in Virginia.
a. Every personal protection specialist and
				  private investigator who has been issued a registration by the department and
				  is hired as an independent contractor by a licensed private security services
				  business shall maintain comprehensive general liability insurance in the
				  minimum coverage amount of $1 million of general aggregate liability insurance;
				  and
b. Documentation verifying the
				  personal protection specialist or private investigator has obtained the
				  required insurance shall be provided to the private security services business
				  prior to the hiring of such independent contractor;
3. For each nonresident applicant for a
				  license, on a form provided by the department, a completed irrevocable consent
				  for the department to serve as service agent for all actions filed in any court
				  in this Commonwealth;
4. For each
				  applicant for a license except a sole proprietor or partnership, the
				  identification number issued by the Virginia State Corporation Commission for
				  verification that the entity is authorized to conduct business in the
				  Commonwealth;
5. A physical address
				  in Virginia where records required to be maintained by the Code of Virginia and
				  this chapter are kept and available for inspection by the department. A post
				  office box is not a physical address;
6. On the license application, designation of
				  at least one individual as compliance agent who is certified or eligible for
				  certification;
7. The applicable,
				  nonrefundable license application fee; and
8. Designation on the license application of
				  the type of private security business license the applicant is seeking. The
				  initial business license fee includes one category. A separate fee will be
				  charged for each additional category. The separate categories are identified as
				  follows:
(i) security officers/couriers
				  (armed and unarmed),
(ii) private
				  investigators,
(iii) electronic
				  security personnel,
(iv) armored
				  car personnel,
(v) personal
				  protection specialists,
(vi)
				  locksmiths, and
(vii) detector
				  canine handlers and security canine handlers. Alarm respondents crossover into
				  both the security officer and electronic security category; therefore, if an
				  applicant is licensed in either of these categories, he can provide these
				  services without an additional category fee.