2012 Mississippi Code
Title 73 - Professions and Vocations
Chapter 69 - Mississippi Residential Electronic Protection Licensing Act
§ 73-69-9. Issuance of Class A license; display; employment of Class B license holder; duty of designated agent to provide certain notice to State Fire Marshal; inspection; retention period for client records

(1) If the State Fire Marshal finds that a company has met the requirements of licensing, he shall issue a Class A license to engage in alarm contracting to that company upon payment of the license fee authorized by this chapter. Such license shall include the name of the designated agent of the alarm contracting company as applicable.

(2) Each alarm contracting company shall be physically located within the boundaries of the state and shall clearly display its license in a conspicuous location at its place of business.

(3) Each alarm contracting company shall employ a Class B license holder.

(4) The designated agent of an alarm contracting company shall notify the State Fire Marshal within ten (10) days of the following:

(a) Any change in the business address of the company.

(b) (i) Any change in ownership of or interest in the company.

(ii) Any owner, partner or other principal with an interest in the company, which has been convicted of a felony or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a felony charge or received a first-time offender pardon. A felony that has been dismissed pursuant to the Mississippi Criminal Code or equivalent judicial dismissal shall not apply to this paragraph.

(iii) A conviction or a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a felony charge or receipt of a first-time pardon shall not constitute an automatic disqualification as otherwise required pursuant to subparagraph (ii) if ten (10) or more years have elapsed between the date of application and the successful completion or service of any sentence, deferred adjudication, or period of probation or parole.

(iv) Subparagraph (i) shall not apply to any person convicted of a crime of violence or a sex offense as defined within the Mississippi Criminal Code.

(v) The Office of the State Fire Marshal may consider the seriousness and circumstances of the offense and subsequent arrests.

(c) Any change in the employment of a person holding an individual license.

(d) A change of the company providing monitoring services.

(5) In the event of the death of its designated agent or his separation from the company for any other reason, an alarm contracting company shall name another owner or manager as its designated agent within ninety (90) days and shall notify the State Fire Marshal of such designation within ten (10) days.

(6) Each alarm contracting company doing business in the state shall be open for inspection by the State Fire Marshal or his designated representative at any reasonable time for the purpose of observation and collection of facts and data relating to proper enforcement of this chapter. No person acting on behalf of an alarm contracting company shall refuse to admit the State Fire Marshal or his designated representative to an operating location.

(7) Client records must be maintained for inspection by the State Fire Marshal for a three-year period.