2010 California Code
Business and Professions Code
Article 3. Application Of Chapter

7592.  No person shall engage within this state in the activities of
an alarm company operator as defined in Section 7590.2, unless the
person holds a valid alarm company operator's license or is exempt
from the provisions of this chapter.



7592.2.  Any person who violates any provision of this chapter, or
who conspires with another person to violate any provision of this
chapter, or who knowingly engages an unlicensed alarm company
operator after being notified in writing by the bureau of the alarm
company operator's unlicensed status with the bureau, is guilty of a
misdemeanor, and is punishable by a fine of one thousand dollars
($1,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one
year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.



7592.3.  Any person who engages in any business regulated by this
chapter, who acts as or represents himself or herself to be a
licensee under this chapter, who falsely represents that he or she is
employed by a licensee, or who carries a badge, identification card,
or business card, or uses a letterhead or advertises that he or she
is a licensee under this chapter, unless such person is licensed
under this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and is punishable by
a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in the
county jail for not more than one year, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.


7592.5.  No person engaged in performing any service requiring a
license under this chapter may bring or maintain any action in any
court of this state for the collection of compensation for the
performance of any act or agreement, without alleging and proving,
that the person was duly licensed at all times during the performance
of the act or agreement.



7592.6.  Any person who knowingly falsifies fingerprints or
photographs as required for any provisions of this chapter is guilty
of a felony.


7592.8.  The provisions of this chapter shall not prevent the local
authorities of any city, county, or city and county, by ordinance and
within the exercise of the police power of the city, county, or city
and county from:
   (a) Requiring alarm company operator licensees to meet the
requirements for and obtain a business permit.
   (b) Requiring alarm agents or alarm company operators, or both, to
register their name and file a copy of their state issued
identification card with the city, county, or city and county. No
fee, other than a fee for a business license permit, may be charged
nor may any application be required by the city, county, or city and
county for that registration.
   (c) Enacting ordinances governing false alarm activations and
responses.
   (d) Requiring persons who own, lease, rent, or otherwise possess
an alarm system to obtain a permit to operate the alarm system.