ALARM LICENSE REQUIREMENTS
VIRGINIA

Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-911  (2008)

§ 15.2-911.  Regulation of alarm company operators


   A. Any locality may by ordinance regulate the installation and
maintenance of alarm systems operated by alarm company operators.

B. As used in this section, an "alarm company operator" means and includes
any business operated for profit, engaged in the installation,
maintenance, alteration, or servicing of alarm systems or which responds
to such alarm systems. Such term, however, shall not include alarm systems
maintained by governmental agencies or departments, nor shall it include a
business which merely sells from a fixed location or manufactures alarm
systems unless such business services, installs, monitors or responds to
alarm systems at the protected premises.

C. As used in this section, the term "alarm system" means an assembly of
equipment and devices arranged to signal the presence of a hazard
requiring urgent attention and to which police or firefighters are
expected to respond. Such system may be installed, maintained, altered or
serviced by an alarm company operator in both commercial and residential
premises.