Alarm User Registration

● Every alarm business conducting business in Charles County must obtain an Alarm Business License (ABL) from the FARU at an annual fee of $50.00. An alarm business must ensure that an alarm user’s system is registered before the system is activated or placed into service. An alarm business must collect from their alarm users the initial alarm registration form and fee and deliver to FARU prior to activating or placing system into service. Non-Compliance will result in the alarm business and/or alarm user being fined $150 for every false alarm dispatch request.

● An annual $20.00 registration fee must be paid with each registration form and a separate registration must be obtained for each alarmed location, both residential and non-residential. (Registration does not apply to car alarm systems.) Registration fees are waived for alarm owners 62 years of age or older and, on a case-by-case basis, for individuals with medical alert alarms, the infirm or physically challenged, and for County, State and municipal government facilities(proper documentation required). Registration fee waivers do not exempt individuals or entities from paying false alarm response fees.

● Alarm Businesses must provide their ABL license number and the alarm user’s registration number to 911 Police/Fire/EMS Communications when requesting dispatch to an alarm activation.

● If you do not have an alarm or alarm monitoring company, you may obtain registration information directly from the FARU.

● Alarm registrations are not transferable from one alarm user to another or from one location to another. If changes are made regarding the alarm company, mailing address, or contact person information, alarm users are required to advise the FARU in writing of change(s) but are not required to re-register their alarm system.

False Alarm Statistics
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