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Chapter 18.170 RCW

SECURITY GUARDS

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HTMLPDF 18.170.010Definitions.
HTMLPDF 18.170.020Exemptions.
HTMLPDF 18.170.030Security guard license—Requirements.
HTMLPDF 18.170.040Armed private security guard license—Requirements.
HTMLPDF 18.170.050Armed private security guard license authority—Registration of firearms.
HTMLPDF 18.170.060Private security company license—Requirements, restrictions—Qualifying agent—Assignment or transfer of license.
HTMLPDF 18.170.070License cards and certificates—Issuance and requirements.
HTMLPDF 18.170.080Licensed private security companies—Certificate of insurance required.
HTMLPDF 18.170.090Temporary registration cards—Requirements—Expiration—Suspension.
HTMLPDF 18.170.105Training requirements.
HTMLPDF 18.170.110Required notice of certain occurrences.
HTMLPDF 18.170.120Out-of-state licensees—Application—Fee—Temporary assignment.
HTMLPDF 18.170.130Investigation of applicants.
HTMLPDF 18.170.140Regulatory provisions exclusive—Authority of the state and political subdivisions.
HTMLPDF 18.170.150Out-of-state private security guards operating across state lines.
HTMLPDF 18.170.160Licenses required—Use of public law enforcement insignia prohibited—Penalties—Enforcement.
HTMLPDF 18.170.164License suspension—Noncompliance with support order—Reissuance.
HTMLPDF 18.170.165Transfer of license.
HTMLPDF 18.170.170Unprofessional conduct.
HTMLPDF 18.170.175Display of firearms while soliciting clients.
HTMLPDF 18.170.180Authority of director.
HTMLPDF 18.170.210Application of administrative procedure act to hearings.
HTMLPDF 18.170.220Inability to practice by reason of a mental or physical condition—Statement of charges—Hearing—Sanctions—Examinations—Presumed consent.
HTMLPDF 18.170.230Unprofessional conduct or inability to practice—Penalties.
HTMLPDF 18.170.280Application of administrative procedure act to acts of the director.
HTMLPDF 18.170.290Uniform regulation of business and professions act.
HTMLPDF 18.170.300Reciprocity agreements.
HTMLPDF 18.170.310Military training or experience.
HTMLPDF 18.170.902Effective date—1995 c 277.