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2027 Edition · 51 jurisdictions

SECURITY GUARD AGENCY LICENSING BY STATE

Every state calls it something different — Private Patrol Operator, Class B Security Contractor, Watch, Guard or Patrol Agency. Seventeen of them make you sit a written examination first, and two more do unless your qualifier already has the experience. We publish the book for every one that licenses the business.

FIND YOUR STATE →EXPANDING TO NEW STATES
51
Jurisdictions covered
17
States with a written exam
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Every requirement cited
2027
Edition · revised
Path 01

I'm getting licensed in one state.

Pick your state. Get the exam study guide if it tests you, the licensing playbook if it doesn't.

OPEN THE MAP →Path 02

I already operate and I'm expanding.

Reciprocity, qualifying-agent portability and the filing matrix for the states you're entering next.

SEE MULTI-STATE →
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FIND YOUR STATE

Click any state
Written exam, required or conditional · 19No exam · 32Verified quarterly against the issuing authority
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TWO PRODUCTS. YOUR STATE DECIDES WHICH.

Tier A · Exam states

LICENSE EXAM
STUDY GUIDE

For jurisdictions where the applicant, principal or qualifying agent must sit and pass a written examination before the agency license issues. Built against the published exam outline, section by section.

  • Every published exam topic, mapped to the official outline
  • Two full-length practice examinations
  • Answer keys citing the controlling statute or rule
  • Definitions and prohibited-act tables built for recall
  • Application walkthrough for after you pass
  • Online practice-test access included with the bundle

From$69

Tier B · No-exam states

AGENCY LICENSING
PLAYBOOK

For jurisdictions with no written examination. The obstacle is not a test — it is the experience affidavit, the bond, the insurance floor and the twelve forms nobody explains in order.

  • Step-by-step licensure sequence with realistic timelines
  • Qualifying experience: what counts, who signs, how to prove it
  • Bond amounts, insurance minimums and approved carriers
  • Every required form, in filing order
  • Disqualifying convictions and the waiver path
  • First-year operating must-knows: payroll, posts, insurance, contracts

From$49

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INSIDE A GUIDE

Same structure, every state
  1. 01

    The statute, in plain order

    The controlling act and administrative rules for agency licensure, reorganised into the sequence you will actually meet them.

  2. 02

    Qualifying experience

    What counts, who may attest to it, and how the board has historically treated law-enforcement, military and in-house security time.

  3. 03

    Bond, insurance and entity filings

    Current amounts and minimum limits, with the filing order that keeps an application from being returned.

  4. 04

    Every required form, in order

    A forms index keyed to the issuing authority's current numbers, with the fields applicants most often get wrong.

  5. 05

    Exam preparation

    Exam-state titles only: the full published outline, two practice examinations, and answer keys citing the controlling rule.

  6. 06

    After you are licensed

    Employee registration, in-service hours, records retention, renewal calendar and the conduct rules that end licenses.

[ Interior spread ]Practice exam + cited answer key
[ Cover ]
[ Forms index ]

Every title is set to the same specification: 7×10, perfect bound, statute citations in the margin, and a forms index keyed to the issuing authority's current filing numbers.

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EXPANDING TO NEW STATES

If you already hold a license, the hard part is not the law — it is that no two states agree on what counts. Reciprocity is rare, qualifying-agent experience rarely transfers cleanly, and the entity filings have to land in the right order.

Bundle · 3 states

Regional Expansion Set

Any three states, print and PDF, plus the reciprocity notes for moving a qualifying agent between them.

$249

Reference · all 51

Multi-State Licensing Matrix

One volume. Every jurisdiction side by side: license name, authority, exam, experience, bond, insurance, renewal.

$189

Library · all 51

National Compliance Library

Every study guide and playbook we publish, digital, with twelve months of statute-change notices for every state in it.

$1,290
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WHY THESE BOOKS ARE DIFFERENT

§ 01

Cited, not summarized

Each requirement points at the statute, rule or administrative code section behind it. You can verify every claim against the primary source.

§ 02

Revised for 2027

Editions are reconciled against each issuing authority quarterly. Fee schedules, bond amounts and training hours reflect the current filing year.

§ 03

Written for the licensee

Not a guard-card cram sheet. These titles are for the person who will hold the agency license and carry the liability that comes with it.

Free · No purchase

THE STATE LICENSING CHECKLIST

Every filing, fee, bond amount, insurance floor and experience threshold your state requires — on one page. Pick your state, we send the PDF.

One email. Statute updates only. Unsubscribe anytime.

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QUESTIONS

Every state names it differently — Private Patrol Operator in California, Class B Security Services Contractor in Texas, Watch, Guard or Patrol Agency in New York. We use “security guard agency license” as the common term, and each title names the credential exactly as the issuing authority does.