OKLAHOMA SECURITY GUARD AGENCY LICENSE

The license. Security Agency License (59 O.S. § 1750.5(A)(1)); CLEET's web page label is "Agency - Security Guard Agency" [1]

Who needs it. Any person, firm, corporation or other private legal entity in the business of security guard services or armed security guards for hire (a 'security agency') must hold a CLEET Security Agency License before operating (59 O.S. §§ 1750.2(6), 1750.4(A)). By rule (OAC 390:35-5-1(e)-(g), secondary-mirror copy) alarm companies whose employees respond to alarm signals and temporary-employment agencies that furnish guards to clients must also be licensed as security agencies; pure payroll/employee-leasing services that do not assign, supervise or select the guards are not. Proprietary (in-house, single-employer) unarmed watchmen/guards are outside the 'security guard' definition. [4]

Local licensing. Licensing is statewide through CLEET (59 O.S. § 1750.4).

Your guards. Every guard must hold an individual CLEET license (unarmed: Phase I & II training + state exam; armed: also Phase IV, psychological evaluation (MMPI), age 21). An unarmed guard employed by a licensed security agency who has filed a complete application may work up to 45 days from date of employment while it is processed (59 O.S. § 1750.4(B), eff. 2022-11-01). Agencies must notify CLEET within 5 days of each hire and termination (OAC 390:35-11-2; CLEET Employment or Termination Form rev. 2026-06-13) and must ensure employees meet minimum liability coverage. Special event licenses ($7, unarmed, max 2 per person per calendar year) are applied for by the employing agency. [4]

Role

The agency's executive officer, manager, or other person in charge of supervising security guards; must hold a CLEET security guard license (statute). Rules call the qualifying persons the 'agency head, security guard and/or private investigator supervisor, and/or branch manager'; CLEET's page calls it a licensed 'supervisor of investigators or guards'. [1]

Age & background

Individual and partner applicants (and, for entities, the manager/supervisor) must be 21, a U.S. citizen or resident alien, have no disqualifying conviction unless waived by the Council under 59 O.S. § 1750.5(H), and never have had a CLEET license revoked or application denied. The rule version (OAC 390:35-5-1(d), mirror) extends the revocation/denial bar to 'any other state' and requires a letter of good standing from every other state of prior licensure. The age-21 requirement is NOT in the statute (§ 1750.5(F)); it comes from the rule and CLEET's agency page. [6]

• Rule: the age/citizenship/conviction/no-revocation qualifications apply to every agency applicant and, for corporations/LLCs, to the agency head, guard supervisor and branch manager, before the agency may engage in business. [5]
• Rule: no prior license revocation or denial by CLEET or any other state; letter of good standing from any other state previously licensed. [5]
• Rule: the executive officer/manager/supervisor of guards must be an Oklahoma resident; this applies even to a peace officer who would otherwise be exempt from guard licensing. [5]
• Statute: entity applicants must prove the entity is legally recognized (e.g., corporate charter); CLEET's page asks for proof of formation under Oklahoma law or authorization to do business in Oklahoma. [1]
• Entity applicants: a manager or supervisor must meet the individual qualifications. [6]
• Maintain an Oklahoma place of business; out-of-state principals need an Oklahoma contact person (CLEET page says 'statutes require' this, but no such provision was found in 59 O.S. §§ 1750.1-1750.14; the page's sentence is garbled). [6]
• Rule: Oklahoma place of business and operative telephone in the agency name, with proof of published number; office may be in the residence of the executive officer/manager; license posted in principal place of business. [5]
• Physical business address required; P.O. boxes not accepted. [6]
• Maintain an Oklahoma-licensed supervisor of guards; notify CLEET of supervisor changes within 10 days. [6]
• Rule: changes of agency head, supervisor or branch manager must be reported in writing within 10 days and the substitute must qualify and be approved by CLEET. [5]
• Agency name must be distinguishably different from existing agency names. [1]
• Rule: licenses issued to corporations/LLCs stay with the entity despite ownership changes; licenses in an individual's name or a d/b/a are not transferable on sale. [5]
• The qualifier's own unarmed security guard license requires Phase I & II training and the Phase I & II state exam, plus 8 hours CE per licensing period. [9]

Insurance

General liability insurance (bodily injury, personal injury, property damage, with personal-injury endorsements for false arrest, libel, slander, invasion of privacy) of at least $100,000 for agencies; no modification/cancellation without 10 days' prior written notice to CLEET; agencies must ensure all employees meet minimum coverages ($10,000 armed; $5,000 unarmed). Carrier: statute says licensed in the state of purchase or in Oklahoma; rule 390:35-11-3(d) (mirror) says licensed to do business in Oklahoma - statute controls. Rule also: proof via certificate (e.g., ACORD), policy, bond copy or insurer letter; renewal proof due within 10 days of prior coverage expiring; license invalid without coverage. [1]

Surety bond

Statute: a surety bond (min. $100,000 for agencies), conditioned on faithful and honest conduct of the business, is an alternative to general liability insurance; a corporation registered with the Oklahoma Secretary of State may instead file a self-insurance statement. CONFLICT: CLEET's agency page says all security agency applicants must provide proof of $100,000 general liability insurance (bond proof is mentioned only for self-employed PI agencies). Statute controls; expect CLEET's portal to ask for GL insurance. [1]

Branch offices

No separate branch-office license or fee appears in the statute, CLEET pages or the rule mirror. By rule a branch manager must meet the agency-qualifier standards (age 21, citizenship, no disqualifiers, no prior revocation/denial), branch-manager changes must be reported within 10 days and approved, and for national corporations the owner or branch manager reports business address/phone changes within 10 days. [5]

• Security agency license, original application or each 5-year renewal: $300.00 (Laws 2024 c. 55 is the latest amendment to § 1750.6, eff. 2024-11-01; fees unchanged) [1]
• Same $300 figure on CLEET agency page [6]
• If applicant does not qualify, CLEET keeps 20% of the licensing fee as a processing fee and refunds the rest [1]
• Agency late renewal fee (renewal not filed on or before expiration): $100.00 [1]
• Reinstatement of a security agency license after suspension: $200.00 (nonrefundable) [1]
• Duplicate license: $10.00 [1]
• Special event license (per guard, applied for by the employing agency): $7.00 [1]
• Payment timing: agency online applications are paid in full on submission. (CLEET's general Licensing page says all online New/Renewal/Upgrade applications are paid 20% at submission and the balance on approval; the agency-specific page controls for agencies.) [6]
• Qualifying supervisor's own individual license: unarmed guard $50.00, armed guard $100.00 (3-year), plus nonrefundable national fingerprint check fee (amount not stated in sources) [1]
• Guard licensing exam (CareerTech HCP): $50.00 [10]

1. Apply online through CLEET's Thentia portal ('New Agency Licensees - Agency License Application'); paper applications are no longer accepted. [6]
2. Anyone who previously held any CLEET license must contact CLEET to verify the email on file before applying. [6]
3. Application is made under oath on CLEET forms; the completed application is a sworn affidavit. [1]
4. Provide proof of entity formation/authority to do business, a physical (non-P.O. box) business address and a listed business phone. [6]
5. Provide proof of $100,000 general liability insurance. [6]
6. Proof of insurance/bond: certificate of insurance (e.g., ACORD), policy copy, bond copy, or insurer letter showing insured, insurer, limits and effective dates. [5]
7. Designate a supervisor of guards who holds an Oklahoma (CLEET) license. [6]
8. Pay the $300 fee in full at submission by online credit card, certified check, company check or money order (exact invoice amount, one applicant per payment). [6]
9. If CLEET finds the application incomplete, the applicant has 30 days to cure; otherwise fees are returned less processing fees. [5]
10. Fingerprint returns are usable for 30 days after submission to OSBI; other documents for 90 days. [5]
11. Once licensed, display the agency license in the primary Oklahoma office. [1]

Renewal

Security Agency License is valid 5 years and renewable for 5-year terms at $300; $100 late fee if the renewal is not filed on or before expiration; an application received more than 30 days after expiration is not renewable and a new application with full fee is required (statute and OAC 390:35-5-1(i)). Renewals are filed through the Thentia portal ('Agency Renewal Application'). [1]

Disqualifiers & waivers

Agency license may be denied, suspended, revoked or fined (under the APA, by clear and convincing evidence) for falsification, violation of the Act/rules, using unlicensed/uninsured/unbonded guards, knowingly using guards who committed enumerated offenses, or out-of-state license/certification revocation or surrender (59 O.S. § 1750.7(B)). Individual/partner applicants and the qualifying manager must have no disqualifying conviction or plea (felony; larceny, theft, false pretense, fraud, embezzlement, false personation of an officer, moral turpitude, minor-victim, nonconsensual sex, CDS, firearm offenses, plus CLEET's list and OAC App. A) and no prior CLEET revocation/denial. Waiver (§ 1750.5(H)): conviction/plea more than 5 years before application, isolated incident, rehabilitated - Council may issue an unarmed license only, not an armed license where the offense involved a firearm or violence or (in the SB 235 version) where the applicant has a felony conviction. Rule (mirror): pending charges and deferred sentences bar renewal, with a 5-year preclusive period after final determination. [1]

• 2026-01-01ENACTED, IN EFFECT: 59 O.S. § 1750.11(B) amended by the 2025 felony-reclassification act: willfully false statements or fraud in a CLEET license application is a Class D1 felony punishable under 21 O.S. § 20N(B)-(F), or a fine up to $2,000, or both. OAC 390:35-7-2 (mirror) still states 2-5 years in prison; the statute controls. Laws 2025, c. 486, § 541 (HB 2104) [3]
• 2026-06-13 (revision date in form file name)Administrative form change (not a change in law): CLEET revised the private security Employment or Termination Form used for the 5-day hire/termination notice under OAC 390:35-11-2. OAC 390:35-11-2 (as quoted on form) [13]
• proposed for 2027; not adopted as of 2026-11-09PROPOSED ONLY - NOT IN EFFECT on 2027-01-01 and not enacted: CLEET staff presented proposed 2027 rule changes for Council approval to publish for public comment, including 390:35-1-3 (Definitions), 390:35-13-1 (Authorized Firearms), 390:35-13-2 (Reporting Discharge of Firearms) and 390:35 Appendix E (Disciplinary Penalty and Fine Schedule). Outcome, text and effective date unknown. CLEET Council Special Meeting Agenda, Nov. 3, 2026, item 8 [14]

• 59 O.S. §§ 1750.1-1750.14 — Oklahoma Security Guard and Private Investigator Act (key: § 1750.2 definitions incl. 'security agency'; § 1750.3 CLEET powers, training waiver; § 1750.4 license required / 45-day rule; § 1750.5 licenses, agency qualifications (F), insurance/bond (J), names (L); § 1750.6 application, fees, terms; § 1750.7 discipline incl. agency grounds (B); § 1750.9 display; § 1750.10 badges/uniforms/vehicles; § 1750.11 penalties). Legislature compiled Title 59 PDF created 2025-12-31. [1]
• 59 O.S. §§ 1750.2, 1750.2A, 1750.3, 1750.4, 1750.8, 1750.10, 1750.10B, 1750.11 (OSCN 2026) — OSCN Oklahoma Statutes Citationized, Title 59 Ch. 42A - 2026 currency check [3]
• OAC 390:35 (Subchapters 1-15, Appendices A-D) — CLEET Private Security rules - SECONDARY MIRROR (Cornell LII copy). Wayback unavailable. Mirror currency: latest amendment shown Ok Reg Vol. 41 Issue 23, eff. 8/25/2024. [5]

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