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Act 330 of 1968 - PRIVATE SECURITY BUSINESS AND SECURITY ALARM ACT (338.1051 - 338.1092)
Section 338.1051 ‑ Short title.
Section 338.1052 ‑ Definitions; persons not subject to act.
Section 338.1053 ‑ License required; permission for device delivering recorded message to public service, utility, or police agency required; violation; penalty.
Section 338.1054 ‑ Issuance of separate licenses for different security services; private detective or investigator services.
Section 338.1055 ‑ License; issuance; term; local license not required.
Section 338.1056 ‑ License; qualifications; compliance; "armed forces" defined.
Section 338.1056a ‑ License to operate private college security force; issuance to private college or university.
Section 338.1057 ‑ License; application; references; investigation; approval; nonrenewable temporary license; fees; section inapplicable to private college security force.
Section 338.1058 ‑ Application; signature and verification; contents; photographs; section inapplicable to private college security force.
Section 338.1059 ‑ License; issuance; term; revocation; form; fees; bond; additional license for branch office; refunds; receipt of completed application; issuance of license within certain time period; report; security business fund; service in armed forces; waiver of fee; “completed application” defined.
Section 338.1060 ‑ License; revocation; grounds; failure to pay fines or fees; surrender of license; misdemeanor.
Section 338.1061 ‑ Refund of application or license fee.
Section 338.1062 ‑ Posting certificate of license.
Section 338.1063 ‑ Change in name or location; report; failure to notify department.
Section 338.1064 ‑ Identification card; issuance; form; contents; recall; custody; unauthorized use; suspension and reinstatement; duplicates.
Section 338.1065 ‑ Nonassignability of license.
Section 338.1066 ‑ Unlawful manufacture of badge or shield; unlawful display of badge, shield, card, or license; distribution of card or license; buying or receiving spurious identification; violation; penalty; confiscation of card or license; separate offenses.
Section 338.1067 ‑ Employees of licensee; conduct and qualifications; personnel information; employee roster to be filed with department; false statements or representations; revocation of license; misdemeanor.
Section 338.1067a ‑ Notifying law enforcement agency of suspected crime.
Section 338.1068 ‑ Employment of unqualified employees; fingerprints; fee; background check of prospective employee; employment application; refusal to surrender identification.
Section 338.1069 ‑ Uniform and insignia; shoulder identification patches or emblems; badge or shield; deadly weapons; tactical baton.
Section 338.1070 ‑ Confidentiality of information; false reports, penalty.
Section 338.1071 ‑ Violations of act; report of convictions.
Section 338.1072 ‑ Advertising.
Section 338.1073 ‑ Trade names; approval.
Section 338.1074 ‑ Compliance with labor laws.
Section 338.1075 ‑ Renewal license; application; bond; fee; date; form; approval; effect of failure to renew; deposit of fees into security business fund.
Section 338.1076 ‑ Continuation of business upon death of licensee; notice; sale of business.
Section 338.1077 ‑ Departmental agents; employment, powers, rules and regulations.
Section 338.1078 ‑ Repealed. 2000, Act 411, Eff. Mar. 28, 2001.
Section 338.1079 ‑ Licensure of private security police; rules; applicability of act to private security guards and police; use of pistols.
Section 338.1080 ‑ Private security police officers; arrest powers; limitations.
Section 338.1081 ‑ Training requirements.
Section 338.1082 ‑ Violation of act; penalty.
Section 338.1083 ‑ Installation or operation of security alarm systems; requirements.
Section 338.1085 ‑ Repealed. 2000, Act 411, Eff. Mar. 28, 2001.
Section 338.1087 ‑ Applicability of section to private college security forces; authorization; action by governing board; designation of private college security officer; qualifications; rules; fee; employment as certified or licensed law enforcement officers.
Section 338.1087a ‑ Authority and power as peace officer.
Section 338.1088 ‑ Creation of private college security force; approval of county prosecuting attorney, sheriff, and city police chief.
Section 338.1089 ‑ Power to make arrests; limitation.
Section 338.1090 ‑ Private college security force oversight committee.
Section 338.1091 ‑ Participation in state, county, or municipal retirement system prohibited; uniforms, vehicles, and badges distinct from local law enforcement agency.
Section 338.1092 ‑ Liability insurance.

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