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Security business - apply for a permit
Service Description
All activities in the security industry (e.g. property or personal protection) require a special permit. The term "guarding" refers to activities aimed at protecting the lives or property of third parties from interference by third parties.
The specific activities covered by the term "guarding" are wide-ranging. They range
- from conventional bicycle, motor vehicle and building security
- event services,
- air passenger control,
- the transportation of money and valuables, personal security and the guarding of industrial
- to the guarding of industrial and military facilities and nuclear power plants.
Guarding requires an active custodial activity (e.g. supervision or checks). The guarding must consist of human activity.
A guarding contractor can be a natural or legal person. In the case of partnerships (e.g. OHG, KG), the trader is any managing partner. In the case of legal entities (e.g. GmbH, AG), the permit is issued to the legal entity.
Process flow
You must apply for the permit from the responsible office.
In the case of legal entities (limited liability companies, business companies, public limited companies, registered cooperatives), you only need to complete the application form for the legal entity itself. You must submit all personal documents for all natural persons authorized to manage the business (e.g. identity card). For the legal entity, you also need an excerpt from the central trade register.
Partnerships (GbR, KG, OHG, PartG, GmbH & Co. KG) are not eligible for a license as such. Therefore, each managing partner requires a permit. You must submit a completed application form and all personal documents for each of these persons.
Who should I contact?
Contact the city or district administration of your future business premises.
Requirements
- You have the reliability required for commercial operations.
- You live in orderly financial circumstances.
- You have
- proof of your personal expertise by successfully passing an examination of expertise before the Chamber of Industry and Commerce or an equivalent qualification and
- proof of the required liability insurance.
The personal licensing requirements (reliability, proof of successful completion of an expert examination) must be fulfilled by the trader or the legal representatives of a legal entity.
The following security activities require the successful completion of an expert examination:
- Patrols in public traffic areas or in domestic areas with actual public traffic;
- Protection against shoplifters;
- Guarding the entrance area of nightclubs;
- Guarding reception facilities in accordance with Section 44 of the Asylum Act, shared accommodation in accordance with Section 53 of the Asylum Act or other properties and facilities that are used for the official accommodation of asylum seekers or refugees, including temporary accommodation, in a managerial capacity;
- Guarding large events with protected access in a managerial capacity.
Which documents are required?
- Copy of identity card or other official identification document for all natural persons authorized to manage the company
- Proof of personal reliability
- If resident in Germany:
- Extract from the central trade register
- Certificate of good conduct for all natural persons authorized to manage the company
- If resident abroad: documents from the home country that prove personal reliability
- If resident in Germany:
- Proof of the company's legal form
- if the company is based in Germany:
- For companies entered in a register: Extract from the commercial register or the partnership register
- otherwise a copy of the articles of association (e.g. for a civil law partnership (GbR))
- if the company is based abroad: documents from the country of domicile that prove the legal form.
- if the company is based in Germany:
- Proof of orderly financial circumstances
- Current certificate in tax matters from the responsible tax office (to be submitted in the original); if applicable, certificate in tax matters from the municipal tax office
- Extract from the debtor register of the central enforcement court
- Submission of a statement of assets
- Information from the insolvency court as to whether proceedings have been opened (so-called negative certificate)
- Proof of the funds required for the business or corresponding collateral
- Proof of personal expertise for all natural persons authorized to manage the business: Submission of proof of the prescribed instruction, successful completion of the examination of expertise or proof recognized as equivalent
- Proof that the required liability insurance has been taken out
- In order to verify the necessary requirements (in particular your personal reliability), the competent authority may request further documents and obtain statements from other authorities (e.g. police, State Office of Criminal Investigation, Office for the Protection of the Constitution).
if the following activities are to be carried out
- patrols in public traffic areas or in areas with actual public traffic,
- Protection against shoplifters,
- guarding the entrance area of nightclubs:
- Proof of successful completion of an expert examination at the IHK
if other security activities are carried out:
- Proof of training from the IHK
What are the fees?
Different fees and costs are incurred depending on the scope of the application and the municipality.
Fees are charged in accordance with the state fee ordinance.
Legal basis
What else should I know?
The security company must report the guards to the competent authority responsible for the respective branch of the security company.
The authorities have rights of information and inspection vis-à-vis traders.s. At the request of the authorities, the parties concerned must provide the information required to monitor business operations. Furthermore, the authorities are authorized to enter business premises in order to carry out inspections and visits.
In order to carry out certain surveillance tasks (e.g. certain patrols, surveillance of nightclubs, protection against shoplifters), an additional examination of expertise (IHK) is required.
For other activities, only a certificate of instruction (IHK) is required.
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Technically approved by
Thuringian Ministry of Economics, Science and Digital Society (TMWWDG)
Professionally released on
10.09.2021
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6Plus)
Competent Authority
Landratsamt Saale-Holzland-Kreis - Gewerbebehörde
Address
07607 Eisenberg
Postal address
07602 Eisenberg
Opening times
Monday 08:30 - 12:00
Tuesday 08:30 - 12:00, 13:30 - 15:30
Wednesday 08:30 - 12:00
Thursday 08:30 - 12:00, 13:30 - 17:30
Friday 08:30 - 12:00
Notice:
A personal visit is only possible by prior appointment.
For this purpose, please use non-contact methods (telephone, mail, fax, e-mail, motor vehicle online service) to communicate with our office.
