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# How to know if my House Requires an Alarm Permit

Some locations throughout the country do require alarm permits in order to have a security system and dispatching. 

The best way to see if your home requires an alarm permit would be to contact your local police department to see if this is something they require. 

If you find out you do require an alarm permit please make sure to update us so we can place the permit number on your account. This will allow our central monitoring station to dispatch your local authorities in the event of a triggered alarm. Without the alarm permit, there is a possibility that your local police department will not dispatch in the event your security system has an alarm.

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