Register My Alarm
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The Corpus Christi Police Department is not required to respond to any alarm notification from an alarm site that does not have a valid permit, unless the alarm notification was a duress alarm, a hold-up alarm, a panic alarm, or reported to a 9-1-1 emergency telephone number by a person other than an alarm company.
A person commits an offense if the person operates, or causes or allows to be operated, an alarm system on premises under the person's control or ownership or at its alarm site without a valid alarm permit issued by the Corpus Christi Police Department. The Corpus Christi Police Department and Corpus Christi police officers are authorized to enforce this provision, and to issue citations for violations.
A separate permit is required for each alarm site and for each alarm unit. No exemptions shall apply except as required by federal or state law. The burden of proof shall be with the person asserting the exemption.
The annual, nonrefundable fee for an alarm permit is fifty dollars ($50.00) for residential and seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for commercial.
A permit is valid for one (1) year from the date of its issuance and may be renewed every year upon submission of a renewal invoice.
All permit fees owed by an applicant must be paid before a permit may be issued or renewed. Unpaid permit fees may result in a revocation of the permit.