Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1326 – Identification card; offenses
(a) For the purpose of identification of persons engaged in the conduct of a security guard or armored car guard, each such person shall carry and show when requested an identification card, which shall be issued by the Section. For the purpose of identification of employees of a private security agency or armored car agency, upon examination of employee’s statement and fingerprint cards, the Section shall furnish an identification card.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1326
- Armored car agency: shall mean any person that provides armed secured transportation and protection from 1 place or point to another place or point of money, currency, coins, bullion, securities, bonds, jewelry, negotiables or other valuables in a specially-equipped motor vehicle. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1302
- Armored car guard: shall mean an individual employed by an armored car agency to perform duties as described under the definition of armored car agency. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1302
- Board: shall mean the Delaware Board of Examiners of Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1302
- Director: shall mean the officer in charge of the Professional Licensing Section of the Division of the Delaware State Police. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1302
- Person: shall mean an individual (sole proprietorship), firm, association, company, partnership, corporation, nonprofit organization, institution, or similar entity. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1302
- Private investigative agency: means any person who engages in the business or accepts employment to obtain or furnish information or to conduct investigations with reference to:
- Private security agency: shall mean any person engaging in the business of or undertaking to provide a private watchperson, guard or street patrol service on a contractual basis for another person and performing any 1 or more of the following or similar functions:
- Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) No person licensed under this chapter or the officers shall wear, carry or accept any badge or shield purporting to indicate that such person is a security guard, armored car guard or that such person performs any such service, or may, while in uniform and while on the premises of the employer of the licensee where the security guard or armored car guard is so acting, wear a badge or shield inscribed by the specifications set forth in the rules and regulations of the Board.
(c) No person licensed under this chapter shall issue identification cards to any person other than a bona fide employee or shall sell, issue, rent, loan or distribute badges or membership cards indicating that the holder thereof is a security guard, armored car guard or is engaged in the private security or armored car business to any person or persons other than those lawfully entitled to such identification cards.
(d) Any person to whom an identification card has been issued in accordance with this chapter, shall surrender the identification card to the Section:
(1) Upon termination of employment, unless for a security guard who transfers employment to another private security agency; or
(2) Upon suspension or revocation by the Board; or
(3) Upon emergency suspension by the Director.
(e) Identification cards approved by the Section shall expire and be renewable on the fifth anniversary of the date of birth of the applicant, next following the date of its issuance. If the date of birth is February 29, the identification card shall expire and be renewed on February 28 every fifth year, with the exception of the armored car identification cards which shall expire and be renewed every 2 years.
(f) The Section may refuse to renew an identification card for any grounds set forth in this chapter.
(g) A private investigative agency shall notify the Section within 10 days after the termination of employment or association of any identification card holder employed by the agency.
(h) Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more than $50.
24 Del. C. 1953, § ?1314; 50 Del. Laws, c. 301, § ?1; 63 Del. Laws, c. 47, §§ ?10, 11; 65 Del. Laws, c. 376, § ?4; 69 Del. Laws, c. 285, § ?6; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 81 Del. Laws, c. 99, § 23;