(a) Anyone desiring to be certified as an alarm systems contractor shall make written application to the commissioner on forms prescribed by the commissioner. The application shall be accompanied by an application fee as set by the commissioner. The alarm systems contractor shall:

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 62-32-314

  • Alarm systems contractor: means any person, firm, association or corporation that sells or attempts to sell, installs, services or monitors alarm systems, signal devices, fire alarms, burglar alarms, television cameras or still cameras used to detect fire, burglary, breaking or entering, intrusion, shoplifting, pilferage or theft. See Tennessee Code 62-32-303
  • Certification: means the authority granted by the commissioner to do business as an alarm systems contractor. See Tennessee Code 62-32-303
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of commerce and insurance. See Tennessee Code 62-32-303
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) Have a regular place of business at a permanent fixed location;
(2) Have a business license or licenses for the city and county in which the business is located;
(3) Provide proof of insurance as required by § 62-32-315(a);
(4) Submit an application for certification with the notarized signature of a qualified agent licensed by the commissioner for the classifications of alarm systems being applied for; and
(5) Submit applications for registration of all employees on forms provided by the commissioner as required by § 62-32-312(d) and accompanied by registration fees as required by § 62-32-318(a)(5).
(b) Applications for certification shall be on forms prescribed by the commissioner. The application shall disclose any and all persons, firms, associations, corporations or other entities that own or control a ten percent (10%) or greater interest in the applicant. The commissioner may require FBI/TBI background checks and other information deemed necessary by the commissioner from any individual, firm or business owning or controlling ten percent (10%) or greater interest in the applicant and may at the commissioner’s discretion withhold certification until the information is satisfactorily produced and verified.
(c) In accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, the commissioner shall promulgate rules that establish uniform criteria to govern issuance by the commissioner of the classifications required by §§ 62-32-313(e) and 62-32-316(b).
(d) An alarm systems contractor may bid on a contract requiring work in some classification or classifications other than the one or ones in which the alarm systems contractor is licensed, if and only if the work is incidental or supplemental to the performance of work in which the alarm systems contractor is licensed to engage.