Notification of guards

If, as a security company, you wish to employ persons who are to be entrusted with security tasks and with the management of a business or branch office, you must notify the competent authority in advance and enclose the documents listed below. The same applies to the legal representatives of legal entities, insofar as they are to be directly involved in the performance of security tasks, as well as the persons entrusted with the management of the business or a branch office and in the case of temporary employment. Upon receipt of the notification, the authority will check the reliability of this person.

The registration of security guards and persons entrusted with the management of the business or a branch is carried out electronically via the register of security guards.

The notification of the intention to employ a security guard, a legal representative or a person entrusted with the management of the business or a branch office must be accompanied by the following documents:

1. Proof of training in accordance with § 34a Para. 1a Sentence 1 No. 2 of the Trade Regulation Act or
2. Examination certificate for the relevant qualification for the guarding trade in accordance with § 8 No. 1 of the Guarding Ordinance or
3. Examination certificate on the completion of a career examination at least for the intermediate police enforcement service, for the intermediate prison service, for the intermediate customs service (with authorization to carry a weapon) or for military police in the German Armed Forces or
4. Examination certificate of successful completion of a law degree at a university or academy that awards a degree equivalent to a university degree, if proof of instruction by a chamber of industry and commerce on the subject areas in accordance with § 7 numbers 5 to 7 is also available or
5. Certificate of successful completion of the examination of expertise in accordance with Section 11 (7) of the Security Services Ordinance or
6. Certificate from the previous trader in accordance with Section 23 (1) sentence 2 of the Security Guarding Ordinance or
7. Certificate from the (former) employer in accordance with § 23 Para. 2 Sentence 2 of the Guarding Ordinance on uninterrupted, authorized activity in the guarding industry since at least 01.01.2000 - 01.01.2003
8. Notification of place of residence for the last five years, stating the period, street, house number, zip code, town, country and state,
9. Copy of the guard's identity document.

If the person is to be entrusted with patrols in public traffic areas or areas with actual public traffic, with protection against shoplifters or with guarding the entrance areas of nightclubs in the hospitality industry, proof of successful completion of a certificate of competence from the Chamber of Industry and Commerce is required.

Further documents may be required depending on the duties of the security guards.

Please refer to your permit notice and state the date of the decision and the official file number.

The fee for the background check is at least 70 euros.