Local Guide · Home alarm and security systems · Orlando, FL
Do you need to register your alarm in Orlando?
Orlando has required alarm registration with its police department since 1999. Here is how registration works and how Orange County handles areas outside the city.
Yes. Orlando's alarm ordinance, in place since 1999, requires all active alarm systems in city limits to be registered with the Orlando Police Department. You register online and get a five-digit registration number to give your alarm company. Outside city limits, the Orange County Sheriff's Office runs its own false alarm program.
Key facts for Orlando, FL
- The City of Orlando Alarm Ordinance was implemented in 1999 to address false alarm activations.
- Orlando's ordinance requires all active alarm systems to be registered with the Orlando Police Department.
- Orlando alarm registration applies only to homes and businesses within City of Orlando limits.
- After registering online, Orlando emails a receipt with a five-digit registration number to give to your alarm company.
- Orlando counts a false alarm when an alarm brings police or fire response with no evidence of a crime, fire, medical emergency or other emergency.
- The Orange County Sheriff's Office runs a False Security Alarm Ordinance program with its own alarm user registration form.
How does Orlando alarm registration work?
Orlando's False Alarm Reduction Program says the city's alarm ordinance dates to 1999 and requires all active alarm systems to be registered with the police department.
You register online if your home is inside city limits. The city emails a receipt with a five-digit registration number. Give that number to your alarm company.
What counts as a false alarm in Orlando?
Orlando defines a false alarm as an alarm signal that brings a notification to or response by Orlando police or fire when there is no evidence of a crime, fire, medical emergency or other activity that needs immediate help.
What if you live outside Orlando city limits?
Much of the Orlando area is unincorporated Orange County or other cities. The Orange County Sheriff's Office runs a False Security Alarm Ordinance program, with alarm user and alarm business registration forms. Use the city's address check before registering with Orlando.
How do you check an Orlando alarm contractor?
Search the contractor on the DBPR license search and confirm an alarm class: EF or EG certified, or EY or EZ registered for your area.
How to choose a provider in Orlando, FL
- Search the contractor on DBPR's license search and confirm the alarm class.
- Confirm which agency covers your address: the city or the county sheriff.
- Register the alarm if your city or county requires it.
- Ask how the monitoring center confirms alarms before calling police.
- Read the monitoring term and early cancellation terms.
- Train everyone in the house to arm and disarm the system.
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Questions people ask
Do I need to register my alarm in Orlando?
Yes. Orlando requires all active alarm systems in city limits to be registered with the Orlando Police Department.
How do I register an Orlando alarm?
Online through the city. You receive an emailed receipt with a five-digit registration number to give your alarm company.
I'm outside Orlando city limits. What applies?
Check with the agency that serves you. The Orange County Sheriff's Office runs its own false alarm ordinance program.
What is a false alarm in Orlando?
An alarm that brings police or fire response when there is no evidence of a crime, fire, medical emergency or other emergency.
Who licenses alarm contractors in Orlando?
The state, through DBPR's Electrical Contractors' Licensing Board.
Sources
This guide was written by our editorial team from the public sources listed above. It is general information, not legal advice; confirm licensing and terms directly with any provider.
