Apply for an S-License

No person, firm or corporation shall engage in, advertise, or hold themself or itself out as being engaged in the business of installing, repairing, or offering maintenance for security systems without possessing a security contractor’s license (“S-license”). “Security systems” are defined as wires, conduits, apparatus, devices, fixtures, or other appliances installed and interconnected electrically or electronically to permit access control, proprietary signaling, surveillance and the detection of burglary, intrusion, holdup, or other conditions requiring response or the transmission of signals or audible alarms.

1. Applicants for licensure must submit a non-refundable fee of $250.00, payable by check or money order to the “Commonwealth of Massachusetts.” The fee must be received with the application in order for the application to be processed.
2. The application must be completed in full. Failure to complete the application in full will result in the application being returned to the applicant and no license issuing.
3. Pursuant to G.L. c. 147, §§58-59 the following documents are required and must accompany the application and fee:
   1. One (1) copy of current Massachusetts electrician's license issued by the Board of State Examiners of Electricians;
   2. A Criminal Offender Records Information (CORI) request form, completed and signed by the applicant;
   3. Complete Affidavit Reference sheet
   4. One legible copy of a photo identification of the applicant bearing the applicant’s signature (examples: passport, driver’s license).
4. Applicants who want to have the license issued in the name of their company must specify that preference on the application. Failure to so specify will result in the license being issued in the name of the individual applicant. The license may not be transferred from one applicant to another if the applicant leaves the employ of the named company. In that case, the company must re-apply in the name of a new applicant.