City |
Link To |
Ordinance Summary |
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Auburn | Annual alarm
permit registration $24.00
One free false alarm only during 12 months following adoption of ord. 6216 Burglar False Alarm Fee $100.00 Robbery, Panic or Burglary in Progress False Alarm Fee $200.00 Supplemental Fee for non-permitted alarm system $200.00 |
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Bainbridge
Island |
Alarm Registration |
Bainbridge Island property
owners with burglary, robbery or panic alarms installed in
their premises are required to register their alarm
systems. Completion of the Alarm
Registration form and payment of the $50
registration fee is required to register a premises. The
registration form and payment may be delivered or mailed
to the Police Department. |
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Bellevue | Ordinance 9.16 | Alarm
Registration, one free false alarm response, escalating
fees for successive false alarms ($75-$250). |
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Bonney Lake | Brochure |
Annual Permit Fee
False Alarm Fees:
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Bothell | Ordinance 9.13 | Alarm Response Card required. | ||||||
Burien |
Ordinance
399 concerning police response to verified alarms and
false alarms |
Verified
Response required -- when an alarm center
receives an alarm at a residence or business, the alarm
company must send someone to the alarm site to verify if a
crime, attempted crime or emergency exists that requires
police response to avoid a false alarm fine.
The prohibited call fees, false alarm response fees, and call cancellation fees are cumulative and not exclusive. |
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Des
Moines |
Registration Fee $25, require display of alarm decal, 2 false
alarms per year allowed free, 3rd false alarm is $100 fine, 4 or more are
$200 fine each. |
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Edmonds | Alarm Registration, two free false responses, $50 fine for subsequent false responses. | |||||||
Everett | Ordinance 9.10 | Alarm Registration, two free false responses, $25-$50 fines for subsequent false responses. | ||||||
Federal Way | Alarm
Registration, service charge for excessive false
responses.
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Fife |
Alarm
Ordinance |
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Issaquah | Issaquah Alarm Ordinance Highlights |
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Kent |
Chapter
9.08 AUDIBLE INTRUSION ALARMS |
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Kirkland | City Web Page | One free, escalating fees for successive false alarms $50-$200. | ||||||
Lakewood |
Alarm Ordinance Alarm Permit Application False Alarm Prevention Checklist |
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Lynnwood | Ordinance 10.40 | One free, escalating fees for successive false alarms $25-$200. | ||||||
Maple
Valley |
False
Alarm Policy |
No
permit required. In a 6 month period, a 2nd false alarm =
warning; 3rd false alarm = $75.00; fourth or more false alarms = $100.00 each. |
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Mason
County |
Chapter
9.40
ALARM SYSTEMS |
Mason
County Alarm Ordinance. Registration is not
required. Three or more false alarm responses in a
rolling three month period are subject to fines.
Contact numbers need to be posted by the entry of the
premises. |
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Medina | Alarm Registration, one free false alarm response, escalating fees for successive false alarms $50-$250. | |||||||
Mercer Island | Emergency Response Card, one free false alarm response, escalating fees for successive false alarms $50-$100. | |||||||
Mill Creek |
Mill
Creek Municipal Code Emergency Response Card Required False Alarm Fee Assessment |
Emergency
Response Card required to be on file. Two free false responses (if an emergency card is on file). Third response within 6 months to an alarm system with an emergency card on file will be fined. |
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Mountlake Terrace | Ordinance 8.05 | Two free false responses, $25 fee for subsequent false responses. | ||||||
Newcastle | Alarm Fees and Application |
A $75.00 fee will be assessed for addresses that are registered with the City. A $250.00 fee will be assessed for addresses that are not registered with the City. A $50.00 fee will be charged when the police are called and cancelled prior to arrival. |
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Normandy
Park |
Municipal Code Section 7 |
It is required to have on file with the police
department an emergency
response card containing the name or names and
current telephone number or numbers of person(s) authorized
to enter such premises and turn off any such alarm at all
hours of the day and night. For response to premises at which no other false alarm has occurred within the preceding 90-day period, a "first response," no fee shall be charged. For a second response to a false alarm , the director of public safety or his designee shall charge the owner a fee. For the third response, a higher fee. |
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Olympia | Registration and false response fees assessed through the alarm company. Froula Alarm charges each alarm user $36.00 annually and $65 per false response. | |||||||
Redmond | Alarm Registration, one free false alarm response, escalating fees for successive false alarms $25-$100 | |||||||
Renton | Alarm Registration, two free false responses, escalating fees for successive false alarms $50-$100 | |||||||
Sammamish | One free false response, subsequent fees are $75-$100 per false response. | |||||||
Seattle |
Ordinance
#121932 False Alarm Ordinance & No Response Policy |
Registration
and false response fees assessed through the alarm
company. Froula Alarm charges each alarm user $11.00 annually and $95 per false
response. Seattle Police False Alarm Unit (206) 684-7713 False.Alarms@Seattle.gov |
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Shoreline | Ordinance 9.2 | Contact card, two free false responses, subsequent fees are $50-$75 per response. | ||||||
Tacoma | Ordinance
6B.40 (pdf page 71) |
Registration and false response fees assessed through the alarm company. Froula Alarm charges each alarm user $41.00 annually and $110 per false response. | ||||||
Tukwila | Ordinance 8.08 | Two free false responses, subsequent fees are $25 per false response. | ||||||
University
Place |
Alarm Permit Information |
Each permit holder is allowed one (1) false alarm response within a six (6) month period. A service charge of fifty dollars ($50.00) is charged for the second false alarm during a six (6) month period, seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for the third, and one hundred dollars ($100.00) for all subsequent false alarms. | ||||||
Woodinville |
Alarm
Registration Card Available at City Hall |
Alarm Registration, two free false responses, subsequent fees are $50-$100 per false response. | ||||||
Yarrow Point | Ordinance 8.12 | Emergency Response Card, one free false response, subsequent fees are $75-$150 per false response. | ||||||
King County | One free false response, subsequent fees are $75-$100 per false response. | |||||||
Pierce County |
Unmonitored
Alarm
Registration |
Registration and false response fees assessed through the alarm company. Froula Alarm charges $275 per false response. | ||||||
Snohomish County | Ordinance 10.52 | One free false response, escalating fees for successive false alarms $150-$1,000.00! |