Private Security Procedures

Procedures and Procedures

Authorization, modification and cancellation of Private Security companies and their delegations.

Request for the opening, modification or cancellation of companies dedicated to the provision of private security services or of delegations of security companies already constituted.

  • Authorize to provide services and activities of security companies. Registry Modifications, Cancellations of companies and Delegations at their own request.
  • Classes and typologies

    The activities that can be developed at the State or Regional level and are:

    • The surveillance and protection of property, establishments, places and events, both public and private, as well as of the people who may be in them.
    • The accompaniment, defence and protection of specific natural persons, including those who have the legal status of authority.
    • The deposit, custody, counting and classification of coins and notes, securities, jewelry, precious metals, antiques, works of art or other objects that, because of their economic, historical or cultural value, and expectations they generate, may require special surveillance and protection.
    • The deposit and custody of explosives, weapons, metallic cardboard, substances, materials, goods and any other objects that, because of their dangerousness, require special surveillance and protection.
    • The transportation and distribution of the objects referred to in the previous two paragraphs.
    • The installation and maintenance of security apparatus, equipment, devices and systems connected to alarm reception centres or to control or video surveillance centres.
    • The operation of plants for the connection, reception, verification and, where appropriate, response and transmission of alarm signals, as well as the monitoring of any signals of auxiliary devices for the safety of people, of movable or immovable property or compliance with imposed measures, and the communication to the competent Security Forces and Bodies in these cases.
  • Who are the interested parties?
    • The procedure may be accessed by any natural or legal person interested in the creation, modification or cancellation of a Private Security Company or its Delegations, provided that it is legally authorized.
  • Requirements
    • According to what is listed in the attached document.
    • Obligations: Not having a criminal record.
    • Company: Constitution of provisional bail.
  • Period of validity
    • The validity of the authorization granted will be indefinite, as long as the company is in operation or does not lose any of the requirements that led to its authorization.
  • Face-to-face. Go on
    • Send the request for authorization to the UCSP, accompanied by the mandatory documentation.
    • In any Private Security Unit, both Central and Territorial of National Police according to the province or locality where it resides.
  • Model of Request for authorization, or responsible declaration, of security companies.
  • Specific requirements for the activities.
  • Rest of the documents according to what is listed in the attached model document.
  • Proof of payment Tax model 790.
  • Other Documentation
    • Security undertakings authorised to provide private security services in accordance with the regulations of any of the Member States of the European Union or of the States parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area shall be recognised and entered in that Register once they have established their status as a security undertaking and have complied with the requirements laid down in Articles 5, 6 and 7 of the Private Security Regulation. Open a new window. External link. To this end, the requirements already accredited in any of these States will be taken into account and, consequently, no further fulfillment of them will be necessary.
To process

  • Send the request for authorization to the UCSP, accompanied by the mandatory documentation.
  • In any Private Security Unit, both Central and Territorial, of the National Police Corps according to the province or locality where it resides.
Models of forms
  • Prior Authorization. Open a new window
  • Declaration of responsible. Open a new window
  • Rate, amount and place of payment
    • Model of rate 790 indicated in the attached document. Open a new window
    • In favor of the Public Treasury, in the collaborating Banks or Savings Banks; restricted account of the State Tax Administration Agency (Copy "Copy for Administration"). The aforementioned model will be provided in the Police Stations and must be completed with the corresponding data.