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Home alarm permits and false alarms in Laguna Beach

Laguna Beach's own rules on home alarm permits and false alarms, with the code text for every value.

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Each rule below links to the section of the Laguna Beach Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Laguna Beach's code says

Laguna Beach code What Laguna Beach's code adds
False alarm fees
  • Fee set by resolution of the city council
    Applies: False alarms in excess of 3 received in a 12-month period
    § 5.34.250 · code text
    The false alarm prevention fee shall be established by resolution of the city council and shall be revised periodically to reflect the costs to the city for responding to a false alarm.
  • Increased fee set by resolution of the city council
    Applies: False alarms in excess of 6 received in a 12-month period
    § 5.34.250 · code text
    For false alarms in excess of six received in a twelve-month period by the police department, the owner or lessee shall be assessed an increased fee for each alarm, and may have the alarm permit suspended or revoked.
False alarms before a fee
  • The first 3 false alarms in a 12-month period carry no fee
    Applies: Police-department false alarms in a 12-month period
    § 5.34.250 · code text
    For false alarms in excess of three received in a twelve-month period by the police department, the owner or lessee shall be assessed a fee for each such alarm, and may have the alarm permit suspended or revoked;
Alarm permit
  • Permit required; owner pays a fee set by resolution for each police response until a permit is obtained
    Applies: Alarm system
    § 5.34.255 · code text
    In the event the police department responds to a request for service via an alarm system or an alarm company referral service, whether or not a false alarm, and no permit for the alarm system has been obtained, the owner, operator and/or lessee of the alarm system shall be required to pay to the city finance department a fee for each such response in an amount set by resolution of the city council until such time as a permit has been obtained.
When a permit can be revoked
  • Permit may be suspended or revoked after more than 3 false alarms in 12 months, and again after more than 6
    § 5.34.250 · code text
    For false alarms in excess of three received in a twelve-month period by the police department, the owner or lessee shall be assessed a fee for each such alarm, and may have the alarm permit suspended or revoked;

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Frequently asked questions

Do I need a permit for a home alarm in Laguna Beach?

Laguna Beach's code: Fee set by resolution of the city council (False alarms in excess of 3 received in a 12-month period) (§ 5.34.250); Increased fee set by resolution of the city council (False alarms in excess of 6 received in a 12-month period) (§ 5.34.250).

General information, not legal advice.

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