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
Must register or no police response.
Bainbridge Island
Bainbridge Island property owners with burglary, robbery or panic alarms installed in their premises are required to register their alarm systems. Completion of the
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.
Bellevue
Alarm Registration, one free false alarm response, escalating fees for successive false alarms ($75-$250).
Registration fee of $25 plus $25/year. $12/year. Must register or no police response. 1st alarm – user class or $100. Each additional is $100. First panic – class or $200. Each additional panic is $200
Bonney Lake
Annual Permit Fee
Commercial and Residential – $24
Seniors – $12 (Residential only) (Proof may be required)
Requirements – Must be 65 years old
Is the owner of the residence or resides at this location as the principal tenant
Occupies the residence as his or her primary residence
Permanent Disability – $12 (Residential only)
Requirements – At least 30 percent disability
Is the owner of the residence or resides at this location as the principal tenant
Occupies the residence as his or her primary residence
Operating a non-permitted alarm system will be subject to an additional fee(s).
False Alarm Fees:
Burglary – $100
Robbery – $20
Bothell
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.
We recommend signing up for guard response in the City of Burien. This is $4/month, and has a $65 fee per response.
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 each.
Edmonds
No registration, two free false responses, $50 fine for subsequent false responses.
Everett
Alarm Registration, two free false responses, $25-$50 fines for subsequent false responses.
Federal Way
Alarm Registration, service charge for excessive false responses.
Fife
Must be on file with the Fife Police Department a notice of the telephone numbers of at least two persons authorized to enter premises and turn off alarm and who can be reached at all times
No fee shall be charged for response by an emergency service agency (police or fire) to premises at which no other false alarm has occurred within the current calendar year
Second through fifth response to a false alarm within the current calendar year, a fee of $30) for each response will be charged;
Sixth through twelfth emergency service agency response within the current calendar year, a fee of $60 for each response will be charged;
Thirteenth through twentieth emergency service agency response, a fee of ninety dollars ($90) for each response will be charged.
After a twentieth false alarm within a calendar year, the Chief of Police may, at his discretion, disconnect or cause to be disconnected any alarm that terminates in the Fife Police Department. For alarms that may not be disconnected, for whatever reason, or alarms that do not terminate in the Fife Police Department, a fee of $200 for each false alarm after the twentieth false alarm will be charged.
Issaquah
Issaquah Alarm Ordinance Highlights
Biannual (2 years) alarm permit fee - $24.00
Each False Burglar Alarm - $100
Each False Robbery or Panic Alarm - $200
Kent
The police department is granted the discretion to order a maximum charge of ten dollars ($10) for each false alarm received or responded to by the police department.
$100 fine for violation of other alarm ordinances - see link to the left.
No outside audible intrusion alarm systems within the city in conjunction with commercial, business or industrial facilities or buildings.
Residential audible outside alarm not to exceed five (5) minutes and such system shall preclude any recycling of the alarm system.
Written notification of outside audible alarm required.
Kirkland
Alarm Registration Application Form
One free, escalating fees for successive false alarms $50-$200.
Lakewood
False Alarm Prevention Checklist
Alarm sites must be registered. An alarm user shall not operate or cause to be operated, any alarm system without a valid alarm permit.
Permit Fee: $24
Renewal Fee: $24
Senior Rate (60 or older) ( residential only): $12
Physically disabled: $12
Late Fees. Alarm users who fail to obtain and/or make payment for an alarm permit within 30 days after notification will be assessed a late fee in the amount of $25.00.
False alarm fees: first 2 alarms, no fee; 3rd alarm, $100; 4th and additional alarms, $250.
Lynnwood
One free, escalating fees for successive false alarms $25-$200.
Maple Valley
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.
Mason County
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.
Medina
Alarm Registration, one free false alarm response, escalating fees for successive false alarms $
50-$250
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Mercer Island
Emergency Response Card, one free false alarm response, escalating fees for successive false alarms $50-$100.
Mill Creek
Emergency Response Card Required
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.
Mountlake Terrace
Two free false responses, $25 fee for subsequent false responses.
Newcastle
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.
Normandy Park
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.
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
Renton
Registration required
Sammamish
One free false response, subsequent fees are $75-$100 per false response.
Seattle
Registration and false response fees assessed through the alarm company. Froula Alarm charges each alarm user $12.00 annually fees as follows:
$125 for every false alarm where a police car arrives on site.
$250 for every false panic alarm.
$35 for cancelled false alarms.
Seattle Police False Alarm Unit
(206) 684-7713
Shoreline
Contact card, two free false responses, subsequent fees are $50-$75 per response.
Sumner
Registration of security systems in homes and businesses is required by the City of Sumner.
$25 regsitration fee. Failure to register could lead to no police response and/or a penalty of $50 or more.
Tacoma
Registration and false response fees assessed through the alarm company. $44 registration fee and per year (through us). False alarms $100/each
Tukwila
Two free false responses, subsequent fees are $25 per false response.
University Place
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, two free false responses, subsequent fees are $50-$100 per false response.
Alarm Registration Card Available at City Hall
Yarrow Point
Emergency Response Card, one free false response, subsequent fees are $75-$150 per false response.
King County
Registration and Annual Renewal fee of $24 for residential and commercial
One free false response, subsequent fees are $75-$100 per false response.
Pierce County
Registration and Annual Renewal fee of $24 for residential and commercial, $12 for seniors.
False alarm fees are as follows:
$100 for general burglary false alarm.
$200 for panic alarms.
$25 late fee.
Suspension of police response after 3rd false alarm in one year period.
Snohomish County
One free false response, escalating fees for successive false alarms
$150-$1,000.00!