Notification of guards

  • Performance specification

    If, as a guarding contractor, you intend to employ persons who are to be entrusted with guarding tasks as well as with the management of a business establishment or a branch office, you must notify them to the competent authority in advance, enclosing the documents mentioned below. The same applies to the legal representatives in the case of legal entities, insofar as they are to be directly entrusted with the performance of guarding tasks, as well as to the persons entrusted with the management of the business establishment or a branch office and in the case of temporary employment. Upon receipt of the notification, the authority shall verify the reliability of that person.

    The notification of guards and persons entrusted with the management of the business or a branch shall be made electronically via the Guarding Register.

  • Which documents are required?

    The notification of the intention to employ a guard, a legal representative or a person in charge of the management of the business or a branch shall be accompanied by the following documents:

    1. Proof of instruction pursuant to § 34a par. 1a sentence 1 no. 2 Trade, Commerce and Industry Regulation Act (Gewerbeordnung) or
    2. Examination certificate for the relevant qualification for the guarding trade in accordance with § 8 No. 1 of the Guarding Ordinance or
    3. Examination certificate on the completion of a career examination at least for the intermediate police service, for the intermediate prison service, for the intermediate customs service (with authorisation to carry a weapon) or for military police in the Federal Armed Forces or
    4. Examination certificate on successful completion of a law degree at a higher education institution or academy awarding a degree equivalent to a university degree, if in addition proof of instruction by a chamber of industry and commerce on the subject areas pursuant to section 7 numbers 5 to 7 is provided or
    5. Certificate of successful completion of the expert examination in accordance with § 11 Para. 7 of the German Security Guarding Ordinance (Bewachungsverordnung) or
    6. Certificate of the former tradesman in accordance with § 23 Para. 1 Sentence 2 of the Guarding Ordinance or
    7. Certificate from the (former) employer in accordance with § 23 Para. 2 Sentence 2 of the Security Guarding Ordinance on uninterrupted, authorised activity in the security guarding trade since at least 01.01.2000 - 01.01.2003
    8. Reporting of places of residence for the last five years, indicating the period as well as street, house number, postcode, town, country and state,
    9. Copy of the guard's identity document.


    Insofar as the person is to be entrusted with patrols in public traffic areas or in areas of domiciliary rights with actual public traffic, with protection against shoplifters or with guarding in the entrance areas of discotheques in the hospitality industry, proof of an expert knowledge examination successfully passed by the Chamber of Industry and Commerce is required.

    Further documents may be required depending on how the guards perform their duties.

    Please refer to your permit notice and state the date of the decision and the official file number.

  • What are the fees?

    The fee for the background check is at least 70 euros.

  • Legal basis


Who do I need to contact?

In independent cities and special-status cities, contact the respective magistrate, and otherwise contact the district committee.

Responsible departments