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Alaska security guard license lookup

Alaska has no public online search for individual guards. Here is how to confirm one with the Alaska Department of Public Safety instead, and how to check the company.

No online guard lookup in Alaska

Alaska publishes no public online lookup for individual guards, so you confirm a guard directly with the Alaska Department of Public Safety.

Alaska DPS Permits and Licensing Unit, 5700 East Tudor Road, Anchorage AK 99507: phone (907) 269-0392, fax (907) 269-5609 (the numbers DPS prints for this unit on its form 12-299A, rev. 1/2025). DPS headquarters: (907) 269-5511. Security guard forms, statute and regulations: https://dps.alaska.gov/statewide/permits-licensing/

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Step-by-step: how to look up a guard in AlaskaExact steps to verify an officer with the Alaska Department of Public Safety7 steps
  1. Ask the guard to show the license identification card DPS issued to them, and note the name, license number and any expiry date on it. Under 13 AAC 60.070 DPS issues one card per licensee, the card remains state property, and no one else may use or hold it.
  2. Do not accept a company ID badge in its place. 13 AAC 60.100(d) lets an agency issue its own ID card but forbids that card from indicating that the holder or the agency is licensed by the State of Alaska, only the DPS card shows licensure.
  3. Check the license is within its term: AS 18.65.430 makes a security guard license valid for two years, renewable for further two-year terms.
  4. For an armed post, confirm the guard holds an armed security guard license, not only the unarmed one. 13 AAC 60.085 requires at least eight hours of firearms training from a certified instructor plus demonstrated competence, and an armed license is subject to revocation if the guard fails the annual practice firing review.
  5. If the guard has no card yet, ask the agency for proof of when it filed the completed application and fee. 13 AAC 60.130 lets a licensed agency use an applicant on a temporary basis for no more than 30 days, and only after the application is filed with DPS and marked temporary by the agency manager.
  6. Ask the agency for its own DPS security guard agency license, which 13 AAC 60.030(b) requires it to display conspicuously at its principal place of business, and confirm the guard is currently its employee and covered by its insurance or bond, under 13 AAC 60.120(b) a guard who loses employer-provided cover must return the card within 30 days unless personally insured.
  7. Because DPS publishes no search, contact the DPS Permits and Licensing Unit with the guard's name and license number and ask it to confirm the license is current. DPS does not publish whether it answers third-party verification requests, so if it declines, rely on the card, the license term and the agency's license.

Why there is no link to click: Alaska licenses individual security guards and security guard agencies (AS 18.65.400–.490, 13 AAC 60), but the DPS Permits & Licensing page publishes only the guard and agency application forms and links to the law. Its only public roster is a list of licensed civilian process servers, not guards. Agencies report their guard employee lists to DPS twice a year, but 13 AAC 60.140(a) makes that report confidential. Note also that AS 18.65.460 exempts an employer's own employees providing unarmed plant security on the employer's premises, so an in-house guard may lawfully hold no license at all.

What credentials a guard should hold in AlaskaAlaska issues portable credentials directly to the officer2 credentials
Every guard working a postSecurity Guard License8 hrs of training · 40 more hrs within 6 months of being issued · renews every 2 years
If they carry a firearmArmed Security Guard License16 hrs of training · 40 more hrs within 6 months of being issued · renews every 2 years

Armed work: Armed guards complete at least 8 additional hours of firearms training from a certified instructor, show competence with each firearm they may be issued, and requalify at an annual practice firing review (13 AAC 60.085). On duty an armed guard must be in company uniform and may not conceal the firearm without a concealed handgun permit from Alaska or another state (13 AAC 60.100), even though adults 21 and older can carry concealed off duty without one (AS 11.61.220). An Alaska permit requires age 21, 90 days of residency and a handgun course, applied for in person at a State Troopers office (AS 18.65.700 to 18.65.720).

How to check the security company in AlaskaThe Alaska Department of Public Safety, Division of Statewide Services (Permits & Licensing Unit) licenses the firm itself (Security Guard Agency License)Agency license
What the firm must holdSecurity Guard Agency LicenseIssued by the Alaska Department of Public Safety, Division of Statewide Services (Permits & Licensing Unit)
  1. Ask the company for the exact legal name on its license. Alaska Department of Public Safety, Division of Statewide Services (Permits & Licensing Unit) does not publish license numbers here, so the name is what you can actually match.
  2. Alaska Department of Public Safety, Division of Statewide Services (Permits & Licensing Unit) publishes no public per-company lookup, so this cannot be done online.
  3. Contact Alaska Department of Public Safety, Division of Statewide Services (Permits & Licensing Unit) directly and ask them to confirm the license status for that exact legal name. Ask for the answer in writing if the contract is significant.
  4. Meanwhile, ask the company for a copy of the license itself and check that the name on it matches the entity that will sign your contract.

The Alaska Department of Public Safety, Division of Statewide Services (Permits & Licensing Unit) names the firms it licenses but publishes no license number; match on the legal name instead.

Ask for company insurance & bonding properlyAlaska requires liability coverage by statute — what to ask for on the COIRequired by law
Alaska requires it by law

Comprehensive liability of at least $100,000 per person and $200,000 per occurrence covering death, injury, false arrest, detention, malicious prosecution, libel, slander and invasion of privacy, plus $100,000 per occurrence property damage. A surety bond in the same amounts may be filed instead.

If it lapses: Failure to maintain the insurance or bond is express grounds for revocation of the agency license, but revocation is discretionary rather than automatic.

13 AAC 60.120(a); AS 18.65.420, https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/alaska/13-AAC-60.120

A certificate of insurance (COI) that names your business as an additional insured, not just the certificate holderCertificate holder means you were mailed a copy. Additional insured means their policy actually answers for you if you are pulled into a claim.
General liability, and workers’ compensation at your state’s statutory limitsIf a guard is hurt on your property and the company carries no workers’ comp, the claim tends to land on you. Ask for commercial auto too if they run patrol vehicles.
The policy number and the effective and expiry dates, on a certificate dated within the last monthAn undated or months-old certificate is the single most common tell. The dates let you ask the insurer about the right policy.
The name, agency, and direct phone number of the broker who issued it, then call themThe broker can confirm the policy is in force today. The certificate PDF cannot, and a forged or stale one looks identical to a real one.
A contract term requiring written notice to you before the policy is cancelled or non-renewedStandard certificates promise notice to the insured, not to you. Putting the duty on the company in the contract is what makes a mid-term cancellation a breach.
A fresh certificate part-way through the term, not only at signingRe-asking at 60 or 90 days costs you an email and defeats the whole get-the-COI-then-drop-it pattern.

tessura does not verify anyone’s insurance and has no access to insurers’ records. This is guidance for doing it yourself, not legal advice.

Alaska license lookup: common questionsQuick answers on lookup timing, missing records, and armed permits4 questions
How do I look up a security guard license in Alaska?

Alaska publishes no public online lookup for individual guards. Note the guard’s full name and any registration number they give you, and ask the Alaska Department of Public Safety to confirm it. Alaska DPS Permits and Licensing Unit, 5700 East Tudor Road, Anchorage AK 99507: phone (907) 269-0392, fax (907) 269-5609 (the numbers DPS prints for this unit on its form 12-299A, rev. 1/2025). DPS headquarters: (907) 269-5511. Security guard forms, statute and regulations: https://dps.alaska.gov/statewide/permits-licensing/.

What is a security guard license called in Alaska?

The Alaska Department of Public Safety issues the Security Guard License (DPS issues a license identification card). For armed work: Armed Security Guard License (13 AAC 60.085), applied for on the same DPS form by ticking "Armed".

How do I check a security company’s license in Alaska?

Companies need their own license from the Alaska Department of Public Safety, Division of Statewide Services (Permits & Licensing Unit): Security Guard Agency License. There is no public per-company lookup, so ask the Alaska Department of Public Safety, Division of Statewide Services (Permits & Licensing Unit) to confirm the license for the company’s exact legal name.

Is tessura part of the state licensing agency?

No. tessura is not affiliated with any state licensing agency. Every lookup on this page belongs to the agency that runs it, and the agency’s record is the one that counts.

Official sources & more for AlaskaRegulator links, licensing guides, and open jobs (last reviewed September 27, 2026)6 sources
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