INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THIS FORM
1. Fee Payment: Make your personal check, money order, or cashier’s check payable to the Bureau of
Security & Investigative Services or BSIS. SUBMITTING CASH BY MAIL IS NOT PERMITTED.
A form received without full payment of the $75.00 fee will not be processed and will be returned to
requestor.
2. Requestor: This form is to be used only by a current Private Patrol Operator (PPO) licensee. Only a
principal reflected in the Bureau’s records as associated with the license is authorized to request a
name change or FBN on the license.
a. Sole Ownership: Only the owner associated with the license
b. Partnership: Only a partner associated with the license
c. Corporation: Only an officer associated with the license
3. Email Address: While optional, providing an email address may expedite the Bureau’s
communication with you if additional information is required to process this form.
4. Address Information: A PPO licensee must have the complete address of its principal place of
business on file with the Bureau as the address of record (AOR). The AOR is public information. If
the principal place of business is a personal residence, the address of record may be a post office
box or the address of a mail box service. NOTE: If you are using a post office box or address of a
mail box service as your business’ address of record, you also must provide your residence address
to the Bureau (Section 606 of Title 16, Division 7 of the California Code of Regulations).
5. Use of Business Name: By law, you cannot operate your licensed business under a name that has
not been approved by the Bureau.
6. Fictitious Business Name: The name(s) you are requesting may require a fictitious business
name (FBN) filing. Below is general information on when you need to file a FBN Statement
with your County Clerk’s Office. Refer to Business and Professions Code Section 17900 et. al.
for specific information on FBNs.
a. Sole Ownership: Name does not include last name of owner or suggests additional owners (e.g.,
using “Associates” or “and Company.”
b. Partnership: Name does not include last name of each general partner or suggests additional
owners.
c. Corporation: Name differs from name filed with the California Secretary of State’s Office.
7. Name Approval Process: If requested name is an FBN, DO NOT FILE an FBN Statement with your
County Clerk’s Office until AFTER receipt of the Bureau’s approval of the name.
Step One: Obtain the Bureau’s approval for the FBN.
Step Two: After the Bureau’s approval, file the approved FBN with your County Clerk’s Office and
provide the Bureau with a copy of the FBN Statement with County Clerk’s endorsement of the filing.
8. Change in Business Structure: If you are seeking a name change because the business structure
associated with your license has changed (example: sole owner to corporation), an unauthorized
assignment of the license likely has occurred, and continued use of the current license would
constitute unlicensed activity. Contact the Bureau immediately at
privatesecurityservices@dca.ca.gov if you have changed the business structure associated with your
license to determine if an application for assignment of the license or an application for a new license
is needed.
9. Change in Business Ownership: If you are seeking a name change because the ownership of the
business has changed, the new owner cannot use the current license number and an application for a
new license is required. Continued use of the current license by a new owner is unlicensed activity.
Contact the Bureau immediately about starting the process for a new license at
privatesecurityservices@dca.ca.gov if the licensed business has changed ownership.
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