Insurance requirements; cancellation notice.
Hattiesburg Code of Ordinances § 32-166
in effectSec. 32-166. - Insurance requirements; cancellation notice.
The following liability insurance requirements must be meet, prior to issuance of permit:
(1) Private security service. No permit shall be issued to any private security service unless there is in full force and effect an umbrella or all-perils liability insurance policy in the minimum amount
of $500,000.00. Said policy shall inure to the benefit of any party who shall be injured or who shall sustain damage to property proximately caused by the negligence or wrongful conduct of a permittee, his/her servants, or agents. Said policy, or proof thereon, shall be filed with the city and said policy shall be issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in this state.
(2) Private security guards and private investigators. No permit shall be issued to any private security guard or private investigator where that person in not employed by a private security service unless there is in full force and effect an umbrella or all-perils liability insurance policy in the minimum amount of $500,000.00. Said policy shall inure to the benefit of any party who shall be injured or who shall sustain damage to property proximately caused by the negligence or wrongful conduct of a permittee, his/her servants, or agents. Said policy, or proof thereon, shall be filed with the city and said policy shall be issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in this state.
(3) Notice. The insurance policy, or proof thereof, filed with the city as required by this article, shall contain a provision or endorsement to the effect that the same shall not be cancelled for any cause by either party thereto unless and until 30 days' written notice is given to the city clerk and that such 30 days' notice, when given, shall commence to run from date notice is actually received at the city clerk's office.
(4) Revocation. Failure of any private security service or private investigator or private security guard when that person is not employed by a private security service to have liability insurance in force is cause for revocation and cancellation of the permit and identification card issued under the terms of this article.
(Code 1989, § 18-65; Ord. No. 2380, § 11, 8-6-1991)
Source: City of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ms/hattiesburg/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH32LIPEMIBURE_ARTVIIPRSESEPRSEGUPRIN_S32-166INRECANOFetched: 11/1/2026