FL Security Agency License B 3500420 · PI Agency License A 3500419
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Straight answers from Almond Tree Security Services, a licensed Florida security agency (License B# 3500420) serving Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe County.
26 questions answered by a licensed Florida security agency
Knowledge / Armed & Unarmed Guards
A felon can be a security guard in Florida only after meeting strict waiting rules. Under section 493.6118, a felony conviction means the state…
Updated October 15, 2026
Knowledge / Florida Security Law
Yes, a hotel can kick you out for a crying baby in Florida, but only on the ground of disturbance, not because you have…
Updated October 15, 2026
Knowledge / Private Investigations
Yes, a private investigator can do a background check on someone in Florida, drawing on court files, criminal history, property records, business filings and…
Updated October 15, 2026
Knowledge / Private Investigations
Yes, a private investigator can find someone's address in most cases. Florida law defines private investigation to include finding the whereabouts of a person,…
Updated October 15, 2026
Knowledge / Florida Security Law
No, a private investigator cannot get bank records belonging to someone else on their own. Federal law makes it a crime to obtain a…
Updated October 17, 2026
Knowledge / Private Investigations
No, a private investigator cannot get someone else's phone records on their own. Call logs and text records held by phone companies are protected…
Updated October 17, 2026
Knowledge / Florida Security Law
No, a private investigator cannot hack your phone, email or social media accounts. Getting into a device or account without the owner's permission is…
Updated October 17, 2026
Knowledge / Florida Security Law
No, a private investigator cannot secretly record conversations in Florida. Florida is an all-party consent state, so a private investigator can record conversations only…
Updated October 15, 2026
Knowledge / Armed & Unarmed Guards
Yes, a security guard can ask for your ID in Florida, but in most situations you do not have to show it. No Florida…
Updated October 14, 2026
Knowledge / Armed & Unarmed Guards
Yes, a store can ban you for no reason in Florida, as long as the real reason is not discrimination. A private business can…
Updated October 15, 2026
Knowledge / Florida Security Law
Yes, an HOA can trespass someone in Florida from common areas when that person is not an owner, tenant or guest, because a community…
Updated October 15, 2026
Knowledge / Armed & Unarmed Guards
No, a Florida security license in another state does not automatically let a guard work there. A Class D or Class G license is…
Updated October 15, 2026
Knowledge / Armed & Unarmed Guards
Yes, off-duty police officers can work private security in Florida, and they can do it without a security license when their own agency approves…
Updated October 14, 2026
Knowledge / Armed & Unarmed Guards
Yes, private investigators can carry guns in Florida while working, but only with a Class G statewide firearm license in addition to their investigator…
Updated October 15, 2026
Knowledge / Armed & Unarmed Guards
Yes, security guards can carry pepper spray in Florida. State law lets anyone carry a self-defense chemical spray of two ounces or less, openly…
Updated October 22, 2026
Knowledge / Florida Security Law
Yes, you can be arrested for trespassing without a warning in Florida in some situations. Entering a building or vehicle without permission is a…
Updated October 15, 2026
Knowledge / Florida Security Law
Yes, you can generally loiter on a public sidewalk in Florida, because standing or waiting in a public place is not a crime by…
Updated October 15, 2026
Knowledge / Armed & Unarmed Guards
No, in most cases a person cannot work as a security guard without a license in Florida. Section 493.6301 requires anyone performing the services…
Updated October 17, 2026
Knowledge / Armed & Unarmed Guards
Security guards get paid lunch breaks only when they are not fully relieved of duty. Federal wage rules let an employer leave a genuine…
Updated October 15, 2026
Knowledge / Armed & Unarmed Guards
Yes, security guards have to wear a uniform in Florida while on duty. Section 493.6305 of the Florida Statutes requires Class D security officers…
Updated October 14, 2026
Knowledge / Florida Security Law
To check if a private investigator is licensed in Florida, use the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services online licensee search and look…
Updated October 15, 2026
Knowledge / Private Investigations
No, clocking in early is not time theft by itself. Under federal wage rules, an employee who punches in before the shift and does…
Updated October 15, 2026
Knowledge / Florida Security Law
No, it is not automatically illegal to fly a drone over private property in Florida. What the law prohibits is using a drone camera…
Updated October 15, 2026
Knowledge / Armed & Unarmed Guards
Yes, it is generally legal to record a security guard in Florida in a public place, because the state's consent law protects only conversations…
Updated October 15, 2026
Knowledge / Armed & Unarmed Guards
Sleeping on the job can count as time theft, but not automatically. It becomes time theft when an employee deliberately sleeps through paid hours…
Updated October 15, 2026
Knowledge / Event & VIP Protection
The person a bodyguard protects is called the principal. It is the standard term in close protection work, used in protective services training to…
Updated October 16, 2026
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Licensed in Florida
Security Agency B# 3500420 and PI Agency A# 3500419
Response within 2 hours
Deployment within 4 hours on a new request
Three counties
Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe County
