Full Notification

GOFFSTOWN – The Goffstown Police Department wishes to remind residents of the existing Town Ordinance on Alarm Systems. The alarm permits are valid from January 1st to December 31st each year. Alarm permits must be re-submitted for approval prior to December 31st of 2011. There is NO FEE to obtain an alarm permit.

Article III, Section 300.1, titled Alarm Ordinance, states that no person shall install, maintain or operate an alarm system in the Town of Goffstown without obtaining a permit. Any person who operates an alarm system without first obtaining a permit as required by this ordinance, or who operates an alarm system when such permit has been revoked shall be guilty of a violation, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00).

Upon application, the Chief of Police for the Town of Goffstown is authorized to issue a permit to any applicant to install, maintain and operate upon property within the Town of Goffstown. Residents and business owners shall be accountable for violations of this ordinance.

For more information, please go to:
http://www.goffstownpolice.com/ordinances/alarm_ordinance.html
The complete Town Ordinance, flow chart of owner responsibility, as well as permit applications can be found at the website.