Find a licensed home security installer in Riverhead, NY

Who licenses home security installers in Riverhead

• New York's Department of State licenses security and fire alarm installers: anyone who offers or undertakes to install, service or maintain a system that detects intrusion, break-in, movement, sound or fire. A license runs two years.
• Applicants for the state license must be 18, show proof of fingerprinting, pass an alarm installer examination and complete prescribed courses of four 15-hour modules and one 21-hour module.
• No license is needed when an owner personally installs an alarm system on their own property or place of business, or has an employee install it there.
• An electrician who installs security or fire alarm systems is licensed for that work through the Department of State's Division of Licensing Services.

State rules and the lookup steps: how to check a home security installer's license.

What the Town of Riverhead requires

• Riverhead exempts residential homes with fire or police and security alarm systems from its emergency alarm registration program.
• Riverhead's alarm registration covers owners and lessees of commercial, industrial and apartment property, along with commercial or residential cooperatives and condominiums.
• Riverhead's emergency alarm program is codified in Chapter 203, Alarm Systems, of the Town Code.
• Riverhead charges a new business $25.00 to register an emergency alarm permit and $10.00 for each yearly renewal after that.

The Town of Riverhead Building Department handles permits (631-727-3200 ext. 213). Our Town of Riverhead permit guide covers how to apply, inspections and certificates.

Homes in Riverhead: what the Census shows

Across the Town of Riverhead, the median home was built in 1984, and 26% of homes were built before 1960, 11% before 1940. 80% of homes here are owner-occupied, and 69% are single-family detached houses.

What security and smart home installation costs here

Labor is a large part of any price. Long Island security and fire alarm systems installers earn a median $55,650 a year, from about $44,506 at entry level to $70,281 with experience. (New York State Department of Labor, wages updated to the first quarter of 2026.) Prices come from written estimates; more in the home security and smart home cost guide.

Before you hire in Riverhead

• Ask for the license number the work needs here (see who licenses home security installers above), and check it before you sign.
• Ask who files with the Town of Riverhead Building Department, and who books the inspections.
• Is your business licensed by New York State to install security systems?
• Who monitors the system, and what does the contract commit me to?