Verify a New York Security Guard license

liveNY Private Security / Guard Licensing · profession key security_guard

Live. We query the board directly for every check and the nightly canary is passing.

How New York Security Guard license verification works

A Security Guard in New York is licensed by the NY Private Security / Guard Licensing. PrimaryCheck looks the license up live at the board's public verification system (board lookup) by license number, or by name when no number is supplied. The record the board publishes is captured as evidence, hashed, and rendered into a proof PDF.

Fields returned for this board: id_number name business_name business_address county license_type expires training armed.

Board note: Department of State Division of Licensing Services public Licensee Search (appext20.dos.ny.gov/lcns_public; Oracle mod_plsql forms, no captcha/session; rung 1 plain httpx; captured 2026-11-04). Security guards (SG%: SECURITY GUARD - UNARMED/ARMED) searchable by UID and by name (25/page; >500 hits refused), record shows the training dates. Private Investigator (PRI), Watch Guard & Patrol and Armored Car Carrier are BUSINESS licences searchable by business name or UID only; the site states qualifying officers are not displayed, so a person verifies only when the licence is printed under the person's own name (sole proprietor), else ambiguous_match. Active licences only (expired/lapsed = no record). Not the NYSED Office of the Professions API.

What a Security Guard license check returns

Field check	Passes when
`license_number`	Equal to the board's number, ignoring prefix and leading zeros
`name`	Last name or declared alias matches; first name exact or nickname
`license_type`	The record is a Security Guard license, strictly (no near-miss types)
`status`	The board shows an active status; probation is active with a flag
`expires`	Expiration is on or after today, where the board publishes it
`disciplinary_actions`	Recorded and flagged with any order documents; never silently dropped

Verdicts: verified, discrepancy, not_found, unable_to_verify (with a reason), pending. See how verdicts are decided.

Verify a New York Security Guard license by API

POST https://api.primarycheck.com/v1/verifications
{
  "person": { "firstName": "…", "lastName": "…" },
  "claims": [
    { "type": "license", "state": "NY", "profession": "security_guard", "number": "…" }
  ],
  "purpose": "employment",
  "consent": { "consentId": "cons_…" }
}

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