<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 26-89. - Duties of alarm business.</div>
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               (a)
               
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               After 1998 (or the effective date of this article [March 1, 1999]) alarm users shall
               neither request nor allow alarm businesses to program alarm systems so that they are
               capable of sending one plus duress alarms. Alarm businesses may continue to report
               one plus duress alarms received from alarm systems programmed with this feature prior
               to the effective date of this article [March 1, 1999]. After the effective date of
               this article [March 1, 1999], when performing a takeover or conversion an alarm user
               shall request the removal of the one plus duress alarm capability from the alarm system
               being taken over or converted.
               
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               (b)
               
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               After the effective date of this article [March 1, 1999], alarm users shall not allow
               alarm businesses to install a device for activating a hold-up alarm which is a single
               action non recessed button.
               
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               (c)
               
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               Alarm systems that provide for direct dialing over telephone lines to a dispatch center
               and the delivery of a pre-recorded message are prohibited in Cabarrus County. Such
               installation by an alarm business and use by an alarm system owner is punishable as
               a misdemeanor.
               
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               (Ord. No. 1998-16, Â§ 7, 12-21-98;
               <a class="ordinance-link" href="" data-product-id="12658" data-ordinance-id="1170755">
                  Ord. No. 2021-32
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               , Â§ 7, 12-20-21)
               
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