Arizona · Statewide

Virtual gate guards and community security for Arizona HOAs.

Max Security USA works Arizona gates from its monitoring center with licensed security guards, puts a guard in the booth where a planned community needs one, and sets up its visitor management platform free for any association. A guard by day and a virtual guard at night is a common shape.

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Virtual and hybrid gate guarding

Virtual gate guards for Arizona HOAs.

Arizona communities can have a licensed security guard work the gate from our monitoring center: answering the call box, checking each visitor against the community’s live records, opening or refusing, and watching the entrance on your cameras between arrivals.

Greeted as they pull up

The licensed security guard at our monitoring center sees the car pull up on your cameras and greets the visitor right away, without the visitor pressing anything. The guard checks the pass, then opens or refuses.

A guard by day, virtual at night

A common schedule keeps a licensed security guard in the booth for the busy daytime hours and goes virtual for the other sixteen. Both halves come from Max Security USA or trusted partners.

Equipment usually included

We work with the cameras and intercom you have, and new equipment is usually included at no extra charge. We can offer a 90-day trial, and the resident platform stays free either way.

A virtual guard reaches any Arizona gate that has cameras with a usable view, an intercom, a gate that opens remotely and a connection with a backup. The survey checks all four before anyone quotes.

How a hybrid schedule works What the remote guard does Compared with Envera

On the ground in Arizona

What is different about an Arizona gate.

Three things an Arizona board should know before anyone quotes a guard, remote or on site.

Every guard is registered with DPS

Arizona law says a person may not act as a security guard unless registered with the Department of Public Safety and working for a licensed agency. Registration takes eight hours of pre-assignment training and eight hours of refresher training before renewal; armed guards add sixteen hours of firearms instruction.

One party’s consent to record

Under A.R.S. 13-3005, recording a conversation is lawful with the consent of a party to it. We post a notice at the intercom anyway and agree retention with the board, because a visitor should know the call is recorded.

Planned communities law

Arizona HOAs sit under Title 33, Chapter 16 of the Arizona Revised Statutes (planned communities), and condominiums under Chapter 9. The platform keeps the records those rules produce findable; compliance stays with your attorney and managing agent.

None of this is legal advice. Where a rule matters to your association, confirm it with counsel.

Sources, checked September 30, 2026

Where we work

Anywhere in Arizona.

The virtual guard and the free platform reach any Arizona community. Guards on site and patrol are quoted per site, by us or a trusted partner, so tell us where the property is.

What it costs

The platform is free and three things are not.

The visitor management platform costs a Arizona association nothing: no subscription, no per-unit fee, whether or not we ever guard your gate. Guarding is quoted per site after a survey; the equipment is usually included at no extra charge, and we can offer a 90-day trial. See the pricing page

Text messaging (SMS)

Charged per message, and only if you switch it on. Email and in-app notifications stay free.

Access control integration

Hardware and a licensed installer. Surveyed first, then quoted per site.

White labeling

Your own branding on the app, the emails and the passes, quoted per community.

What we do in Arizona.

Remote gate guarding

A licensed security guard works your gate from our monitoring center.

Hybrid gate guarding

A guard in the booth by day, a virtual guard at night.

Free visitor management

Guest passes, the gate log and the guard’s screen, free for any community.

Cameras and access control

Plate reads on your cameras, gates and door access, quoted per site.

FAQ

Questions Arizona boards ask.

Yes. A licensed security guard at our monitoring center answers the call box, checks the pass against your community’s live records and opens or refuses, for the hours you choose. Equipment is usually included at no extra charge, and we can offer a 90-day trial.

Arizona law says a person may not act as a security guard unless registered with the Department of Public Safety and working for a licensed agency. That means eight hours of pre-assignment training and eight hours of refresher training before each renewal. Any guard on an Arizona post, ours or a trusted partner’s, is registered. Ask for it in writing.

Arizona allows a conversation to be recorded with the consent of one party to it. We still put a notice at the intercom, because a visitor should know, and settle retention with the board in writing. Confirm the details with your association’s attorney.

Yes. A common schedule keeps a licensed security guard in the booth for the busiest eight hours and a virtual guard for the other sixteen. Both halves come from Max Security USA or trusted partners, and they work from the same records and the same log.

Yes. No subscription and no per-unit fee, whether or not we ever guard your property. Three things carry a charge: text messages (only if you switch them on), access control integration (hardware and a licensed installer, quoted per site), and white labeling.

Tell us about your Arizona gate.

Fifteen minutes on the phone covers your entrances, the hours that need a guard, and whether the cameras and intercom are ready for a virtual guard.