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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000914062-10-000012.txt : 20100112
<SEC-HEADER>0000914062-10-000012.hdr.sgml : 20100112
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20100112135303
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000914062-10-000012
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20091230
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100112
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100112

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ROLLINS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000084839
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-TO DWELLINGS & OTHER BUILDINGS [7340]
		IRS NUMBER:				510068479
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2170 PIEDMONT RD NE
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30324
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4048882000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2170 PIEDMONT ROAD NE
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30324

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ROLLINS R RANDALL
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000942466

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-04422
		FILM NUMBER:		10522309

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		SUNTRUST BANKS INC
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 4418 MC 643
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30302-4418
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    <periodOfReport>2009-12-30</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerName>ROLLINS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ROL</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>ROLLINS R RANDALL</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1></rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>2170 PIEDMONT ROAD, N.E.</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>ATLANTA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>GA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>30324</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chairman of the Board</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Rollins, Inc. Common Stock $1 Par Value</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2009-12-30</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>5</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>G</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>98594</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
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                <value>Rollins, Inc. Common Stock $1 Par Value</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>Trustee of Trusts for Children</value>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Rollins, Inc. Common Stock $1 Par Value</value>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">This number includes 1,174 shares of 401(k) stock, 5,728 shares of IRA stock, and 132,000 of restricted shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">R. Randall Rollins disclaims for the purpose of Section 16 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 the beneficial ownership of these shares, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein, and this report is not an admission of such beneficial ownership.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Glenn P. Grove, Jr., as Attorney-in-Fact for R. Randall Rollins</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-01-06</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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