Title 32 — Professions and Occupations

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Advertising" means the submission of bids, contracting or making known by any public notice, publication or solicitation of business, directly or indirectly, that services regulated under this chapter are available for c…

A. The director of the department of public safety shall administer this chapter. B. The department shall keep a record of: 1. All applications for licenses or registrations under this chapter. 2. All bonds and proof of workers' compensation required to be filed. 3. Whether a lic…

A. The private investigator and security guard hearing board is established consisting of seven members and an alternate member who are appointed by the director. B. Each member of the board shall be a citizen of the United States and a resident of this state at the time of appoi…

A. The board shall: 1. Submit recommendations to the director on disciplinary actions or the denial of licenses or registrations. 2. Annually elect from its membership a chairman and a secretary, who serve at the pleasure of the board. 3. Determine good cause exceptions pursuant …

A. The board shall hold hearings at a time and place determined by the director. The board may hold special meetings the chairman determines necessary to carry out the functions of the board. B. A majority of board members, regardless of board vacancies, constitutes a quorum and …

A. The department shall charge and collect reasonable fees as determined by the director to cover the operational and equipment costs of regulating the private investigator industry. B. Except as provided in section 32-4301, the director may renew an agency license or a registrat…

A. A department of public safety licensing fund is established consisting of fees collected pursuant to this chapter and chapter 26 of this title. B. The director shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund are continuously appropriated to the director to cover the operational …

This chapter does not apply to: 1. An officer or employee of the federal government, this state or a political subdivision of this state, while engaged in the official performance of the officer's or employee's duties. 2. A person, firm or corporation, or an employee of a person,…

This chapter does not prevent a political subdivision of this state from imposing local regulation on any person engaged in the business of accepting employment for the location or recovery of personal property that is sold under conditional sales agreements or that is subject to…

A. A person shall not act or attempt to act as a private investigator or represent that the person is a private investigator unless the person is registered as a private investigator pursuant to this chapter and is acting within the scope of the person’s employment for an agency …

A. If a person shows at a hearing to the board's satisfaction that the person is not awaiting trial on or has not been convicted of committing any of the offenses listed in section 41-1758.03, subsection B, the board may grant a good cause exception for the following: 1. A misdem…

A. The department may enter into a reciprocal agreement with a state that has private investigator qualification laws substantially similar to this chapter to allow a private investigator license or registration to be used by the licensee or registrant within the jurisdiction of …

The department may not issue a license or registration certificate pursuant to this chapter to a peace officer, including a reserve peace officer. This section does not apply to retired peace officers or peace officers, including reserve peace officers, who are accident reconstru…

A. An applicant for an agency license must have a qualifying party. B. For a sole proprietorship, the qualifying party shall be the agency licensee. C. For a partnership, corporation or limited liability company, the qualifying party shall be the individual who is responsible for…

A. An applicant as a qualifying party for an agency license under this chapter shall: 1. Be at least twenty-one years of age. 2. Be a citizen or legal resident of the United States who is authorized to seek employment in the United States. 3. Not have been convicted of any felony…

A. Every application for an original or renewal agency license to engage in the private investigator business shall set forth verified information to assist the department in determining the applicant's ability to meet the requirements prescribed in this chapter and shall contain…

A. The department shall issue an agency license to any applicant that complies with this chapter. Each agency license shall contain the name and address of the licensee and the number of the agency license and shall be issued for a period of four years. B. On the issuance of an a…

A. No licensee may establish a branch office of a licensed agency unless the department has issued a branch office certificate. B. A branch office certificate authorizes the qualifying party of an agency licensee to conduct the business of private investigations in this state at …

An applicant for an associate or employee registration certificate shall: 1. Be at least eighteen years of age. 2. Be a citizen or legal resident of the United States who is authorized to seek employment in the United States. 3. Not have been convicted of any felony or currently …

A. Every application for an employee registration certificate shall provide verified information to assist the department in determining the applicant's ability to meet the requirements prescribed in this chapter, as follows: 1. The full name and address of the applicant. 2. The …

A. Each employee of an agency licensed under this chapter shall obtain an identification card, except those employees engaged exclusively in clerical and office work. B. The department may issue an identification card to an applicant who, on initial application for a registration…

A. No licensee, associate, registrant or employee of a licensee may wear a uniform, use a title, insignia, badge or identification card or make any statement that would lead a person to believe that he is connected in any way with the federal government, a state government or any…

A licensee may conduct an investigative business under a name other than the licensee's by first obtaining written authorization from the director. The director shall not authorize the use of an agency name that is so similar to that of a public officer or agency or of that used …

A. Each licensed agency shall have at least one physical location from which the normal business of the agency is conducted. The address of this location shall be on file with the department at all times as required by section 32-2423, subsection A and section 32-2425, subsection…

All display or broadcast media advertising by a licensee soliciting business shall contain the licensee's name and license number as they appear in the records of the department. The licensee shall not use any advertising that is false, deceptive or misleading.

A. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter or other law, no licensee, associate, registrant or employee of a licensee may divulge or release to anyone other than his client or employer the contents of an investigative file acquired in the course of licensed investigative act…

A. The department may investigate any licensee, registrant, associate, employee or person if that licensee, registrant, associate, employee or person is advertising as providing or is engaged in performing services that require licensure or registration under this chapter. B. The…

A. The following constitute grounds for which disciplinary action specified in subsection B of this section may be taken against a licensee or registrant or, if the licensee is other than an individual, against the licensee's qualifying party or any of its associates, directors o…

Except as provided in section 32-2411, a licensee, associate, registrant or employee who violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.

A. Except as provided in subsection F of this section, the department may deny an agency license or the renewal of an agency license if the applicant: 1. Committed any act that, if committed by a licensee, would be grounds for the probation of a licensee or the suspension or revo…

A. Except as provided in this chapter, a licensee may employ as many unlicensed or unregistered persons as may be necessary to assist the licensee in business and the licensee is at all times legally responsible for the good conduct in the business of each person employed. This s…

The department shall issue a standard identification card to each holder of a license or registration certificate. The department shall determine the size and design of the identification card, and the card shall contain the following information: 1. Name of employee. 2. Photogra…

Within forty-eight hours after being arrested, a private investigator or a qualifying party shall notify the employer agency of the arrest. Within twenty-four hours after receiving notice of the arrest, the employer agency shall notify the department of the arrest.