Title 338, PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Sec. 5. (1) The department, upon application and after making a determination that the applicant is qualified, shall issue the applicant a license to conduct business as a professional investigator for a period of 3 years from date of issuance. (2) Upon the issuance of a license …

Sec. 6. (1) The department shall issue a license to conduct business as a professional investigator if satisfied that the applicant is a person, or if a firm, partnership, company, limited liability company, or corporation, the sole or principal license holder is a person who mee…

Sec. 7. (1) The department shall prepare a standard uniform application. The applicant shall obtain notarized reference statements from at least 5 reputable citizens who swear that they have known the applicant and his or her qualifications for a period of at least 5 years and be…

Sec. 8. If the applicant is a corporation, the application shall be signed and verified by the president, secretary and treasurer thereof, and shall specify the name of the corporation, the date and place of its incorporation, the location of its principal place of business, and …

Sec. 9. (1) The department, when satisfied of the competency and integrity of the applicant, or if the applicant is a firm, partnership, company, limited liability company, or corporation, of its individual members or officers, shall issue to the applicant a license upon the appl…

Sec. 10. (1) The department may suspend or revoke a license issued under this act if the department determines that the licensee or licensee's manager, if an individual, or if the licensee is a person other than an individual, that an officer, director, partner, or its manager, h…

Sec. 11. The department shall not refund a license fee unless a showing is made of mistake, inadvertence, error in the collection of the fee, or noncompliance with the time periods described in section 9(4).

Sec. 12. Upon receipt of a license from the department, the licensee shall post it in a conspicuous place in his or her office.

Sec. 13. Any change in the name or location of the agency or of a branch office or subagency shall be reported to the department at least 30 days before the change becomes effective. Upon receipt of the notice of change of name or location, the department shall prepare and forwar…

Sec. 14. (1) Upon issuing a license, the department shall also issue an identification card to the principal license holder or, if the agency is a partnership, to each partner or, if the license holder is a corporation or limited liability company, to each resident officer, manag…

Sec. 15. A license issued under the provisions of this act is not assignable, and is personal to such licensee.

Sec. 16. (1) A person shall not possess or display a badge or shield that purports to indicate that the holder is a private detective, private investigator, or professional investigator. (2) A licensee may request authorization to provide employee identification cards only upon t…

Sec. 17. (1) A licensee may employ as many persons as considered necessary to assist in his or her work of professional investigator and in the conduct of the business. At all times during the employment, the licensee shall have direct involvement in the day-to-day activities and…

Sec. 18. (1) A licensee shall not knowingly employ any person who has been convicted of a felony, or convicted of a misdemeanor within the preceding 8 years involving any of the following: (a) Dishonesty or fraud. (b) Unauthorized divulging or selling of information or evidence. …

Sec. 19. Any person licensed as a professional investigator, or in the employ of a professional investigator agency, is not authorized to carry a deadly weapon unless he is so licensed in accordance with the present laws of this state.

Sec. 20. (1) Any person who is or has been an employee of a licensee shall not divulge to anyone other than his or her employer or former employer, or as the employer shall direct, except as he or she may be required by law, any information acquired by him or her during his or he…

Sec. 21. The prosecuting attorney of the county in which any conviction for a violation of any provision of this act shall, within 10 days thereafter, make and file with the department a report showing the date of the conviction, the name of the person convicted, and the nature o…

Sec. 22. (1) An advertisement by a licensee soliciting or advertising for business shall contain his or her name and address as they appear in the records of the department. (2) A licensee shall, on notice from the department, discontinue any advertising or the use of any adverti…

Sec. 23. A licensee shall not use any designation or trade name which has not been first approved by the department and shall not use any designation or trade name that implies any association with any municipal, county, township, or state government or the federal government, or…

Sec. 24. (1) Each person, partnership, firm, company, limited liability company, or corporation licensed and operating under this act shall make a complete written record of the business transactions and reports made in connection with the operation of the agency. (2) A professio…

Sec. 25. (1) For the purpose of investigating the character, competency, and integrity of the applicants, or for the purpose of investigating complaints made against the licensee, the director of the department may issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses. All subpo…

Sec. 26. (1) A license granted under this act may be renewed upon application and the payment of a renewal fee of $300.00, unless reduced under section 9(5), and filing of a renewal surety bond or liability insurance policy in the amount equivalent to that specified in section 9.…

Sec. 27. (1) Upon the death of a licensee, the business of the decedent may be carried on for a period of 90 days by any of the following: (a) In the case of an individual licensee, the surviving spouse, or if there is none, the personal representative of the estate of the decede…

Sec. 28. (1) The department may employ such agents as are necessary to carry out and to enforce this act. (2) The department may promulgate rules to enforce and administer this act pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.

Sec. 29. The requirements of this act as to license applications shall apply to all professional investigators, except those who already have been granted a license under prior laws of this state. The requirements as to renewal of license certificates shall apply to all professio…

Sec. 30. Act No. 383 of the Public Acts of 1927, as amended, being sections 338.801 to 338.813 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, is repealed.

Sec. 31. A licensee, manager, or employee of a licensee who violates this act or a rule promulgated under this act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or by a fine of not more than $500.00, or both.