(a) Except as otherwise provided in this title, a person shall be licensed by the Secretary as a private detective agency before the person may: (1) conduct a business that provides private detective services in the State; and (2) solicit to engage in a business that provides private detective services in the State. (b) An individual or a firm […]
(a) To qualify for a license, an applicant shall meet the requirements of this section. (b) If the applicant is a firm, the firm shall appoint a firm member as the representative member to make the application on behalf of the firm. (c) (1) If the applicant is an individual, the applicant shall be of good character and reputation. […]
(a) In this section, “organized police agency” means: (1) a police department of the State or of a county or municipal corporation of the State; (2) a private police department that is allowed to enroll its officers in approved Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission schools and academies; or (3) a law enforcement agency of the United States, of […]
(a) (1) An applicant for a license shall: (i) submit to the Secretary an application on the form that the Secretary provides; (ii) submit the documents required under this section; and (iii) pay to the Secretary the fees required under subsection (b) of this section. (2) If the applicant is a firm, the representative member shall complete the application form and […]
The Secretary may not issue a license to an applicant whose trade or fictitious name or trademark is so similar to that used by another licensee that the public may be confused or misled by the similarity.
(a) (1) The Secretary shall issue a license to each applicant who meets the requirements of this subtitle. (2) The Secretary shall issue an agency license certificate to each licensed private detective agency and a branch office certificate for each proposed branch office. (b) (1) The Secretary shall include on each agency license certificate that the Secretary issues: (i) the full […]
While a license is in effect, it authorizes the licensee to: (1) conduct a business that provides private detective services for compensation; (2) maintain an office for the conduct of the business at each location stated in the agency license certificate; (3) employ individuals as private detectives to provide private detective services to the public on behalf of […]
(a) By regulation, the Secretary shall stagger the terms of the licenses. (b) Unless a license is renewed for a 3–year term as provided in this section, the license expires on the day that the Secretary sets. (c) At least 1 month before a license expires, the Secretary shall mail or electronically transmit to the licensee: (1) a renewal […]
(a) As a condition for license renewal, a licensee shall submit to the Secretary with the renewal application: (1) a certification or, as authorized by the Secretary, other documentation that the licensed private detective agency has paid, for the past 3 years, all withholding and Social Security taxes; (2) a certification or, as authorized by the Secretary, other […]
(a) Each licensee shall maintain an office in the State. (b) Each licensee shall keep in an office in the State all files or other records that: (1) are made in the State; and (2) relate to an investigation in the State.
(a) (1) Within 5 days after the change, a licensee shall submit to the Secretary written notice of: (i) the addition of a branch office; and (ii) any change in the address of an existing office. (2) The licensee shall submit with the notice: (i) the agency license certificate; and (ii) if the proposed change affects an existing branch office, the branch […]
(a) Each licensee shall display at all times: (1) the agency license certificate in a conspicuous place in the principal office of the private detective agency; and (2) each branch office certificate in a conspicuous place in the agency branch office for which the certificate was issued. (b) (1) If an agency license certificate or branch office certificate is lost […]
(a) Subject to the hearing provisions of § 13-315 of this subtitle, the Secretary may deny a license to any applicant, reprimand any licensee, fine any licensee or agency, or suspend or revoke a license if the applicant or licensee: (1) fraudulently or deceptively obtains or attempts to obtain a license for the applicant or licensee or […]
(a) Subject to this section, the Secretary shall commence proceedings under § 13-313 of this subtitle on the Secretary’s own complaint or on a complaint made to the Secretary by any person. (b) (1) A complaint shall: (i) be in writing; (ii) be signed by the complainant; and (iii) state specifically the facts on which the complaint is based. (2) If a […]
(a) Except as otherwise provided in § 10-226 of the State Government Article, before the Secretary takes any final action under § 13-313 of this subtitle, the Secretary shall give the person against whom the action is contemplated an opportunity for a hearing before the Secretary. (b) The Secretary shall give notice and hold the hearing in […]
(a) Within 5 days after the Secretary suspends or revokes the license of a person, the person shall surrender to the Secretary the agency license certificate and each branch office certificate of the person. (b) The Secretary may not refund to a person whose license is suspended or revoked any fee paid under this title.
