338.821 Short title. Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “professional investigator licensure act”. History: 1965, Act 285, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1965 ;– Am. 2002, Act 474, Eff. Oct. 1, 2002 ;– Am. 2008, Act 146, Imd. Eff. May 28, 2008
338.822 Definitions. Sec. 2. As used in this act: (a) “Certified public accountant” means a person licensed as a certified public accountant under article 7 of the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339.720 to 339.736. (b) “Computer forensics” means the collection, investigation, analysis, and scientific examination of data held on, or retrieved from, computers, […]
338.823 License required; investigation of prohibited activities; civil or criminal action; violation; penalty. Sec. 3. (1) A person, firm, partnership, company, limited liability company, or corporation shall not engage in the business of professional investigator for hire, fee, or reward, and shall not advertise his or her business to be that of professional investigator or […]
338.824 Exemptions from act. Sec. 4. This act does not apply to any of the following: (a) A person employed exclusively and regularly by an employer in connection with the affairs of the employer only, if there exists a bona fide employer-employee relationship for which the employee is reimbursed on a salary basis. (b) An […]
338.825 License; issuance, duration. 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 under this act to […]
338.826 License; qualifications; reciprocal agreements. 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 meets all of the following […]
338.827 Application for license; notarized statement as to qualifications; investigation of applicant. 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 […]
338.828 Application for license by corporation; contents; copy of incorporation certificate. 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 […]
338.829 License; conditions of issuance; fee; duration; suspension or revocation; bonds; branch office; filing completed application; issuance of license within certain time period; report; “completed application” defined. 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 […]
338.830 License; suspension or revocation; grounds; additional sanctions; surrendering license and identification card; noncompliance as misdemeanor. 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, […]
338.831 License fee; refund; conditions. 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). History: 1965, Act 285, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1965 ;– Am. 2002, Act 474, Eff. […]
338.832 License; posting. Sec. 12. Upon receipt of a license from the department, the licensee shall post it in a conspicuous place in his or her office. History: 1965, Act 285, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1965 ;– Am. 2002, Act 474, Eff. Oct. 1, 2002
338.833 Reporting name or location change in agency; new license. 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, […]
338.834 Identification card; issuance; form and contents; maintenance, custody, and control; duplicates. 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 […]
338.835 Nonassignability of license. Sec. 15. A license issued under the provisions of this act is not assignable, and is personal to such licensee. History: 1965, Act 285, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1965
338.836 Display of unauthorized badge, shield, identification card, or license; violation; penalties. 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 […]
338.837 Licensees; employment of assistants; records; false statements; fingerprints. 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 […]
338.838 Hiring of person convicted of certain felonies or misdemeanors prohibited; refusal to surrender license or identification card. 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. […]
338.839 Carrying deadly weapon; license required. 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. History: 1965, Act 285, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1965 […]
338.840 Divulging of information; willful sale of or furnishing false information; penalty; privileged communications; notice and hearing. 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 […]
