This chapter may be cited as the Private Investigator Act....
As used in this chapter, director means the Director of Consumer Affairs, unless the context indicates otherwise....
The director shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter....
As used in this chapter, person includes any individual, firm, company, association, organization, partnership, and corporation....
As used in this chapter, bureau means the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services....
As used in this chapter, chief means the Chief of the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services....
As used in this chapter, licensee means a person licensed under this chapter....
As used in this chapter, manager means the individual under whose direction, control, charge, or management the business of a licensee is operated....
As used in this chapter, employer means a person who employs an individual for wages or salary, lists the individual on the employer's payroll records, and withholds all legally...
As used in this chapter, employee means an individual who works for an employer, is listed on the employer's payroll records, and is under the employer's direction and control....
As used in this chapter, employer-employee relationship means a relationship in which an individual works for another, the individual's name appears on the payroll records of the...
As used in this chapter, firearm permit includes firearms permit, firearms qualification card, firearms qualification, and firearms qualification permit....
Every power and duty granted to or imposed upon the director may be exercised by any other officer or employee of the Department of Consumer Affairs authorized by the director, but...
The director may, in accordance with the State Civil Service Act and subject to the provisions of Section 159.5, appoint and fix the compensation of inspectors, investigators, and...
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as entitling any person to practice law in this state unless he or she is an active member of the State Bar of California....
The director may adopt and enforce reasonable rules, as follows: (a) Fixing the qualifications of licensees and managers, in addition to those prescribed in this chapter, necessary...
Where a hearing is held under this chapter to determine whether an application for a license should be granted or to determine the qualifications of a licensee's manager, the proceedings shall...
The director shall furnish, at least once every two years, one copy of the current licensing law, rules, and regulations to every licensed business governed under this chapter, without...
No person shall engage in a business regulated by this chapter; act or assume to act as, or represent himself or herself to be, a licensee unless he or she is licensed under this chapter;...
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person engaging in a business as a private investigator who violates Section 7520 is guilty of an infraction subject to the...
The director may authorize a licensed private investigator from another state to continue in this state for 60 days an investigation that originated in the state which is the location...
A private investigator within the meaning of this chapter is a person, other than an insurance adjuster subject to the provisions of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 14000) of Division 5...
(a) A private investigator may provide services to protect a person, but not property, which is incidental to an investigation for which the private investigator has been previously...
This chapter does not apply to: (a) A person employed exclusively and regularly by any employer who does not provide contract security services for other entities or persons, in connection...
(a) Unless specifically exempted by Section 7522, no person shall engage in the business of private investigator, as defined in Section 7521, unless that person has applied for and...
(a) The superior court in and for the county wherein any person has engaged or is about to engage in any act which constitutes a violation of Section 7523 may, upon a petition filed by...
An application for a license under this chapter shall be on a form prescribed by the director and accompanied by the application fee provided by this chapter....
An application shall be verified and shall include: (a) The full name and business address of the applicant. (b) The name under which the applicant intends to do business. (c) A...
Before an application for a license is granted, the applicant for a license or his or her manager shall meet all of the following:...
Before an application for a license is granted, the applicant for a license or his or her manager shall meet all of the following:...
The director may require an applicant or his or her manager, to demonstrate his or her qualifications by a written or oral examination, or a combination of both....
(a) When creating or updating the licensing examination required pursuant to Section 7527, the bureau shall consider all of the following: (1) Including in the examination questions on...
Payment of the application fee prescribed by this chapter entitles an applicant or his or her manager to one examination without further charge. If the person fails to pass the examination, he...
The chief shall issue a license, the form and content of which shall be determined by the chief in accordance with Section 164. In addition, the chief shall issue a Certificate of...
The license shall at all times be posted in a conspicuous place in the principal place of business of the licensee....
Upon the issuance of a license, a pocket card of the size, design, and content as may be determined by the director shall be issued by the bureau to each licensee, if an individual, or...
A license issued under this chapter is not assignable....
A licensee shall at all times be legally responsible for the good conduct in the business of each of his or her employees or agents, including his or her manager....
Each licensee shall maintain a record containing information relative to his or her employees as may be prescribed by the director....
No licensee shall conduct a business under a fictitious or other business name unless and until he or she has obtained the written authorization of the bureau to do so. The bureau shall...
Each licensee shall file with the bureau the complete address of his or her principal place of business including the name and number of the street, or, if the street where the business...
(a) A licensee shall notify the bureau within 30 days of any change in its corporate officers or of any addition of a new partner. (b) Applications, on forms prescribed by the director,...
Every advertisement by a licensee soliciting or advertising business shall contain his or her business name, business address or telephone number, and license number as they appear in the...
A licensee shall not advertise or conduct business from any location other than that shown on the records of the bureau as his or her principal place of business unless he or she has...
(a) The business of each licensee shall be operated under the active direction, control, charge, or management, in this state, of the licensee, if he or she is qualified, or the person...
(a) In case of the death of a person licensed as an individual, a member of the immediate family of the deceased licensee shall be entitled to continue the business under the same license for...
After a hearing the director may deny a license unless the applicant makes a showing satisfactory to the director that the applicant, if an individual, has not, or if the applicant is...
The director may refuse to issue any license provided for in this chapter to any person: (a) Who has had any license revoked, or whose license is under suspension, or has failed to renew his...
(a) Any licensee or officer, director, partner, or manager of a licensee may divulge to any law enforcement officer or district attorney, or his or her representative, any information he or...
For purposes of this article, licensee means a licensed private investigator....
Except as otherwise provided by this section, an applicant, or his or her manager, for a license as a private investigator shall have had at least three years' experience in investigation work. ...
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, experience for purposes of taking the examination for licensure as a private investigator shall be limited to those activities actually...
The bureau shall consider requiring, and may require, an applicant for licensure to submit proof of satisfactory completion of a course in professional ethics. If the bureau requires...
Every licensee and qualified manager who in the course of his or her employment or business carries a deadly weapon shall complete a course of training in the exercise of the powers to...
Every licensee and any person employed and compensated by a licensee who in the course of such employment or business carries tear gas or any other nonlethal chemical agent shall...
A private investigator license, branch office certificate, and pocket card issued under this chapter expires two years following the date of issuance or on the assigned renewal date....
(a) To renew an unexpired license or certificate, the licensee shall, on or before the date on which it would otherwise expire, apply for renewal on a form prescribed by the director, and pay...
Except as otherwise provided in this article, an expired license or branch office certificate may be renewed at any time within three years after its expiration on filing of...
A suspended license or branch office certificate is subject to expiration and shall be renewed as provided in this article, but renewal of the license does not entitle the licensee,...
A revoked license or branch office certificate is subject to expiration as provided in this article, but it may not be renewed. If it is reinstated after its expiration, the licensee,...
A license or branch office certificate which is not renewed within three years after its expiration may not be renewed, restored, reinstated, or reissued thereafter. The holder of the...
Except as otherwise required to comply with the provisions of Article 5 (commencing with Section 7558), the proceedings under this article shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter...
The director may deny, suspend, or revoke a license issued under this chapter if he or she determines that the licensee or his or her manager, if an individual, or if the licensee is...
The director may suspend or revoke a license issued under this chapter if he or she determines that the licensee or his or her manager, if an individual, or if the licensee is a person...
The director may suspend or revoke a license issued under this chapter if he or she determines that the licensee or his or her manager, if an individual, or if the licensee is a person...
The record of conviction, or a certified copy thereof, shall be conclusive evidence of the conviction as that term is used in this article, Section 7538, or Section 480. A plea or verdict...
The director, in lieu of suspending or revoking a license issued under this chapter for violations of Sections 7561.1, 7561.3, and 7561.4, may impose a civil penalty not to exceed...
If, upon investigation, the director determines a licensee, including a corporation, or registrant is in violation of Section 7566, the director may issue a citation to the licensee...
Any person who knowingly falsifies the fingerprints or photographs submitted pursuant to any provision of this chapter is guilty of a felony. Any person who violates any of the...
The director may assess administrative fines against any licensee, registrant, or firearms qualification cardholder for failure to notify the bureau within 30 days of any change of residence...
The bureau may require a licensee who violates any provision of this chapter to do either of the following: (a) Satisfactorily complete relevant coursework as determined by the bureau. ...
The fees prescribed by this chapter are as follows: (a) The application and examination fee for an original license may not exceed fifty dollars ($50). (b) The application fee for...
The fee for processing fingerprints for all registrations and licenses is that amount charged the bureau by the Department of Justice....
The Department of Consumer Affairs shall receive and account for all money derived from the operation of this chapter and, at the end of each month, shall report such money to the...
All money derived from the licensing and regulation of private investigators shall be expended exclusively on the licensing and regulation of private investigators. If, at the end of...
Application or license fees shall not be refunded except in accordance with Section 158....