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329A.015 License required to hold self out as private investigator -- Criminal
background check.
No person or company shall hold himself or herself out to the public as a private <br>investigator or use any terms, titles, or abbreviations that express, infer, or imply that the <br>person is licensed as a private investigator unless the person at the time holds a license to <br>practice private investigating issued and validly existing under the laws of this <br>Commonwealth as provided in this chapter. All applicants shall pass a criminal <br>background check based on criteria established under KRS 329A.035.
Effective: July 15, 2002 <br>History: Created 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 269, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2002. <br>Legislative Research Commission Note (6/24/2003). 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 150, sec. 16,
reads as follows:
"(1) Notwithstanding KRS 7.123 to the contrary, any private investigating
firm that has had its headquarters in the Commonwealth of Kentucky for at least two <br>(2) years prior to July 15, 2002, shall receive a license issued under KRS Chapter <br>329A automatically upon filing the appropriate application and paying the <br>appropriate fee to the board by October 1, 2003.
(2) Notwithstanding KRS 7.123 to the contrary, any person actively engaged
in full-time or part-time investigatory work in this state as a private investigator or as <br>an investigator for a law enforcement agency for a continuous period of at least two <br>(2) years prior to July 15, 2002, shall receive a license as a private investigator issued <br>under KRS Chapter 329A upon:
(a) Filing an application with the board prior to October 1, 2003, including
supporting documentation;
(b) Paying the licensure fee; and
(c) Passing the examination administered by the board in accordance with
KRS 329A.025 unless the board, in its discretion and on a case by case basis, waives <br>the examination requirement."
Legislative Research Commission Note (4/21/2004). 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 186, sec. 11,
reads as follows:
"(1) Notwithstanding KRS 7.123 to the contrary, any private investigating
firm that has had its headquarters in the Commonwealth of Kentucky for at least two <br>(2) years prior to July 15, 2002, shall receive a license issued under KRS Chapter <br>329A automatically upon filing the appropriate application and paying the <br>appropriate fee to the board within sixty (60) days after the effective date of this Act.
(2) Notwithstanding KRS 7.123 to the contrary, any person actively engaged
in full-time or part-time investigatory work in this state as a private investigator or as <br>an investigator for a law enforcement agency for a continuous period of at least two <br>(2) years prior to July 15, 2002, shall receive a license as a private investigator issued <br>under KRS Chapter 329A automatically upon:
(a) Filing an application with the board within sixty (60) days after the
effective date of this Act, including supporting documentation; and
(b) Paying the licensure fee."
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