2009 Hawaii Code
Volume 10
TITLE 25 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
CHAPTER 463 - PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS AND GUARDS
§463-1 - Definitions.
§463-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter:
"Board" means the board of private detectives and guards described in section 463-2.
"Detective", "private detective", or "investigator" means a licensed person qualified to obtain information and evidence not readily or publicly accessible.
"Detective agency" or "private detective agency" means a licensed firm engaged in the private detective business.
"Firm" means a sole proprietor, corporation, joint venture, limited liability partnership, limited liability corporation, partnership, association, or any other legal business entity.
"Guard" means a licensed uniformed or nonuniformed person responsible for the safekeeping of a client's properties and persons within contractually prescribed boundaries, and for observation and reporting relative to such safekeeping.
"Guard agency" means a licensed firm engaged in the guard business.
"Principal detective" means a licensed detective designated as the detective agency's primary licensee who is fully responsible for the direct management and control of the agency and the agency's employees.
"Principal guard" means a licensed guard designated as the guard agency's primary licensee who is fully responsible for the direct management and control of the agency and the agency's employees. [L 1961, c 77, pt of §1; Supp, §165A-1; HRS §463-1; am L 1983, c 40, §1; am L 1994, c 122, §1; am L 2004, c 94, §1]
Revision Note
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