2015 Utah Code
Title 53 - Public Safety Code
Chapter 9 - Private Investigator Regulation Act
Section 109 - Application for agency license -- Liability insurance -- Workers' compensation.

53-9-109. Application for agency license -- Liability insurance -- Workers' compensation.

• (1) Every application for an agency license to engage in the private investigative business shall provide to the bureau:
  • (a) the full name and business address of the applicant;
  • (b) one passport-size color photograph of the applicant;
  • (c) the name under which the applicant intends to do business;
  • (d) a statement that the applicant intends to engage in the private investigative business;
  • (e) a verified statement of the applicant's experience and qualifications as provided in Section 53-9-108; and
  • (f) the fee prescribed in Section 53-9-111.

• (2) Before the issuance or renewal of an agency license, the applicant shall provide to the bureau:
  • (a) a certificate of liability insurance; and
  • (b) a certificate of workers' compensation insurance, if applicable.

• (3) The liability insurance required by this section shall:
  • (a) protect against liability to third persons;
  • (b) contain a limit of liability in an amount of not less than $500,000;
  • (c) be continuous in form and run concurrently with the license period; and
  • (d) provide for notice to the bureau in the event of cancellation of the liability insurance.

• (4)
  • (a) The bureau shall cancel a license when it receives notice from the insurer that liability insurance required under Subsection (2) has expired or been canceled.
  • (b) The licensee shall be notified by the bureau when a license has been cancelled under this Subsection (4).
  • (c) The license may be reinstated when the licensee:
    • (i) files proof of liability insurance for the remainder of the license period; and
    • (ii) pays the reinstatement fee prescribed in Section 53-9-111.

Amended by Chapter 432, 2011 General Session