2011 Vermont Code
Title 26 Professions and Occupations
Chapter 59 PRIVATE INVESTIGATIVE AND SECURITY SERVICES
§ 3173 Private investigator licenses
§ 3173. Private investigator licenses
(a) The board shall issue a license to a private investigator after obtaining and approving all of the following:
(1) An application filed in proper form.
(2) The application fee.
(3) Evidence that the applicant has attained the age of majority.
(4) Evidence that the applicant has successfully passed the examination required by section 3175 of this title.
(b) The board may inquire of the Vermont criminal information center for any information on criminal records of the applicant, and the center shall provide such information to the board. The board, through the Vermont criminal information center, may also inquire of the appropriate state criminal record repositories in all states in which it has reason to believe an applicant has resided or been employed, and it may also inquire of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, for any information on criminal records of the applicant. The applicant shall bear the costs associated with fingerprinting. The board may also make additional inquiries it deems necessary into the character, integrity and reputation of the applicant.
(c) The board shall require that the person has had appropriate experience in investigative work, for a period of not less than two years, as determined by the board. Such experience may include, but not be limited to, having been regularly employed as a private detective licensed in another state or as an investigator for a private detective licensed in this or another state, or has been a sworn member of a federal, state or municipal law enforcement agency.
(d) An application for a license may be denied upon failure of the applicant to provide information required, upon a finding that the applicant does not meet a high standard as to character, integrity and reputation or for unprofessional conduct defined in section 3181 of this title. (Added 1981, No. 98, { 1; amended 1989, No. 250 (Adj. Sess.), { 67; 1995, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), { 8; 1999, No. 133 (Adj. Sess.), { 26; 2009, No. 103 (Adj. Sess.), { 28.)
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