Indiana Code 25-30-1-2. Definitions
(1) “Person” means an individual, a firm, a company, an association, an organization, a partnership, or a corporation.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 25-30-1-2
- Board: refers to the private investigator and security guard licensing board established under section 5. See Indiana Code 25-30-1-2
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Licensing agency: refers to the Indiana professional licensing agency established under IC 25-1-5-3. See Indiana Code 25-30-1-2
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: means an individual, a firm, a company, an association, an organization, a partnership, or a corporation. See Indiana Code 25-30-1-2
- Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
(3) “Private investigator firm” means the business of:
(A) making, for hire or reward, investigation or investigations for the purpose of obtaining information with reference to:
(i) a crime against the state or wrongs done or threatened;
(ii) the habits, conduct, movements, whereabouts, association, transactions, reputation, or character of a person;
(iii) credibility of witnesses or other persons;
(iv) the location or recovery of lost, abandoned, unclaimed, or stolen property;
(v) the causes, origin, or responsibility for fires or accidents or injuries to real or personal property; or
(vi) the truth or falsity of a statement or representation;
(B) securing, for hire or reward, evidence to be used for authorized investigation committees or boards of award or arbitration or in the trial of civil or criminal cases; or
(C) providing, for hire or reward, undercover investigators to detect and prevent fraud and theft in the workplace or elsewhere.
(4) “Board” refers to the private investigator and security guard licensing board established under section 5.2 of this chapter.
(5) “Licensing agency” refers to the Indiana professional licensing agency established under IC 25-1-5-3.
(6) “Business entity” means a firm, a company, an association, an organization, a partnership, or a corporation.
Formerly: Acts 1961, c.163, s.2; Acts 1965, c.162, s.1; Acts 1967, c.171, s.1. As amended by Acts 1982, P.L.154, SEC.88; P.L.261-1987, SEC.1; P.L.234-1989, SEC.5; P.L.214-1993, SEC.66; P.L.236-1995, SEC.46; P.L.1-2006, SEC.474; P.L.185-2007, SEC.9; P.L.3-2008, SEC.196.