Connecticut General Statutes 29-156a – Employment of private investigators. Registration. Fee. Penalty
(a) Any licensee may employ as many private investigators as such licensee deems necessary for the conduct of such licensee’s business, provided such employees shall be of good moral character and at least eighteen years of age.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 29-156a
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection. See Connecticut General Statutes 29-152u
- 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.
- Fair Credit Reporting Act: A federal law, established in 1971 and revised in 1997, that gives consumers the right to see their credit records and correct any mistakes. Source: OCC
- Licensee: means any person, firm, company, partnership or corporation engaged in the business of providing investigative or security services. See Connecticut General Statutes 29-152u
- Private investigator: means an employee of a licensed private detective or private detective agency who performs services necessary for the conduct of such licensee's business. See Connecticut General Statutes 29-152u
(b) Immediately upon hiring a private investigator, the licensee shall apply to register such employee with the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection. Such application shall be made on forms furnished by the commissioner, and, under oath of the employee, shall give the employee’s name, address, date and place of birth, employment for the past five years, experience in the position applied for, any convictions for violations of the law and such other information as the commissioner may require, by regulation, to properly investigate the character, competency and integrity of the employee.
(c) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall require any applicant for registration under this section to submit to state and national criminal history records checks conducted in accordance with section 29-17a. The application for registration shall be accompanied by two sets of fingerprints of the employee and two full-face photographs of the employee, two inches wide by two inches high, taken no earlier than six months prior to the date of application for registration, and a forty-dollar registration fee payable to the state. Subject to the provisions of section 46a-80, no person shall be registered who has been convicted of a felony, any sexual offense or any crime involving moral turpitude, or who has been refused a license under the provisions of this chapter for any reason except lack of minimum experience, or whose license, having been granted, has been revoked or is under suspension. The commissioner shall register all qualified employees and so notify the licensee and place the registration form and all related material on file with the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection.
(d) A licensee may employ an individual to perform the duties of a private investigator while such individual’s application for registration pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) of this section is pending, provided the licensee conducts, or has a consumer reporting agency regulated under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act conduct, a state and national criminal history records check and determines the applicant meets the requirements of subsection (c) of this section for registration as a private investigator. Such individual shall cease to perform such duties pursuant to this subsection when the commissioner grants or denies the pending application for registration.
(e) The licensee shall notify the commissioner not later than five days after the termination of employment of any registered employees.
(f) Any person, firm or corporation that violates any provision of this section shall be fined seventy-five dollars for each offense. Each distinct violation of this section shall be a separate offense and, in the case of a continuing violation, each day thereof shall be deemed a separate offense.