Nebraska Statutes 71-3201. Terms, defined
As used in sections 71-3201 to 71-3213, unless the context otherwise requires:
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 71-3201
- Company: shall include any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company, joint venture, or association. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- 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.
- 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: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Person shall: include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
(1) Applicant shall mean any person who makes application for a license under such sections;
(2) License shall mean a license to engage in the private detective business as a private detective, as a private detective agency, or as a plain clothes investigator in the State of Nebraska;
(3) Licensee shall mean any person licensed under such sections;
(4) Person shall mean and include any individual, firm, partnership, limited liability company, association, company, corporation, or other legal entity;
(5) Plain clothes investigator shall mean and include any individual, other than a private detective, who as an employee and on behalf of a private detective agency without any identifying uniform performs services consisting wholly or partially of detective or investigative activity within the scope of the private detective business;
(6) Private detective shall mean any individual who as a sole proprietor engages in the private detective business without the assistance of any employee;
(7) Private detective agency shall mean any person who as other than a private detective or a plain clothes investigator engages in the private detective business;
(8) Private detective business shall mean and include any private business engaged in by any person defined in subdivision (4) of this section who advertises or holds himself or herself out to the public, in any manner, as being engaged in the secret service or private policing business; and
(9) Secretary shall mean the Secretary of State.