Rhode Island General Laws 5-5-4. License application
Any person engaged as a private detective prior to January 1, 1988, and who continues to be engaged as of January 1, 1988, may apply for a private detective license with the local licensing authority where his or her principal place of business is located. Persons presently licensed shall be granted private detective licenses from the local licensing authority upon application and verification that he or she has not been convicted in any jurisdiction of a felony. This initial application will be treated as a renewal of a license. Subsequent applications for renewal of his or her license are governed by § 5-5-6.
History of Section.
P.L. 1987, ch. 479, § 2.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 5-5-4
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- License: means any license required by this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-5-2
- Local licensing authority: means the town councils of license boards of the several towns, the mayor and city council or license bureau of a city. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-5-2
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
- Private detective: means a person who is hired for the purpose of conducting investigations involving:
(i) Inquiries into unsolved crimes;
(ii) Clandestine surveillance;
(iii) The search for missing persons; and
(iv) The search for lost or stolen property. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-5-2