(a) An application for an investigations company license shall be filed with the commissioner on the prescribed form. The application shall include:

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 62-26-205

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of commerce and insurance or the commissioner's designee. See Tennessee Code 62-26-202
  • 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.
  • Investigations company: means any person who engages in the business or accepts employment to obtain or furnish information with reference to:
    (A) Crime or wrongs done or threatened against the United States or any state or territory of the United States. See Tennessee Code 62-26-202
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Qualifying agent: means a principal corporate officer meeting the qualifications set forth in this part for operating an investigations company. See Tennessee Code 62-26-202
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) The full name and business address of the applicant:

(A) If the applicant is a partnership, the name and address of each partner; or
(B) If the applicant is a corporation, the name and address of the qualifying agent;
(2) The name under which the applicant intends to do business;
(3) The address of the principal place of business and all branch offices of the applicant within this state;
(4) As to each individual applicant, or, if the applicant is a partnership, as to each partner or, if the applicant is a corporation, as to the qualifying agent, the following information:

(A) Full name;
(B) Date and place of birth;
(C) All residences during the immediate past five (5) years;
(D) All employment or occupations engaged in during the immediate past five (5) years;
(E) Three (3) sets of classifiable fingerprints;
(F) Three (3) credit references from lending institutions or business firms with whom the subject has established a credit record; and
(G) A list of all convictions and pending charges of a felony or misdemeanor in any jurisdiction;
(5) If the applicant is a corporation, the following information:

(A) The correct legal name of the corporation;
(B) The state and date of incorporation;
(C) The date the corporation qualified to do business in this state;
(D) The address of the corporate headquarters, if located outside of this state; and
(E) The names of two (2) principal corporate officers other than the qualifying agent, and the business address, residence address and the office held by each in the corporation; and
(6) Other information that the commissioner may reasonably require.
(b) The application shall be subscribed and sworn to:

(1) By the applicant, if the applicant is an individual;
(2) By each partner, if the applicant is a partnership; or
(3) By the qualifying agent, if the applicant is a corporation.
(c) Any individual signing the application must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age.
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