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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 62-26-208
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of commerce and insurance or the commissioner's designee. See Tennessee Code 62-26-202
- Identification card: means a pocket card issued by the commissioner evidencing that the holder has met the qualifications required by this part to perform the duties of a private investigator in this state. See Tennessee Code 62-26-202
- 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
- Licensee: means any investigations company and private investigator licensed in accordance with this part. See Tennessee Code 62-26-202
- Person: means any individual, firm, association, company, partnership, corporation, nonprofit organization, institution or similar entity. See Tennessee Code 62-26-202
- Private investigator: means any person who performs one (1) or more services described in subdivision (6). See Tennessee Code 62-26-202
- sex: means a person's immutable biological sex as determined by anatomy and genetics existing at the time of birth and evidence of a person's biological sex. 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
Private investigator license $ ______________
Company license
Number of private investigators
Employed by company
Sole practitioner private investigator $ ______________
Two to five (2-5) employees $ ______________
Over five (5) employees $ ______________
(b) The commissioner shall issue a license, in a form that the commissioner prescribes, to qualified applicants upon receipt of a nonrefundable, nonproratable fee as set by the commissioner in accordance with the following schedule:
Private investigator license $ ______________
Company license
Number of private investigators
Employed by company
Sole practitioner private investigator $ ______________
Two to five (2-5) employees $ ______________
Over five (5) employees $ ______________
(c) If an application for a license is denied, the commissioner shall notify the applicant in writing and shall set forth the grounds for denial. If the grounds are subject to correction by the applicant, the notice of denial shall so state and specify a reasonable period of time within which the applicant must make the required correction.
(d) The commissioner shall issue with every private investigator license an identification card that shall contain at least the following information:
(3) Physical characteristics;
(4) Private investigator license number; and
(5) Expiration date of license.
(e) The identification card shall be issued in a wallet-sized card and shall be permanently laminated.
(f) The identification card shall be carried on the person of the licensee when engaged in the activities of the licensee.
(g) An application shall be accompanied by a notarized statement sworn to by the applicant as to the identity and number of private investigators employed by or affiliated with the investigations company. Making a false statement shall be punishable by a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) and assessment of the maximum application fee.
