Code of Alabama - Title 34: Professions and Businesses - Chapter 25B - Private Investigation
- Section 34-25B-1 Short title
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Alabama Private Investigation Regulatory Act."
- Section 34-25B-2 Definitions
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) FELONY. A criminal offense that is defined and punishable under the...
- Section 34-25B-3 License required; criminal background check
No person shall practice private investigation or hold himself or herself out to the public as a private investigator or use any term, title, or...
- Section 34-25B-4 Alabama Private Investigation Board - Creation; composition
(a) There is created the Alabama Private Investigation Board. The membership of the board shall reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban and rural, and economic...
- Section 34-25B-5 Alabama Private Investigation Board - Quasi-judicial body; liability of members
(a) The board is declared to be a quasi-judicial body. Absent negligence, wantonness, recklessness, or deliberate misconduct, the members and the employees of the board...
- Section 34-25B-6 Alabama Private Investigation Board - Officers
At the initial meeting of the board and each time a new member is appointed to the board, the members of the board shall select...
- Section 34-25B-7 Alabama Private Investigation Board - Fund
There is hereby created in the State Treasury for the use of the Alabama Private Investigation Board a fund to be known as the Alabama...
- Section 34-25B-8 Alabama Private Investigation Board - Promulgation of rules; canons of ethics; personnel; legal services
(a) The board may promulgate rules necessary to implement this chapter and accomplish its objectives subject to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. (b) The board...
- Section 34-25B-9 Alabama Private Investigation Board - Meetings
(a) The board shall establish regular and special meetings for the purpose of transacting its business as provided by rules promulgated by the board. Notice...
- Section 34-25B-10 Practice of private investigation without a license; location of records
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, it shall be unlawful for any person to act as a private investigator without first obtaining a...
- Section 34-25B-11 License application
An application and all information on an application for licensure as a private investigator shall be treated as confidential and shall be filed with the...
- Section 34-25B-12 Qualifications; study guide
(a) Each individual applicant shall meet the following criteria that he or she: (1) Is at least 21 years of age. (2) Has not been...
- Section 34-25B-13 Application fees; issuance of license; denial of application
(a) Upon receipt of an application for a license pursuant to this chapter, nonrefundable, nonprorateable application fees shall be submitted to the board by the...
- Section 34-25B-14 Identification card
(a) The board shall issue to every private investigator licensee an identification card, which shall be issued in credit card size, be permanently laminated, and...
- Section 34-25B-15 Making false statement to the board
Making a false statement to the board shall be punishable by a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) and assessment of the...
- Section 34-25B-16 Investigation into veracity of application
Upon receipt of an application and applicable fees, the board shall conduct an investigation to determine whether the statements made in the application are true.
- Section 34-25B-17 Expiration and renewal of license
(a) All licenses issued or renewed under this chapter shall be valid for a period of two years from the date of issuance. The board...
- Section 34-25B-18 Suspension, revocation, etc., of license; penalties
(a) The board may suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew any license issued by it upon finding that the holder or applicant has...
- Section 34-25B-19 Sufficiency of license to practice; occupational tax or business license fee authorized
(a) No licensee or applicant shall be required to obtain any authorization or license from, or pay any other fee or post a bond in,...
- Section 34-25B-20 Reciprocity with other states
The board may negotiate and enter into reciprocal agreements with the appropriate officials in other states to permit licensed investigators who meet or exceed the...
- Section 34-25B-21 Copy of statutes and rules provided by board
The board shall provide a copy of this chapter and any rules promulgated under this chapter to the following: (1) Each licensee, upon issuance of...
- Section 34-25B-22 Violations
(a) The following acts when committed by an individual licensed as a private investigator in Alabama shall constitute a violation punishable as a Class A...
- Section 34-25B-23 Application of Administrative Procedure Act
The Administrative Procedure Act shall govern all matters and procedures respecting the hearing and judicial overview of any contested case.
- Section 34-25B-24 Exceptions
This chapter does not apply to the following: (1) An employee of any business or entity that is not primarily engaged in the business of...
- Section 34-25B-25 Division of Investigation
(a) There is created within the board a Division of Investigation that shall be the board's official investigative agency. (b) Each licensee shall provide to...
- Section 34-25B-26 Continuing professional education
(a) Each licensee shall complete eight hours of continuing professional education acceptable to the board in each calendar year. (b) The board shall make every...
- Section 34-25B-27 Certification required for trainers
(a) Any person offering private investigation training must first be certified by the board. The board shall ensure that the instructors employed by the training...
- Section 34-25B-28 Construction with other laws
No criminal or civil action taken under this chapter precludes a prosecution or action under any other law of this state.
- Section 34-25B-29 Sunset provision
The Alabama Private Investigation Board is subject to the provisions of the Alabama Sunset Law of 1981. The board shall automatically terminate on October 1,...
Last modified: May 3, 2021