New York General Business Law Article 7 - PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS, BAIL ENFORCEMENT AGENTS AND WATCH, GUARD AND PATROL AGENCIES

• 70 - Private Investigator License.
  1. The department of state shall have the power to issue licenses to private investigators. Nothing in this article shall prevent a private investigator licensed...
• 70-a - Bail Enforcement Agents and Watch, Guard or Patrol Agencies.
  1. The department of state shall have the power to issue separate licenses to bail enforcement agents and to watch, guard or patrol agencies. Nothing...
• 71 - Definitions.
  1. "Private investigator" shall mean and include the business of private investigator and shall also mean and include, separately or collectively, the making for hire,...
• 72 - Application for Licenses.
  Any person, firm, partnership, limited liability company or corporation intending to conduct the business of private investigator, business of bail enforcement agent or the business...
• 73 - Enforcement of Article; Investigations.
  1. The secretary of state shall have the power to enforce the provisions of this article and article seven-A of this chapter and upon complaint...
• 74 - Issuance of Licenses; Fee; Bonds.
  1. (a) The application shall be accompanied by a non-refundable fee, payable to the department of state for the use of the state, for each...
• 74-a - Notification.
  Prior to taking or attempting to take into custody a person, a bail enforcement agent shall notify a local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over...
• 75 - Posting and Surrender of License Certificate.
  Immediately upon the receipt of the license certificate issued by the department of state pursuant to this article, the licensee named therein shall cause such...
• 76 - Certificate or Pocket Card Lost or Destroyed.
  If it shall be established to the satisfaction of the secretary of state, in accordance with rules and regulations of such department, that an unexpired...
• 77 - Removal of Bureau, Agency or Office.
  If the holder of an unexpired license certificate issued pursuant to this article shall remove the bureau, agency, sub-agency, office or branch office to a...
• 78 - Renewal of Licenses.
  A license granted under the provisions of this article may be renewed by the department of state upon application therefor by the holder thereof, in...
• 78-a - Surrender of Licenses.
  A license issued pursuant to this article may not be surrendered nor may any licensee resign as such licensee without the written approval of the...
• 79 - Hearings, Notice, Determinations, Review.
  1. The department of state shall have the power to revoke or suspend any license, or in lieu thereof to impose a fine not exceeding...
• 80 - License Certificates, Pocket Cards or Badges.
  Upon the issuing of a license as hereinbefore provided the department of state shall issue to each person, partner, member of a limited liability company...
• 81 - Employees.
  1. The holder of any license certificate issued pursuant to this article may employ to assist him in his work of private detective or investigator...
• 82 - Employees Not to Divulge Information or Make False Reports.
  Any person who is or has been an employee of a holder of a license shall not divulge to any one other than his employer,...
• 83 - Application of Article.
  Nothing in this article shall apply to any detective or officer belonging to the police force of the state, or any county, city, town or...
• 84 - Unlawful Acts.
  1. It is unlawful for the holder of a license, issued under this article, or for any employee of such licensee, knowingly to commit any...
• 85 - Prosecution.
  Criminal action for violation of this article shall be prosecuted by the attorney general, his or her deputy, or a district attorney, in the name...
• 86 - Reward May Be Presumed.
  In any prosecution under this article any person, firm, limited liability company, partnership or corporation who performs or commits any of the acts set forth...
• 87 - Department of State to Employ Agents; Expenses for Enforcement of Law.
  The department of state is hereby authorized to employ such agent or agents as the secretary of state may deem necessary to enable the department...
• 88 - Roster of Licensees.
  The department of state shall publish at least once in each year, a roster of the names and addresses of all persons, firms, limited liability...
• 89 - Inspection by Industrial Commissioner.
  All applications, papers and records on file in the department of state in connection therewith shall at all times be open for the inspection of...
• 89-a - Disposition of Fees and Other Revenue.
  All fees and other moneys derived from the operation of this article shall on the fifth day of each month be paid by the department...

Last modified: February 3, 2019