Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4749 - Private Investigators; Security Services

• Section 4749.01 - Private Investigator - Security Services Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: (A) "Private investigator" means any person who engages in the business of private investigation. (B) "Business of private investigation"...
• Section 4749.011 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 09-26-1996
• Section 4749.02 - Administrative Rules - Personnel.
  The director of public safety shall administer this chapter, and for that purpose, may appoint employees and adopt rules that the director considers necessary....
• Section 4749.021 - Private Investigation And Security Services Commission.
  (A) There is hereby created the Ohio private investigation and security services commission, consisting of the director of public safety or the director's designee,...
• Section 4749.03 - License Requirement.
  (A) (1) Any individual, including a partner in a partnership, may be licensed as a private investigator under a class B license, or as...
• Section 4749.031 - Participation In Retained Applicant Fingerprint Database And Continuous Record Monitoring Service; Initial Or Annual Fees.
  (A) The department of public safety shall be a participating public office for purposes of the retained applicant fingerprint database established under section 109.5721...
• Section 4749.04 - Disciplinary Actions.
  (A) The director of public safety may revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew, when a renewal form has been submitted, the license of any...
• Section 4749.05 - Notice Of Change Of Address - Report Of Presence To Local Law Enforcement.
  (A) Each class A, B, or C licensee shall report the location of branch offices to the department of public safety, and to the...
• Section 4749.06 - Registration Of Employees.
  (A) Each class A, B, or C licensee shall register the licensee's investigator or security guard employees, with the department of public safety, which...
• Section 4749.07 - Private Investigator And Security Guard Provider Fund.
  (A) After refund of any license fees as required by section 4749.03 of the Revised Code, the department of public safety shall pay all...
• Section 4749.08 - Distinguished From Law Enforcement Officer.
  (A) No class A, B, or C licensee, or registered employee of a class A, B, or C licensee shall be considered, because of...
• Section 4749.09 - Effect Of Municipal Regulation - Fees.
  Any class A, B, or C licensee, or registered employee of a class A, B, or C licensee, who operates in a municipal corporation...
• Section 4749.10 - Carrying Firearm.
  (A) No class A, B, or C licensee and no registered employee of a class A, B, or C licensee shall carry a firearm,...
• Section 4749.11 - Investigating Applicants.
  (A) The director of public safety may investigate any applicant for a class A, B, or C license, any principal officer or qualifying agent...
• Section 4749.12 - Nonresident Licenses.
  (A) A person who is a resident of another state; is licensed as a private investigator, security guard provider, or as a private investigator...
• Section 4749.13 - Prohibited Acts.
  (A) No person shall engage in the business of private investigation, the business of security services, or both businesses in this state unless the...
• Section 4749.14 - Effect Of Child Support Default On License.
  On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the director of public safety shall comply with sections 3123.41 to...
• Section 4749.15 - Compliance With Law Regarding Sanctions For Human Trafficking.
  The director of public safety shall comply with section 4776.20 of the Revised Code. Added by 129th General AssemblyFile No.169, HB 247, §1, eff.
• Section 4749.99 - Penalty.
  (A) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates division (A) of section 4749.13 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor...

Last modified: October 10, 2016