Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 18 Businesses And Professions - Chapter 18.165 Private Investigators

18.165.010 Definitions
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter. (1) "Armed private investigator" means a private investigator who has ...
18.165.020 Exemptions
The requirements of this chapter do not apply to: (1) A person who is employed exclusively or regularly by one employer and performs investigations solely ...
18.165.030 Private investigator license -- Requirements
An applicant must meet the following minimum requirements to obtain a private investigator license: (1) Be at least eighteen years of age; (2) Be a ...
18.165.040 Armed private investigator license -- Requirements
(1) An applicant must meet the following minimum requirements to obtain an armed private investigator license: (a) Be licensed as a private investigator; (b) Be ...
18.165.050 Private investigator agency license -- Requirements, restrictions -- Assignment or transfer
(1) In addition to meeting the minimum requirements to obtain a license as a private investigator, an applicant, or, in the case of a partnership ...
18.165.060 Armed private investigator license authority -- Registration of firearms
(1) An armed private investigator license grants authority to the holder, while in the performance of his or her duties, to carry a firearm with ...
18.165.070 Investigation of applicants
(1) Applications for licenses required under this chapter shall be filed with the director on a form provided by the director. The director may require ...
18.165.080 License cards and certificates -- Issuance and requirements
(1) The director shall issue a private investigator license card to each licensed private investigator and an armed private investigator license card to each armed ...
18.165.090 Preassignment training and testing
(1) The director shall adopt rules establishing preassignment training and testing requirements. The director may establish, by rule, continuing education requirements for private investigators. (2) ...
18.165.100 Agency license -- Surety bond or certificate of insurance required
(1) No private investigator agency license may be issued under the provisions of this chapter unless the applicant files with the director a surety bond, ...
18.165.110 Regulatory provisions exclusive -- Authority of the state and political subdivisions
(1) The provisions of this chapter relating to the licensing for regulatory purposes of private investigators, armed private investigators, and private investigator agencies are exclusive. ...
18.165.120 Out-of-state private investigators operating across state lines
Private investigators or armed private investigators whose duties require them to operate across state lines may operate in this state for up to thirty days ...
18.165.130 Required notice of certain occurrences
(1) A private investigator agency shall notify the director within thirty days after the death or termination of employment of any employee who is a ...
18.165.140 Out-of-state private investigators -- Application -- Fee -- Temporary assignment
(1) Any person from another state that the director determines has selection, training, and other requirements at least equal to those required by this chapter, ...
18.165.150 Licenses required -- Use of public law enforcement insignia prohibited -- Penalties -- Enforcement
(1) After June 30, 1992, any person who performs the functions and duties of a private investigator in this state without being licensed in accordance ...
18.165.155 Transfer of license
A licensee who transfers from one company to another must submit a transfer application on a form prescribed by the director along with a transfer ...
18.165.160 Unprofessional conduct
In addition to the unprofessional conduct described in RCW 18.235.130, the director may take disciplinary action for the following conduct, acts, or conditions: (1) Violating ...
18.165.165 Display of firearms while soliciting clients
No licensee, employee or agent of a licensee, or anyone accompanying a licensee, employee, or agent may display a firearm while soliciting a client.[1995 c ...
18.165.170 Authority of director
The director or the director's designee has the following authority in administering this chapter: (1) To adopt, amend, and rescind rules as deemed necessary to ...
18.165.180 Complaints -- Investigation -- Immunity
A person, including but not limited to consumers, licensees, corporations, organizations, and state and local governmental agencies, may submit a written complaint to the department ...
18.165.210 Inability to practice by reason of a mental or physical condition -- Statement of charges -- Hearing -- Sanctions -- Mental or physical examinations -- Presumed consent for examination
(1) If the director believes a license holder or applicant may be unable to practice with reasonable skill and safety to the public by reason ...
18.165.220 Unprofessional, unlawful conduct or inability to practice -- Penalties
Upon a finding that a license holder or applicant has committed unprofessional or unlawful conduct or is unable to practice with reasonable skill and safety ...
18.165.230 Enforcement of orders for payment of fines
If an order for payment of a fine is made as a result of a hearing and timely payment is not made as directed in ...
18.165.270 Application of administrative procedure act to acts of the director
The director, in implementing and administering the provisions of this chapter, shall act in accordance with the administrative procedure act, chapter 34.05 RCW.[1991 c 328 ...
18.165.280 License or certificate suspension -- Nonpayment or default on educational loan or scholarship
The director shall suspend the license or certificate of any person who has been certified by a lending agency and reported to the director for ...
18.165.290 License suspension -- Noncompliance with support order -- Reissuance
The director shall immediately suspend a license issued under this chapter if the holder has been certified pursuant to RCW 74.20A.320 by the department of ...
18.165.300 Uniform regulation of business and professions act
The uniform regulation of business and professions act, chapter 18.235 RCW, governs unlicensed practice, the issuance and denial of licenses, and the discipline of licensees ...
18.165.900 Severability -- 1991 c 328
If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application ...
18.165.901 Severability -- Effective date -- 1995 c 277
See RCW 18.170.901 and 18.170.902. ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009