Indiana Code > Title 25 > Article 30 – Private Investigator Firms, Security Guards, and Polygraph Examiners
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Chapter 1 | Private Investigator Firm Licensing |
Chapter 1.3 | Security Guard Agency Licensing |
Chapter 2 | Regulation of Polygraph Examiners by State Police |
Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 25 > Article 30 - Private Investigator Firms, Security Guards, and Polygraph Examiners
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Board: refers to the private investigator and security guard licensing board established under section 5. See Indiana Code 25-30-1-2
- board: refers to the private investigator and security guard licensing board established under Indiana Code 25-30-1.3-1
- Business entity: means a firm, a company, an association, an organization, a partnership, or a corporation. See Indiana Code 25-30-1-2
- business entity: means a firm, a company, an association, an organization, a partnership, or a corporation. See Indiana Code 25-30-1.3-2
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Department: means the state police department established under IC 10-11-2-4. See Indiana Code 25-30-2-1
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- Fair Credit Reporting Act: A federal law, established in 1971 and revised in 1997, that gives consumers the right to see their credit records and correct any mistakes. Source: OCC
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
- Licensee: means a person licensed under this chapter. See Indiana Code 25-30-1-2
- licensee: means a person licensed as a security guard agency under this chapter. See Indiana Code 25-30-1.3-3
- Licensing agency: refers to the Indiana professional licensing agency established under IC 25-1-5-3. See Indiana Code 25-30-1-2
- Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
- Person: means an individual, a firm, a company, an association, an organization, a partnership, or a corporation. See Indiana Code 25-30-1-2
- person: means an individual, a firm, a company, an association, an organization, a partnership, or a corporation. See Indiana Code 25-30-1.3-4
- Polygraph instrument: means a device that permanently and simultaneously records, at a minimum, an individual's cardiovascular and respiratory patterns and galvanic skin responses in order to determine truthfulness. See Indiana Code 25-30-2-1
- Private investigator firm: means the business of:
Indiana Code 25-30-1-2
- Probate: Proving a will
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
- Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
- security guard agency: means a person that is in the business of providing, for hire or reward, a guard or other individual to:
Indiana Code 25-30-1.3-5
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.