A. The department shall charge and collect reasonable fees as determined by the director to cover the operational and equipment costs of regulating the private investigator industry.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 32-2407

  • Agency license: means a certificate that is authenticated by the department and that attests that a qualifying party is authorized to conduct the business of private investigations in this state. See Arizona Laws 32-2401
  • Department: means the department of public safety. See Arizona Laws 32-2401
  • Director: means the director of the department of public safety. See Arizona Laws 32-2401
  • Licensee: means a person to whom an agency license is granted pursuant to this chapter. See Arizona Laws 32-2401
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Private investigator: means a person other than an insurance adjuster or an on-duty peace officer as defined in section 1-215 who, for any consideration, engages in business or accepts employment to:

    (a) Furnish, agree to make or make any investigation for the purpose of obtaining information with reference to:

    (i) Crime or wrongs done or threatened against the United States or any state or territory of the United States. See Arizona Laws 32-2401

  • Registrant: means an employee of a licensed agency qualified to perform the services of the agency. See Arizona Laws 32-2401
  • Registration certificate: means a certificate that is authenticated by the department and that attests that an employee of a business holding an agency license has satisfactorily complied with article 3 of this chapter. See Arizona Laws 32-2401

B. Except as provided in section 32-4301, the director may renew a license or registration certificate granted under this chapter after receiving an application on such forms as the department prescribes and receipt of the fees prescribed pursuant to subsection A of this section. The renewal of an agency license requires the filing of a surety bond as prescribed in section 32-2423, subsections B and C. Renewal of a license or registration shall not be granted more than ninety days after expiration. No licensee or registrant may engage in any activity subject to this chapter during any period between the date of expiration of the license or registration and the renewal of the license or registration.

C. The department shall renew a suspended license or registration certificate as provided in this article. Renewal of the license or registration does not entitle the licensee or registrant, while the license or registration remains suspended and until it is reinstated, to engage in any activity regulated by this chapter, or in any other activity or conduct in violation of the order or judgment by which the license or registration was suspended.

D. The director shall not reinstate a revoked license or registration. The director shall not accept an application for a license or registration from a person whose license or registration has been revoked until at least one year after the date of revocation.