(a)  Nothing in this chapter includes the activities of any person employed by any federal or state agency or any city or town as an investigator. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require a detective’s license in order to interview parties and/or witnesses in legal matters.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 5-5-20

  • Computer forensic specialist: means a person who holds a professional certification as a computer examiner and who interprets, evaluates, tests, or analyzes preexisting data from computers, computer systems, networks, or other electronic media, provided to them by another person who owns, controls, or possesses the computer, computer system, network, or other electronic media. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-5-2
  • License: means any license required by this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-5-2
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9

(b)  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require a detective’s license of any of the following:

(1)  An agent, employee, or assistant to a licensed “detective” whose duties are in connection with the regular and customary business of his or her contracting agency;

(2)  A person engaged in earning his or her livelihood by genealogical work and the compilation of family history while so engaged;

(3)  An insurance investigator;

(4)  A credit reporting bureau or agency whose business is principally the furnishing of information as to business and financial standing and credit responsibility; or

(5)  An individual employed as a computer forensic specialist who holds professional certification as a computer examiner.

History of Section.
P.L. 1987, ch. 479, § 2; P.L. 1991, ch. 429, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 111, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 310, § 24.