(a) An application for an investigations company license shall be filed with the commissioner on the prescribed form. The application shall include:
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 62-26-205
Commissioner: means the commissioner of commerce and insurance or the commissioner's designee. See Tennessee Code 62-26-202
Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
Investigations company: means any person who engages in the business or accepts employment to obtain or furnish information with reference to: (A) Crime or wrongs done or threatened against the United States or any state or territory of the United States. See Tennessee Code 62-26-202
Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
Qualifying agent: means a principal corporate officer meeting the qualifications set forth in this part for operating an investigations company. See Tennessee Code 62-26-202
Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) The full name and business address of the applicant:
(A) If the applicant is a partnership, the name and address of each partner; or(B) If the applicant is a corporation, the name and address of the qualifying agent;(2) The name under which the applicant intends to do business;(3) The address of the principal place of business and all branch offices of the applicant within this state;(4) As to each individual applicant, or, if the applicant is a partnership, as to each partner or, if the applicant is a corporation, as to the qualifying agent, the following information:
(A) Full name;(B) Date and place of birth;(C) All residences during the immediate past five (5) years;(D) All employment or occupations engaged in during the immediate past five (5) years;(E) Three (3) sets of classifiable fingerprints;(F) Three (3) credit references from lending institutions or business firms with whom the subject has established a credit record; and(G) A list of all convictions and pending charges of a felony or misdemeanor in any jurisdiction;(5) If the applicant is a corporation, the following information:
(A) The correct legal name of the corporation;(B) The state and date of incorporation;(C) The date the corporation qualified to do business in this state;(D) The address of the corporate headquarters, if located outside of this state; and(E) The names of two (2) principal corporate officers other than the qualifying agent, and the business address, residence address and the office held by each in the corporation; and(6) Other information that the commissioner may reasonably require.(b) The application shall be subscribed and sworn to:
(1) By the applicant, if the applicant is an individual;(2) By each partner, if the applicant is a partnership; or(3) By the qualifying agent, if the applicant is a corporation.(c) Any individual signing the application must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age.
