Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 324
Occupations and Professions General Provisions
←324.745
Section 324.1100.1
324.1102→
August 28, 2015
Definitions.
324.1100. As used in sections 324.1100 to 324.1148, the following
terms mean:
(1) "Board", the board of private investigator and private fire
investigator examiners established in section 324.1102;
(2) "Client", any person who engages the services of a private
investigator or a private fire investigator;
(3) "Department", the department of insurance, financial institutions
and professional registration;
(4) "Director", the director of the division of professional
registration;
(5) "Division", the division of professional registration;
(6) "Insurance adjuster", any person who receives any consideration,
either directly or indirectly, for adjusting in the disposal of any claim
under or in connection with a policy of insurance or engaging in soliciting
insurance adjustment business;
(7) "Law enforcement officer", a law enforcement officer as defined
in section 556.061;
(8) "Organization", a corporation, trust, estate, partnership,
cooperative, or association;
(9) "Person", an individual or organization;
(10) "Principal place of business", the place where the licensee
maintains a permanent office, which may be a residence or business address;
(11) "Private fire investigation", the furnishing of, making of, or
agreeing to make any investigation of a fire to determine the origin or
cause of such fire, or responsibility for such fire;
(12) "Private fire investigator", any person who receives any
consideration, either directly or indirectly, for engaging in private fire
investigation;
(13) "Private fire investigator agency", a person or firm that
employees any person to engage in private fire investigations;
(14) "Private investigator", any person who receives any
consideration, either directly or indirectly, for engaging in the private
investigator business;
(15) "Private investigator agency", a person who regularly employs
any other person, other than an organization, to engage in the private
investigator business;
(16) "Private investigator business", the furnishing of, making of,
or agreeing to make, any investigation for the purpose of obtaining
information pertaining to:
(a) Crimes or wrongs done or threatened against the United States or
any state or territory of the United States;
(b) The identity, habits, conduct, business, occupation, honesty,
integrity, credibility, knowledge, trustworthiness, efficiency, loyalty,
activity, movement, whereabouts, affiliations, associations, transactions,
acts, reputation, or character of any person;
(c) The location, disposition, or recovery of lost or stolen
property;
(d) Securing evidence to be used before any court, board, officer, or
investigating committee;
(e) Sale of personal identification information to the public; or
(f) The cause of responsibility for libel, losses, accident, or
damage or injury to persons or property or protection of life or property.
(L. 2007 H.B. 780 merged with S.B. 308, A.L. 2010 H.B. 2226, et al.,
A.L. 2011 H.B. 464)
(2012) Sections regulating the business of private investigator
professional are not overbroad. Gurley v. Missouri Board of
Private Investigator Examiners, 361 S.W.3d 406 (Mo.banc).
2010
2007
2010
324.1100. As used in sections 324.1100 to 324.1148, the following
terms mean:
(1) "Board", the board of private investigator examiners established
in section 324.1102;
(2) "Client", any person who engages the services of a private
investigator;
(3) "Department", the department of insurance, financial institutions
and professional registration;
(4) "Director", the director of the division of professional
registration;
(5) "Division", the division of professional registration;
(6) "Law enforcement officer", a law enforcement officer as defined
in section 556.061;
(7) "Organization", a corporation, trust, estate, partnership,
cooperative, or association;
(8) "Person", an individual or organization;
(9) "Private investigator", any person who receives any
consideration, either directly or indirectly, for engaging in the private
investigator business;
(10) "Private investigator agency", a person who regularly employs
any other person, other than an organization, to engage in the private
investigator business;
(11) "Private investigator business", the furnishing of, making of,
or agreeing to make, any investigation for the purpose of obtaining
information pertaining to:
(a) Crimes or wrongs done or threatened against the United States or
any state or territory of the United States;
(b) The identity, habits, conduct, business, occupation, honesty,
integrity, credibility, knowledge, trustworthiness, efficiency, loyalty,
activity, movement, whereabouts, affiliations, associations, transactions,
acts, reputation, or character of any person;
(c) The location, disposition, or recovery of lost or stolen
property;
(d) Securing evidence to be used before any court, board, officer, or
investigating committee;
(e) Sale of personal identification information to the public; or
(f) The cause of responsibility for libel, losses, accident, or
damage or injury to persons or property or protection of life or property.
2007
324.1100. As used in sections 324.1100 to 324.1148, the following
terms mean:
(1) "Board", the board of private investigator examiners established
in section 324.1102;
(2) "Client", any person who engages the services of a private
investigator;
(3) "Department", the department of insurance, financial institutions
and professional registration;
(4) "Law enforcement officer", a law enforcement officer as defined
in section 556.061, RSMo;
(5) "Organization", a corporation, trust, estate, partnership,
cooperative, or association;
(6) "Person", an individual or organization;
(7) "Private investigator", any person who receives any
consideration, either directly or indirectly, for engaging in the private
investigator business;
(8) "Private investigator agency", a person who regularly employs any
other person, other than an organization, to engage in the private
investigator business;
(9) "Private investigator business", the furnishing of, making of, or
agreeing to make, any investigation for the purpose of obtaining
information pertaining to:
(a) Crimes or wrongs done or threatened against the United States or
any state or territory of the United States;
(b) The identity, habits, conduct, business, occupation, honesty,
integrity, credibility, knowledge, trustworthiness, efficiency, loyalty,
activity, movement, whereabouts, affiliations, associations, transactions,
acts, reputation, or character of any person;
(c) The location, disposition, or recovery of lost or stolen
property;
(d) Securing evidence to be used before any court, board, officer, or
investigating committee;
(e) Sale of personal identification information to the public; or
(f) The cause of responsibility for libel, losses, accident, or
damage or injury to persons or property or protection of life or property.
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