Utah Code § 58-92-311: Private investigation agency -- Licensure -- Requirements.

(1) A private investigator agent may create a private investigation agency that complies with the requirements of this section.

(2) If a private investigator agent creates a private investigation agency:

(a) the private investigation agency may not transfer to another private investigator agent;

(b) the private investigation agency is considered to be under the control of the private investigator agent; and

(c) the private investigator agent shall file an application with the division for a private investigation agency license.

(3) When applying for a private investigation agency license, a private investigator agent shall:

(a) state in the application that the private investigator agent:

(i) is licensed and in good standing as a private investigator agent under this chapter;

(ii) is not involved in an activity that would conflict with the private investigator agent's duties and responsibilities under this chapter; and

(iii) is not an employee of a government agency; and

(b) file with the application evidence of:

(i) registration with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code and as required by applicable law with the:

(A) Unemployment Insurance Division in the Department of Workforce Services, in accordance with Title 35A, Chapter 4, Employment Security Act;

(B) State Tax Commission; and

(C) Internal Revenue Service; and

(ii) comprehensive general liability insurance in a form and in an amount the division establishes by rule in collaboration with the board and in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act; and

(iii) workers' compensation insurance that covers any employee of the applicant in accordance with applicable laws of this state.

(4)

(a) The division shall issue a private investigation agency license to a private investigator agent that meets the requirements of this section.

(b) A private investigation agency license the division issues under this Subsection (4):

(i) may not transfer from the private investigator agent that receives the private investigation agency license to another private investigator agent; and

(ii) expires on the day on which the private investigator agent's license expires.

(5) On or after the day on which the division issues the private investigator agent a private investigation agency license, the private investigator agent:

(a) may:

(i) employ or contract with a private investigator agent, a private investigator registrant, or private investigator apprentice to engage in private investigation; and

(ii) employ other employees as necessary to carry out the private investigator agent's business; and

(b) shall meet with the division and the board, if requested, and demonstrate that the private investigator agent's private investigation agency meets the requirements of this section.