{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-business-occupations-and-professions-13-701","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Business Occupations and Professions § 13–701","heading":"","body":"(a) A person may not engage in, attempt to engage in, offer to engage in, or solicit to engage in a business for the purpose of providing private detective services in the State unless licensed as a private detective agency by the Secretary.\n(b) An individual may not provide, attempt to provide, offer to provide, or solicit to provide private detective services in the State unless certified as a private detective by the Secretary.","path":["Article - Business Occupations and Professions"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gbo\u0026section=13-701","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:56:13Z","sha256":"01053c39dd59abb6f3432d157be60d4afbff7bd071f298726e59457d928cf60f","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-business-occupations-and-professions-13-608","next":"us-md/md.-code-business-occupations-and-professions-13-702"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}