{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-58-92-311","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 58-92-311","heading":"Private investigation agency -- Licensure -- Requirements.","body":"(1) A private investigator agent may create a private investigation agency that complies with the requirements of this section.\n(2) If a private investigator agent creates a private investigation agency:\n(a) the private investigation agency may not transfer to another private investigator agent;\n(b) the private investigation agency is considered to be under the control of the private investigator agent; and\n(c) the private investigator agent shall file an application with the division for a private investigation agency license.\n(3) When applying for a private investigation agency license, a private investigator agent shall:\n(a) state in the application that the private investigator agent:\n(i) is licensed and in good standing as a private investigator agent under this chapter;\n(ii) is not involved in an activity that would conflict with the private investigator agent's duties and responsibilities under this chapter; and\n(iii) is not an employee of a government agency; and\n(b) file with the application evidence of:\n(i) registration with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code and as required by applicable law with the:\n(A) Unemployment Insurance Division in the Department of Workforce Services, in accordance with Title 35A, Chapter 4, Employment Security Act;\n(B) State Tax Commission; and\n(C) Internal Revenue Service; and\n(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\n(iii) workers' compensation insurance that covers any employee of the applicant in accordance with applicable laws of this state.\n(4)\n(a) The division shall issue a private investigation agency license to a private investigator agent that meets the requirements of this section.\n(b) A private investigation agency license the division issues under this Subsection (4):\n(i) may not transfer from the private investigator agent that receives the private investigation agency license to another private investigator agent; and\n(ii) expires on the day on which the private investigator agent's license expires.\n(5) On or after the day on which the division issues the private investigator agent a private investigation agency license, the private investigator agent:\n(a) may:\n(i) employ or contract with a private investigator agent, a private investigator registrant, or private investigator apprentice to engage in private investigation; and\n(ii) employ other employees as necessary to carry out the private investigator agent's business; and\n(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.","path":["Title 58 Occupations and Professions","Chapter 58-92 Private Investigation Licensing Act","Part 58-92-3 Licensing"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title58/Chapter92/58-92-S311.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"b66f50a3b71581ee1de3c13fcd4dc1c89c211a71c0fe568c3c2a12ad9d430dd0","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-58-92-310","next":"us-ut/utah-code-58-92-312"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}