PI LICENSING: Vermont

[Dwight DeCoster]

Can anyone help me out with the licensing requirements for Vermont?

[Brandey Tejcek]

NO LICENSE IS REQUIRED
IF you fall into the following:


(*) Exemptions based on CHAPTER 3151:

1. NO LICENSE NEEDED FOR: Any individual solely, exclusively, and regularly employed as a private investigatorin connection with the business of her or his employer, when there exists an employer-employee relationship.
   
   
2. NO LICENSE NEEDED FOR: Any unarmed individual engaged in security services who is employed exclusively to work on the premises of her or his employer, or in connection with the business of her or his employer, when there exists an employer-employee relationship.
   
   
3. NO LICENSE NEEDED FOR: Any person or bureau whose business is exclusively the furnishing of information concerning the business and financial standing and credit responsibility of persons or the financial habits and financial responsibility of applicants for insurance, indemnity bonds, or commercial credit.
   
   
4. NO LICENSE NEEDED FOR: An attorney at law in performing his or her duties;
   
   
5. NO LICENSE NEEDED FOR: An attorney's assistant (or employed private investigator) in performing his or her duties (for the licensed attorney)
   
   
6. NO LICENSE NEEDED FOR: Any person or firm that solely and exclusively conducts genealogical research, or otherwise traces lineage or ancestry, by primarily utilizing public records and historical information and databases.
   
   
7. NO LICENSE NEEDED FOR: Any bank or bank holding company, credit union, or small loan company; any consumer credit reporting agency regulated under 15 U.S.C. ss. 1681 et seq.; or any collection agency not engaged in repossessions or to any permanent employee thereof.
   
   
8. NO LICENSE NEEDED FOR: Any person who holds a professional license under the laws of this state when such person is providing services or expert advice in the profession or occupation in which that person is so licensed.
   
   
9. NO LICENSE NEEDED FOR: Any security agency or private investigative agency, and employees thereof, performing contractual security or investigative services solely and exclusively for any agency of the United States.
   
   
10. NO LICENSE NEEDED FOR: Persons who are not armed, who are engaged exclusively in the business of managing property of others, including incidental inspection for the purpose of discovering damage from entry, theft, vandalism or other cause
    
    
11. NO LICENSE NEEDED FOR: Any person or company retained by a food service establishment to independently evaluate the food service establishment including quality of food, service, and facility. However, such persons are not exempt to the extent they investigate or are retained to investigate criminal or suspected criminal behavior on the part of the food service establishment employees.
    
    
12. NO LICENSE NEEDED FOR: News gathering persons.
    
    
13. NO LICENSE NEEDED FOR: Persons providing marketing or demographic information.
    
    
14. NO LICENSE NEEDED FOR: Any licensed certified public accountant [/B]who is acting within the scope of the practice of public accounting.
    
    
15. NO LICENSE NEEDED FOR: Any individual who is an "officer" [/B]as defined in s. 943.10(14) or is a law enforcement officer of the United States Government, while such local, state, or federal officer is engaged in her or his official duties or when performing off-duty security activities approved by her or his superiors.
    
    
    PERSONAL NOTE: FOR OTHER "INTERPRETATIONS", click here: http://www.leg.state.vt.us/statutes/...Section=03151a
    
    (*) = Clarification/Interpretaion

OTHER CLARIFICATIONS:

*NO LICENSE NEEDED FOR: This chapter shall not apply to a person or corporation which employs persons who do private (investigations) work in connection with the affairs of such employer only and who have an employer-employee relationship with such employer. Neither such persons or corporations nor their employees shall be required to register or be licensed under this chapter, although such persons or corporations or their employees may elect to be licensed under this chapter.

*NO LICENSE NEEDED FOR: A peace officer employed on a full-time basis by a federal, state, county, or local law enforcement agency who contracts directly with an employer to work during his or her off-duty hours and whose off-duty employment is conducted on an independent contractor basis with another employer other than a peace officer engaged in the private detective or private security business or a private detective or private security agency.

(*) = Clarification/Interpretaion

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OTHER LEGAL OPINIONS POSTED BY THE STATE:

LEGAL OPINION 95-8

QUESTION:

Does an out-of-state private investigative agency, that advertises via computer services such as the Internet and other national computer networks, require licensure under Statutes?

RESPONSE:

Out-of-state entities advertising private investigative services on national computer networks are not subject to the Division's purview unless they advertise as performing, or conduct, private investigative activities in Florida. However, most out-of-state agencies state that they sub-contract the regulated portions of a case to a licensed private investigator in a regulated state.


TO APPLY FOR A LICENSE:
CLICK HERE: Application Link Page

VERIFY A PI LICENSE:
https://secure.vtprofessionals.org/renewals/

[David Kickert]

Can anyone help me out with the licensing requirements for Vermont?

I went to one of the online websites for the State of Vermont. I can't remember where I found it but I think it is found under the general licensing guidelines page. Anyway, I think there is a form you need to fill out and submit to the state along with a 50.00 filing fee. If I'm not mistaken, this is how you get your license for Vermont.

[Aaron Millon]

Not true. 2yrs+several tests, background check. Great site. ARM

[Robert Donovan]

It looks like David mentioned the fee five years ago.

The current fee for a state license is $130.00

The application is here:
http://vtprofessionals.org/opr1/inve...20_QA_2010.pdf

But before applying for a state license, please review the exemptions for a license (which means you may not need to obtain a PI License if you fall into one of the exempted categories). See Post #2 above, or go here:

http://www.ipiu.org/forums/showthrea...589#post302589

All my best,

Robert