PI Licensing: South Carolina

[Marc Brumbaugh*]

NO LICENSE IS REQUIRED

IF you fall into the following:

SECTION 40.18.80.
(D) A person is exempt from the registration and licensing requirements of this section when the employer is not a private investigation business and the employee is exclusively employed by that employer. The exemption from registration and licensing requirements applies only to work performed for the exclusive employer. If the person, during the period of his exclusive employment, performs or is available to perform investigative work for a different employer or more than one employer, the person must obtain a private investigation license or registration pursuant to this section.

SECTION 40.18.140.
(1) an officer or employee of the federal government, or of this State or a political subdivision of either, or of a municipal corporation while the employee or officer is engaged in the performance of official duties;
(2) a person or firm engaged as a consumer reporting agency, as defined by the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, when gathering, processing, or reporting information directly related to a credit rating or credit status;
(3) an attorney at law while in the performance of his duties; or
(4) a person, as defined by Section 38.1.20(29), licensed or authorized by the Director of Insurance to transact business within the State, when performing duties directly related to that license or authorization.

Source link (In MS Word):
http://www.sled.sc.gov/documents/PI/pilaw.doc

State Web Site: http://www.sled.sc.gov/PILicense.aspx?MenuID=PI
803-896-7099
803-737-9000

[Edward Taguba]

Marc,

Thanks for the links.

For those who do not qualify for a state issued PI License, they can request a licensed PI to sponsor their personal license through the Lifetime Corporate Membership Plan here:
http://www.privateinvestigator.cc/pr...roducts_id=998