AS OF 2015:
Effective June 1, 2015, the new Level 1 and Level 2 state issued private investigator licenses will be available for anyone who wishes to advertise in Colorado as a Licensed Private Investigator. If you have a "Colorado PI agency Corporation" that specializes in private investigations, the corporation is not required to request the Level 1 or 2 license as long as the agency corporation is not using the term Colorado "Licensed" Private Investigator. If they do, then they need to have at least one licensed PI working for them.
Level 1 PI License does not require any previous experience as a private investigator.
As of 4-17-15:
There are approximately twenty-four (24) Level 1 PI's in Colorado
There are approximately one hundred (100) Level 2 PI's in Colorado
Total Licensees: 124 x $330.00 fee each = $40,920 to maintain state office, supplies, and employees.
To chat about the new rules and how IPIU members should or should not adjust, go to the following member's only link:
http://www.ipiu.org/forums/showthread.php?41650
Or, call the IPIU office directly.
9-30-2003:
I've noticed in one of the forums that Colorado doesn't have any licensing laws. How can that be? Is there anything on Colorado rules and laws I can read (I can't seem to find them)? Any Help would be great.
I also noticed the following:
2015 List of States with NO STATE PI LICENSING REQUIREMENTS:
- South Dakota
- Wyoming
- Mississippi
- Alabama
- Idaho
- Alaska (except for some local city licensing)