The PI License in Alabama requires a newcomer to study and pass a test, plus pay the state fees. There are no work experience requirements.

To look at the Alabama PI Licensing web site, go here: http://apib.alabama.gov/default.aspx

NO LICENSED REQUIRED, if you are working in any of the following:

(1) An employee of any business or entity that is not primarily engaged in the business of
private investigation when that employee is performing duties related to his or her
employment.

(2) An investigation of the internal affairs of a private business entity investigating a current
or prospective employee.

(3) An employee of any business or entity that is not primarily engaged in the business of
private investigation when that employee is working under a contract for his or her
services that his or her employer signed with a third party.

(4) Any person or professional, including without limitation an attorney providing legal
services, who is not primarily engaged in the business of private investigation, but who in
conjunction with his or her business or profession may occasionally perform private
investigation services.

(5) Any business or entity that is not primarily engaged in the business of private
investigation.

(6) A consumer-reporting agency as defined by the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act.

(7) Any certified public accountant authorized to engage in the practice of public
accountancy in this state or any entity licensed or otherwise permitted to engage in the
practice of public accountancy in this state or the affiliated entities thereof.

(8) Any individual engaged in any of the following:
(a) An attorney-at-law in good standing and licensed to practice law;

(b) An employee of a single attorney or single law firm who is acting within the
employee’s scope of employment of the attorney or law firm; or

(c) A consultant, accident reconstructionist, or forensic scientist when the person is
retained by an attorney, insurance company representative, or appointed by a court to
serve as an expert witness or to investigate, or to make tests, conduct experiments,
draw conclusions, render opinions or make diagnoses, where those services require the
use of training or experience in a technical, scientific, or social science field.

(9) Any individual engaged in any of the following:
(a) Computer or digital forensic services. 11

(b) The acquisition, review, or analysis of digital or computer-based information for
evidentiary or other purposes or to provide expert testimony before any court,
Board, officer, or investigating committee.

(c) Network or system vulnerability testing, including network scans and risk
assessment and analysis of computers connected to a network.

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