Ohio · statute · Ohio Rev. Code ch. 4749 · 17 active provisions
As used in this chapter: (A) "Private investigator" means any person who engages in the business of private investigation. (B) "Business of private investigation" means, except when performed by one excluded under division (H) of this section, the conducting, for hire, in person or through a partner or employees, of an…
The director of public safety shall administer this chapter, and for that purpose, may appoint employees and adopt rules that the director considers necessary. The director shall implement electronic licensing and registration procedures under this chapter not later than December 31, 2006. The application procedures in…
(A)(1) Any individual, including a partner in a partnership, may be licensed as a private investigator under a class B license, or as a security guard provider under a class C license, or as a private investigator and a security guard provider under a class A license, if the individual meets all of the following requir…
(A) The department of public safety shall be a participating public office for purposes of the retained applicant fingerprint database established under section 109.5721 of the Revised Code. The department shall elect to participate in the continuous record monitoring service for all persons licensed or registered unde…
(A) The director of public safety may revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew, when a renewal form has been submitted, the license of any private investigator or security guard provider, or the registration of any employee of a private investigator or security guard provider, for any of the following: (1) Violation of any…
(A) Each class A, B, or C licensee shall report the location of branch offices to the department of public safety, and to the sheriff of the county and the police chief of any municipal corporation in which the office is located, and shall post a branch office license conspicuously in that office. Application for a bra…
(A) Each class A, B, or C licensee shall register the licensee's investigator or security guard employees, with the department of public safety, which shall maintain a record of each licensee and registered employee and make it available, upon request, to any law enforcement agency. The class A, B, or C licensee shall…
(A) After refund of any license fees as required by section 4749.03 of the Revised Code, the department of public safety shall pay all fees and penalties received pursuant to this chapter to the treasurer of state, to be credited to the private investigator and security guard provider fund, which is hereby created.(B)…
(A) No class A, B, or C licensee, or registered employee of a class A, B, or C licensee shall be considered, because of licensure or registration under this chapter, a law enforcement officer for any purpose. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as granting the right to carry a concealed weapon.(B) The rules of t…
Any class A, B, or C licensee, or registered employee of a class A, B, or C licensee, who operates in a municipal corporation that provides by ordinance for the licensing, registering, or regulation of private investigators, security guard providers, or their employees shall conform to those ordinances insofar as they…
(A) No class A, B, or C licensee and no registered employee of a class A, B, or C licensee shall carry a firearm, as defined in section 2923.11 of the Revised Code, in the course of engaging in the business of private investigation, the business of security services, or both businesses, unless all of the following appl…
(A) The director of public safety may investigate any applicant for a class A, B, or C license, any principal officer or qualifying agent of a corporation who is specified in an application for licensure as satisfying the requirements of divisions (A)(1) and (F)(1) of section 4749.03 of the Revised Code, and any employ…
The director of public safety shall issue a license as a private investigator, security guard provider, or as a private investigator and a security guard provider in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to a person if either of the following applies: (A) The person is licensed as a private investigator, se…
(A) No person shall engage in the business of private investigation, the business of security services, or both businesses in this state unless the person is licensed pursuant to this chapter. Each day of continuing violation constitutes a separate offense. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require any empl…
On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the director of public safety shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license issued pursuant to this chapter.
The director of public safety shall comply with section 4776.20 of the Revised Code.
(A) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates division (A) of section 4749.13 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. Whoever violates division (A) of section 4749.13 of the Revised Code and previously has been convicted of one or more violations of division (A) of that…