PI private investagator in ohio? How to be one?

Question

Does anyone know how to become a PI in ohio? What do you need and lisencing?

Answer 1

Requirements for licensure as a Private Investigator or Security Services Provider are found in Section

4749.03 of the Ohio Revised Code and Rules 4501:5-1-02, 4501:5-1-06, 4501:5-1-07, and 4501:5-1-08 of the Ohio

Administrative Code. Any individual, partnership or corporation may be licensed to conduct the business of private

investigation or security services, or both, if the applicant meets the following requirements:

a. Has a good reputation for integrity, has not been convicted of a felony within the last twenty years or any

offense involving moral turpitude, and has not been adjudicated incompetent for the purpose of holding the

license, as provided in 5122.30.1 of the Revised Code, without having been restored to legal capacity for that

purpose.

b. Depending upon the class of license for which application is made, for a continuous period of at least two years

immediately preceding application for a license, has been engaged in investigatory or security services work for

a law enforcement or other public agency engaged in investigatory activities, or for a private investigator or

security guard provider, or engaged in the practice of law, or has acquired equivalent experience as determined

by rule of the director of public safety.

c. Demonstrates competency as a private investigator or security guard provider by passing an examination

devised for this purpose by the director of public safety.

d. Submits evidence of comprehensive general liability insurance coverage, or other equivalent guarantee

approved by the director in such form and in principal amounts satisfactory to the director, but not less than one

hundred thousand dollars for each person and three hundred thousand dollars for each occurrence for bodily

injury liability, and one hundred thousand dollars for property damage liability.

e. Pays the requisite examination ($25 fee which is non-refundable) and license fee ($375 which is refundable if a

license is not issued).

f. Satisfactorily passes the criminal background check.

g. Provides character references from at least five reputable citizens, each of whom has known the applicant,

officer, or qualifying agent for at least five years preceding the application, and none of whom are connected

with the applicant, officer, or qualifying agent by blood or marriage.