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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor 1437
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(a) The term "private detective business" [shall
mean] MEANS the business of conducting a private
detective agency or for the purpose of making for hire or
reward any investigation or investigations for the
purpose of obtaining information with reference to any of
the following matters, notwithstanding the fact that
other functions and services may also be performed by the
same person, firm, association or corporation for fee,
hire or reward, to wit: (1) crime or wrong done or
threatened or assumed to have been done or threatened
against the government of the United States of America,
or any state, territory or possession of the United
States of America; (2) the identity, habits, conduct,
movements, whereabouts, affiliations, associations,
transactions, reputation or character of any person,
association, organization, society or groups of persons,
firms or corporations; (3) the credibility of witnesses
or other persons; (4) the whereabouts of missing persons;
(5) the location or recovery of lost or stolen property;
(6) the causes and origin of, or responsibility for,
fires, accidents, damage, injuries or losses to persons,
firms, associations or corporations, or to real or
personal property; (7) the affiliation, connection or
relation of any person, firm or corporation with any
official member or representative thereof; (8) with
reference to the conduct, honesty, efficiency, loyalty or
activities of employees, agents, contractors and
subcontractors; (9) the securing of evidence to be used
before any investigating committee, board of award, board
of arbitration, or in the trial of any civil or criminal
cause[;]. [provided, however, that] HOWEVER, the term
[shall] DOES not include a person, firm, association or
corporation engaged exclusively in the business of making
investigations and reports as to the financial standing,
credit and financial responsibility of persons, firms,
associations or corporations nor to electrically
controlled burglar or fire alarm systems with a central
unit, nor to any person, firm, association or corporation
exclusively engaged in the business of making reports for
insurance or credit purposes except when the making of
[such] THOSE reports involves investigation or
surveillance normally performed by persons, firms,
associations or corporations otherwise subject to this
section. Also it [shall mean] MEANS the furnishing for
hire or reward of watchmen or guards or private patrolmen
or other persons to protect persons or property, either
real or personal, or for any other purpose whatsoever,
except marine guards or ship watchmen, whether stationed
aboard ship or on a pier. The term [shall] DOES not
include and [nothing in] this subtitle [shall] DOES NOT
apply to any lawful activity of any board, body,
commission or agency of the United States of America or
of any state, territory or possession of the United
States of America or any county, municipality, or other
political subdivision thereof, or any officer or employee
solely, exclusively and regularly employed by any of the
foregoing; nor to any attorney or counsellor at law in
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