58-92-101. Definitions.

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Effective 9/1/2026

As used in this chapter:

(1)"Board" means the Security Services Licensing Board created in Section 58-63-201 .

(a)"Conviction" means an adjudication of guilt by a federal, state, or local court resulting from trial or plea.

(b)"Conviction" includes the following, regardless of whether the imposition of a sentence was suspended:

(i)a plea of no contest;

(ii)a plea in abeyance; or

(iii)an Alford plea.

(3)"D.B.A." means the same as that term is defined in Section 42-2-101 .

(4)"DOD civilian" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53H-11-202 .

(a)"Private investigation" means engaging in business or accepting employment to conduct an investigation for the purpose of obtaining information about:

(i)crime, wrongful acts, or threats against the United States or a state or territory of the United States;

(ii)the identity, reputation, character, habits, conduct, business occupation, honesty, integrity, credibility, knowledge, trustworthiness, efficiency, loyalty, activity, movements, whereabouts, affiliations, associations, or transactions of an individual or group of individuals;

(iii)the credibility of witnesses or other individuals;

(iv)the whereabouts of a missing person or the owner of abandoned property;

(v)the causes and origin of, or responsibility for:

(A)a fire;

(B)libel;

(C)slander;

(D)a loss;

(E)an accident; or

(F)damage or an injury to real or personal property;

(vi)the business of securing evidence to be used:

(A)before investigating committees or boards; or

(B)in a civil trial or criminal trial and in the preparation for the civil trial or criminal trial;

(vii)the prevention, detection, and removal of installed devices for eavesdropping or observation;

(viii)the business of "skip tracing" a person that has become delinquent in the person's lawful debts, either when hired by an individual, collection agency, or through the direct purchase of the debt from a financial institution or entity owning the debt or judgment; or

(ix)serving civil process.

(b)"Private investigation" does not include:

(i)a person engaging in activities that are exempt under Section 58-92-306 ;

(ii)a person operating as a collection agency;

(iii)a person operating as a credit reporting agency;

(iv)a person or an employee conducting an investigation on the person's or employee's behalf or on behalf of an employer if the employer is not a private investigator under this chapter;

(v)an employee of an attorney licensed to practice law in this state; or

(vi)a currently licensed certified public accountant as that term is defined in Section 58-26a-102 .

(a)"Private investigation agency" means an entity:

(i)under the control of a private investigator agent; and

(ii)created by a private investigator agent to manage the private investigator agent's or the private investigator agent's employee's clients and cases.

(b)"Private investigation agency" includes an entity that contracts with or employs a private investigator agent, a private investigator registrant, or a private investigator apprentice.

(7)"Private investigator agent" means an individual that holds a private investigator agent license under Section 58-92-303 .

(8)"Private investigator apprentice" means an individual who holds a private investigator apprentice license under Section 58-92-305 .

(9)"Private investigator registrant" means an individual who holds a private investigator registrant license under Section 58-92-304 .

Enacted by Chapter 44 , 2026 General Session