CHAPTER 4-2: PRIVATE INVESTIGATION SERVICES
SECTIONS:
4-2-4: RENEWAL, REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION:
4-2-1 DEFINITION:
"Private Investigation Services" are those services or business activities which are defined and regulated in Arizona Revised Statutes § 32-2401 Arizona Revised Statutes § 32-2428.
4-2-2 LICENSING:
No person shall engage in the business of private investigation services within the limits of the City unless duly licensed by the Director of the Arizona Department of Public Safety pursuant to the licensing provisions of Arizona Revised Statutes § 32-2428.
4-2-3 REGISTRATION:
Any person who conducts private investigation services on a regular basis within the limits of the City or who maintains an office or branch office within the City limits for that purpose shall register with the Chief of Police of the City of Prescott. Each and every person required to be licensed as a private investigator under Arizona Statutes shall register by presenting to the Chief of Police or his authorized agent a valid and current identification card issued by the Director of the Department of Public Safety under Arizona Revised Statutes § 32-2402(C), Department of Public Safety Regulation No. 4. The identification card and/or the information contained thereon may be copied by the Chief of Police or his agent and the card shall be returned immediately to the licensee. There shall be no fee charged by the City for this registration. The registration required herein shall be accomplished within five (5) working days of the start of the licensee’s business activity within the limits of the City or the opening by the licensee of an office or branch office for private investigation services within the limits of the City.
4-2-4 RENEWAL, REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION:
The licensee shall inform the Chief of Police or his authorized agent within five (5) days of the renewal, suspension or revocation of the license issued by the Director of the Department of Public Services and shall notify the Chief of Police of the City of any change in information on the identification card. (Ord. 1635, 6-13-83)
4-2-5 VIOLATIONS:
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as provided in Section 1-3-1 of the Prescott City Code. (Ord. 1635, 6-13-83; amd. Ord. 1834, eff. 10-23-86)