Md. Code Ann., Bus. Occ. & Prof. § 13-301
License required to operate private detective agency
Effective Oct 1, 2015Added by Acts 1989, c. 3, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1995, c. 3, § 2, eff. March 7, 1995; Acts 2001, c. 649, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2001; Acts 2002, c. 379, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2002; Acts 2002, c. 418, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2002; Acts 2015, c. 424, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2015.State of Maryland
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this title, a person shall be licensed by the Secretary as a private detective agency before the person may:
- (1) conduct a business that provides private detective services in the State; and
- (2) solicit to engage in a business that provides private detective services in the State.
- (b) An individual or a firm may qualify for a license as a private detective agency.
Added by Acts 1989, c. 3, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1995, c. 3, § 2, eff. March 7, 1995; Acts 2001, c. 649, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2001; Acts 2002, c. 379, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2002; Acts 2002, c. 418, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2002; Acts 2015, c. 424, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2015.
Formerly Art. 56, § 549.