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

2. (2)

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

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

      1. (i) a plea of no contest;
      2. (ii) a plea in abeyance; or
      3. (iii) an Alford plea.
3. (3) "D.B.A." means the same as that term is defined in Section 42-2-101.
4. (4) "DOD civilian" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53H-11-202.

5. (5)

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

      1. (i) crime, wrongful acts, or threats against the United States or a state or territory of the United States;
      2. (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;
      3. (iii) the credibility of witnesses or other individuals;
      4. (iv) the whereabouts of a missing person or the owner of abandoned property;

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

         1. (A) a fire;
         2. (B) libel;
         3. (C) slander;
         4. (D) a loss;
         5. (E) an accident; or
         6. (F) damage or an injury to real or personal property;

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

         1. (A) before investigating committees or boards; or
         2. (B) in a civil trial or criminal trial and in the preparation for the civil trial or criminal trial;
      7. (vii) the prevention, detection, and removal of installed devices for eavesdropping or observation;
      8. (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
      9. (ix) serving civil process.

   2. (b) "Private investigation" does not include:

      1. (i) a person engaging in activities that are exempt under Section 58-92-306;
      2. (ii) a person operating as a collection agency;
      3. (iii) a person operating as a credit reporting agency;
      4. (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;
      5. (v) an employee of an attorney licensed to practice law in this state; or
      6. (vi) a currently licensed certified public accountant as that term is defined in Section 58-26a-102.

6. (6)

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

      1. (i) under the control of a private investigator agent; and
      2. (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.
   2. (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. (7) "Private investigator agent" means an individual that holds a private investigator agent license under Section 58-92-303.
8. (8) "Private investigator apprentice" means an individual who holds a private investigator apprentice license under Section 58-92-305.
9. (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