Gilbert Arizona Private Investigators and Detectives

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Arizona

Arizona has two types of Private Investigator Licenses, An Agency License, and a Private Investigator License. A Private Investigator must be licensed under an agency. In order to obtain an Agency license and investigator must have three years experience. For an investigative license, one must be employed through an investigation agency.,
Reference Website: www.azdps.gov

Contact Information:
Website: http://www.azdps.gov/license/Licenseprivateinvestigator.asp
Email: licensing@azdps.gov
Licensing Unit, P.O. Box 6328, Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85005
Phone: (602) 223 2361
Fax: (602) 223 2938

Associations:
Arizona Association of Licensed Private Investigators
http://www.aalpi.org/

Citation Statute: Arizona Revised Statute 32-2401 through 32-2461
http://www.azleg.state.az.us/ArizonaRevisedStatutes.asp?Title=32

Qualifications Requirement: Agency:
Have had a minimum of three years of full-time investigative experience or the equivalent of three years of full-time investigative experience that consists of actual work performed as an investigator for a private concern, for the federal government or for a state, county or municipal government.

The necessary documentation to fulfill the above Statute must be described in a letter from an individual or individuals, such as a former supervisor, who can specifically state their work relationship with you and personally verify your investigative experience. The author of the letter must be clearly identified by name and include an address and contact telephone number. The author must sign the letter.

You may also submit documentation from an agency from which you retired or were previously employed. This documentation may be in the form of retirement papers, letters of recommendation, performance evaluations, or military records such as DD 214, NCOERs, OERs, awards, etc. (a DD 214 alone is insufficient evidence - we also need the copy that shows the type of discharge received). The documents must explicitly state that you have the required investigative experience from verifiable sources.
Investigator:
Be offered employment by a DPS-licensed Private Investigation agency. This agency fills out the Employer section and signs the Registration Application.
Complete and sign the Employee section.

Submit fingerprints.

Submit a color photograph of your face.

Submit $79 cash, money order, or check payable to DPS. This covers the $50 license fee and the $29 fingerprint processing fee.

Expiration date will be the same as the Agency’s expiration date.
Disqualifications:

If you are under 18 years of age. A Qualifying Party must be at least 21.

If you are not a citizen or legal resident who is authorized to seek employment in the United States.

If you have ever been convicted of a felony, whether or not your conviction was subsequently Set

Aside and your Civil Rights were restored.

If you are currently under indictment for a felony

If within the last 5 years preceding your application, you have been convicted of any misdemeanors involving:
Personal violence

Misconduct involving a deadly weapon as provided in section 13-3102

Dishonesty or fraud

Arson

Theft

Domestic violence

Narcotics (Arizona Revised Statutes Title 13, Chapter 34, or similar)

Sexual misconduct

If you are on parole, community supervision or work furlough, on home arrest, on release on any other basis.

If you are named in an outstanding arrest warrant

If you are on probation pursuant to a conviction for any act of personal violence or domestic violence as in section 13-3601 or similar.

If you have been adjudicated mentally incompetent or found to constitute a danger to self or others, section 36-540.

If you have a disability, which renders you incapable of performing essential functions of the job even with reasonable accommodation from the employer, section 41-1461.

If you have been convicted of acting or attempting to act as a security guard or private investigator without a license if a license was required.

Reciprocity: Arizona does not have any reciprocity with other states.

Fees: Agency:
The new agency application fee is $250 plus $29 for the fingerprint processing of the Qualifying Party.

Any Resident Manager and/or Associate application fee with fingerprints is $79 each. This covers the $50 license fee and the $29 fingerprint processing fee. These are to be submitted with the new agency application paperwork.

After all requested information has been received at DPS and the background checks and experience have been reviewed and approved, we then request the new agency license fee of $400 and a Surety Bond in the amount of $2,500.00.
Investigator:
The application fee to become licensed in Arizona is $50.00. In addition, the costs for the fingerprint processing are $29.00, which makes the total $79.00.

Renewal Information: Agency:
The renewal license fee for renewing an agency is $250. Include $29 for the fingerprint processing of the Qualifying Party ($279 total for the QP).

Any Resident Manager or Associate renewal applications and fingerprints must be submitted with the agency renewal paperwork - include the $50 license fee and the $29 fingerprint processing fee per

Resident Manager or Associate applicant ($79 per person).
Allow at least 15 business days after the submission of your application before calling the unit to check your status. Repeated phone calls will only delay your application.

Investigator:
Private Investigator Employees renew when their Agency renews

Less than 60 days before the expiration date

Less than 90 days past the expiration date (add $10 late fee)

Forms: There is an application form that must be completed. It is located at
http://www.azdps.gov/license/application.PDF




Areas in Arizona Serviced (Including Gilbert):

Ajo Alpine Amado Apache Junction Ash Fork Avondale Anthem Ahwatukee Bagdad Benson Bisbee Black Canyon City Bowie Buckeye Bullhead City Camp Verde Carefree Casa Grande Catalina Cave Creek Chambers Chandler Chinle Chino Valley Clarkdale

Clifton Cochise Colorado City Congress Coolidge Cordes Junction Cornville Cottonwood Dateland Douglas Dragoon Eagar Ehrenberg El Mirage Eloy Flagstaff Florence Forest Lakes Fort Defiance Fort Huachuca Fountain Hills Fredonia Ganado Gila Bend Gilbert

Glendale Globe Gold Canyon Goodyear Grand Canyon Village Green Valley Greer Heber Hereford Holbrook Jerome Kayenta Kearny Kingman Lake Havasu City Litchfield Park Marana Marble Canyon Maricopa Mayer McNary Meadview Mesa Miami Morenci Mormon Lake

Mount Lemmon New River Nogales Oracle Oro Valley Page Paradise Valley Parker Payson Peach Springs Pearce Peoria Phoenix Picacho Pima Pinetop-Lakeside Portal Prescott Prescott Valley Quartzsite Queen Creek

Rimrock Rio Rico Roosevelt Sacaton Safford Sahuarita Saint Johns San Carlos San Manuel Sasabe Scottsdale Second Mesa Sedona Seligman Sells Show Low Sierra Vista Snowflake Somerton Sonoita Springerville St Michaels Stanfield Strawberry Summerhaven Sun City

Sun City West Supai Superior Surprise Taylor Tempe Temple Bar Thatcher Tolleson Tombstone Tonopah Tortilla Flat Tuba City Tubac Tucson Tuweep Vail Wellton Wenden Whiteriver Wickenburg Willcox Williams Window Rock Winslow Yarnell Youngtown Yuma

Gilbert private investigator

We are licensed for the state of Arizona.  Any PI who intends to follow an investigation out of Arizona needs to hold a license before doing work elsewhere.

Arizona State Licensing Authority: Arizona Department of Public Safety

Website: http://www.azdps.gov/license/default.asp
Email: licensing@azdps.gov
Phone:(602) 223-2361

Arizona requires licensing for Arizona Private Investigators, Security Guards and Agencies.
Licenses are only good in Arizona, there is no State Reciprocity with any other state at this time.

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Private Investigation Cases which can be covered in this Area:
Accident Reconstruction	Maritime or Boating Investigations
Activity Checks	Medical and Dental Malpractice
Adopted Child Locate Investigation	Mergers and Acquisitions Investigation
Adultery or Infidelity Investigations (Marital)	Mind Control or Brainwashing Investigations
Arson or Fire Loss Investigation	Missing Persons
Background Checks (Online Dating)	Mobile Phone and PDA Seizures
Background Investigation	Money Laundering Investigations
Background Investigation (Pre-Marital or Pre-nuptial)	Mystery and Secret Shopper
Birth Parent Locate Investigation	Narcotics Detection
Blacklisting and Blackballing Investigations	Online Auction Fraud
Bomb Threats and Detection	Online Social Networking and MMO Investigations
Cheating Decoy Investigations	Organized Crime Control or RICO
Child Abuse or Molestation	Origin and Cause Investigation
Child Custody and Visitation Investigations	Other (Please Describe)
Child Exploitation and Obscenity (Pornography)	Paternity Investigations and Testing
Child Support Enforcement and Collection	Personal Injury
Child Support Modification	Personal Protection
Cohabitation Investigation	Polygraph and Lie Detection (General)
Cold Case Investigations	Polygraph and Lie Detection for Domestic Purposes
Competitive Business Intelligence	Polygraph and Lie Detection for Employee Purposes
Computer Forensics Investigation	Polygraph and Lie Detection for Pre Employment Screening
Counterfeiting Crime	Pre-Employment Screening
Counter-Surveillance	Probate Investigation
Covert Surveillance (Tailing)	Process Service (Worldwide)
Criminal Background Checks and Search	Professional Malpractice Investigations
Criminal Investigation (All Types)	Public Interest Investigations
Dependency Investigations	Real Estate Fraud Investigations
Discrimination Claims Investigations	Religion or Faith Based Investigation
Divorce Investigation	Runaway and Missing Children
Document Examination and Assessment	Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Securities Investigations
Domestic Investigations (All Types)	Sects Occult or Cults Investigations
Drug Testing	Security Consulting (CPP & PPS Certified)
Due Diligence Investigation (General)	Sexual Harassment Claims
Eavesdropping Detection (Bugs and Taps)	Slander and Defamation of Character Investigations
Elder Abuse Investigations	Spousal Maintenance or Alimony Modification
Electronic Discovery Services	Stalking and Harassment Investigations
Email Tracking and SMS Tracing	Sting Operations
Embezzlement Investigation	Stock Options Fraud
Employee Malingering Investigation	Strike and Labor Unrest
Employee Theft Investigation	Substance Abuse Investigation
Employement Misconduct Investigation	Surface or Forensic Drug Detection
Expert Witness Testimony	Surveillance (Beacon or GPS tracking)
Financial Fraud Investigations (CFE & CFS)	Technical Surveillance Countermeasures
Hidden Assets Investigation	Tenant Screening
Hidden Assets Search (Lost or Forgotten)	Traffic and Vehicle Accident Reconstruction
Homicide and Murder Investigation	Undercover and Covert Investigations
Identity Theft	Unfaithful or Cheating Mate (Non-Marital)
Insurance Fraud Investigations (Active Case)	Unsolved Crime Investigations
Intellectual Property and Copyright Infringement	Vendor Screening Investigations
International_Rendition	White Collar Crime
Juror Vetting (Jury Selection)	Wire and Electronic Communications Crime
Kidnapping and Ransom Situation	Witness Locates and Interviewing
Labor Dispute Monitoring	Workers' Compensation Fraud (AOE/COE)
Land Ownership and Title Investigation	Workplace (ADA, EEOC, or FMLA Sensitive)
Litigation & Legal Support (Active Case)	Workplace Investigation Interview
Loss and Theft Investigations	Workplace Violence Investigation
Lost Family Member	Wrongful Death Investigations
Malpractice Investigation	Wrongful Imprisonment