As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of public safety.
2. "Department" means the department of public safety.
3. "Licensee" means a person licensed under this chapter.
4. "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, or other business entity.
5. "Private investigative agency" means a person engaged in a private investigation business.
6. "Private investigation business" means the business of making, for hire or reward, an investigation for the purpose of obtaining information on any of the following matters:
a. Crime or wrongs done or threatened.
b. The habits, conduct, movements, whereabouts, associations, transactions, reputations, or character of a person.
c. The credibility of witnesses or other persons.
d. The location or recovery of lost or stolen property.
e. The cause, origin, or responsibility for fires, accidents, or injuries to property.
f. The truth or falsity of a statement or representation.
g. Detection of deception.
h. The business of securing evidence to be used before authorized investigating committees, boards of award or arbitration, or in the trial of civil or criminal cases.
7. "Private security agency" means a person engaged in a private security business.
8. "Private security business" means a business of furnishing, for hire or reward, guards, watch personnel, armored car personnel, patrol personnel, or other persons to protect persons or property, to prevent the unlawful taking of goods and merchandise, or to prevent the misappropriation or concealment of goods, merchandise, money, securities, or other valuable documents or papers, and includes an individual who for hire patrols, watches, or guards a residential, industrial, or business property or district.
9. "Uniform" means a manner of dress of a particular style and distinctive appearance as distinguished from ordinary clothing customarily used and worn by the general public.
84 Acts, ch 1235, § 1
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