(a) Legal name;
(b) Birthdate;
(c) Citizenship;
(d) Physical description;
(e) Current residence;
(f) Residence for the preceding 10 years;
(g) Current employment;
(h) Employment for the preceding 10 years;
(i) Experience qualifications;
(j) Education;
(k) Business address, which may be a post office box; and
(L) Any other information required by the department.
(2) The application must be accompanied by:
(a) The application fee as prescribed by the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training by rule;
(b) Recent photographs of the applicant as prescribed by the board by rule to be used for an identification card and for the files of the department;
(c) Complete sets of the applicant’s fingerprints as prescribed by the board by rule;
(d) Three professional references, none of which may be from a person who is related to the applicant by blood or marriage;
(e) Proof of a corporate surety bond, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an insured institution as defined in ORS 706.008 or such other security as the department may prescribe by rule in the sum of at least $5,000, or errors and omissions insurance in the sum of at least $5,000; and
(f) Proof of a passing score on the test of investigator competency adopted by the board and administered by the department.
(3) All applicants must disclose any acts constituting grounds for denial of an investigator’s license and must notify the department if the applicant is charged with a criminal offense. The department shall conduct a special review of any applicant making a disclosure under this subsection.
(4) The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training shall forward a complete set of an applicant’s fingerprints to the Department of State Police and shall request that the Department of State Police conduct criminal records checks as provided in ORS 181A.195.
(5) Employees of or partners in a firm who are covered by the firm’s errors and omissions insurance meet the requirements of subsection (2)(e) of this section as long as the coverage is at least $5,000 per investigator. [1997 c.870 §6; 1999 c.59 §212; 1999 c.125 §1; 1999 c.312 §1; 1999 c.363 §1; 2001 c.838 §4; 2005 c.21 §11; 2005 c.730 §§43,89; 2007 c.320 §3; 2017 c.228 §6]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 703 - Truth Verification and Deception Detection; Investigators
Section 703.010 - Definitions.
Section 703.030 - Purpose; construction.
Section 703.060 - License classes.
Section 703.070 - License applications; form; nonrefundable fee.
Section 703.080 - License qualifications.
Section 703.100 - Term and renewal of licenses.
Section 703.120 - Nonresident licensees; service of process.
Section 703.130 - Reciprocity for persons licensed in another jurisdiction; qualifications; fee.
Section 703.140 - Display of license; notification of change of place of business.
Section 703.200 - Issuance of licenses; examination and internship requirements.
Section 703.210 - Suspension, revocation or issuance refusal; conditions.
Section 703.230 - Procedures and rules.
Section 703.335 - Equipment police officer may use to detect deception or verify truth.
Section 703.401 - Definitions.
Section 703.407 - Expert witness exception.
Section 703.415 - Investigator’s license qualifications.
Section 703.425 - Application requirements; fee; rules; investigation of applicant.
Section 703.430 - Issuance of license; expiration; rules; fees.
Section 703.435 - Identification card; rules; obligation to carry; replacement; fees.
Section 703.445 - Renewal procedure; fee; penalty; rules; inactive status.
Section 703.447 - Continuing education.
Section 703.450 - Requirements of conduct.
Section 703.460 - Information required; designation of agent for service of process.
Section 703.465 - Discipline or issuance refusal.
Section 703.470 - Opportunity for hearing; judicial review.
Section 703.473 - Confidentiality of investigator personal identifying information and client files.
Section 703.480 - Board and department duties; rules; fees.