South Carolina H 4141: Private investigator licensure requirements

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2025-2026 Bill 4141 Text of Previous Version (Mar. 05, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 4141

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTION 40-18-70, RELATING TO rEQUIREMENTS FOR PRIVATE INVESTIGATION LICENSURE, 
SO AS TO INCLUDE THREE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS AN INVESTIGATOR OR IN A ROLE WITH 
INVESTIGATIoN DUTIES IN THE MILITARY SERVICE WITH THE UNITED STATES ARMED 
FORCES.

Be it enacted by the 
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Section 40-18-70(E) of the S.C. Code is amended to 
read:

 (E) SLED maymust issue a license to a person who:

 (1) 
is at least twenty-one years of age;

 (2) 
has a high school diploma or equivalent;

 (3) 
is a citizen of the United States;

 (4) 
has not been convicted of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude;

 (5) 
is of good moral character;

 (6) 
does not unlawfully use drugs;

 (7) 
does not use alcohol to such a degree as to affect adversely his ability to 
perform competently the duties of a private investigator, has not been 
adjudicated an incapacitated person without being restored to legal competency, 
and who has no physical or mental impairment which would prevent him from 
competently performing the duties of a private investigator;

 (8) 
has not been discharged from the military service with other than an honorable 
discharge;

 (9) 
has at least three years' experience:

 (a) 
as a private investigator employed by a licensed private investigation agency;

 (b) 
as an investigator for a law firm, a government agency, a private corporation, 
a nonprofit organization, or in a capacity that SLED determines has provided 
the requisite investigative experience; or

 (c) 
as a sworn officer with a federal, state, county, or municipal law enforcement 
agency; or

 (d) as an investigator or a role with 
investigation duties in military service with the United States Armed Forces.

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval 
by the Governor.

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