Corporations would follow updated private security licensing rules

A corporation applying for a private detective or protective agent license would have its chief executive officer, chief financial officer, qualified representative, and Minnesota manager, if one exists, meet the licensing requirements. This applies to corporations seeking a private detective or protective agent license. A corporation with its main business outside Minnesota must include its Minnesota manager on the application. The application must be signed by the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, and qualified representative, and by the Minnesota manager when required.

A corporate license holder would notify the board and identify a successor when a person who signed the license application dies, resigns, or is removed. The rule covers corporate private detective and protective agent license holders and successors serving as qualified representatives, Minnesota managers, chief executive officers, or chief financial officers. The successor must qualify under the same process and standards as an original applicant. The successor must submit the documents required for an original application. Designating a new qualified representative or Minnesota manager requires a fee equal to one-half of the license fee. Notice and successor documents are due within seven days after the death, resignation, or removal; the supplied text does not state when the designation fee is due.

A corporation or listed representative involved in unlicensed private detective or protective agent work would be barred from applying for a license for one year after a violation finding. The rule covers corporations, qualified representatives, Minnesota managers, and individuals engaged in the private detective or protective agent business without a board-issued license. Unlicensed work would not count as legitimate licensing experience. The one-year period begins on the date of the finding of the violation. The application bar lasts one year from the date the violation is found.