20 CSR 2234-3.040
Application for Licensure—Agency Em
ployee
PURPOSE: This rule outlines the requirements for private investi
gator agency and private fire investigator agency employees.
(1) An application for licensure pursuant to section 324.1108,
RSMo, shall be submitted on the form provided by the board.
The forms may be obtained on the board’s website.
(2) A completed application for licensure must include—
(A) The appropriate application fee;
(B) Two (2) copies of a recent photograph of the applicant’s
head and shoulders (commonly known as passport style) that
fairly depict the applicant’s appearance;
(C) Proof of submission of fingerprints to the Missouri State
Highway Patrol’s approved vendor for both a Missouri State
Highway Patrol and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
fingerprint background check. Any fees due for fingerprint
background checks shall be paid by the applicant directly to
the Missouri State Highway Patrol or its approved vendor; and
(D) Other information required by the board.
(3) Upon termination from the agency, the agency investigator
employee shall return the license and pocket card to the
agency within five (5) days.
(4) If the agency investigator employee does not hold an active
license, a new application for licensure must be submitted
when the agency investigator employee seeks to be employed
by a different agency.
(5) If the agency investigator employee holds an active license,
a Change in Agency Affiliation and Verification by InvestigatorIn-Charge forms must be submitted when the employee seeks
to be employed by a different agency. These forms are available
on the board’s website at www.pr.mo.gov/pi.asp.
AUTHORITY: sections 324.1102 and 324.1116, RSMo 2016, and sec
tion 324.1118, RSMo Supp. 2025.* Original rule filed June 26, 2009,
effective Jan. 30, 2010. Amended: Filed Sept. 13, 2013, effective
March 30, 2014. Amended: Filed Sept. 29, 2020, effective March
30, 2021. Amended: Filed Dec. 13, 2022, effective June 30, 2023.
Amended: Filed Jan. 23, 2026, effective July 30, 2026.
*Original authority: 324.1102, RSMo 2007, amended 2010, 2011; 324.1116, RSMo 2007,
amended 2011; and 324.1118, RSMo 2007, amended 2010, 2011, 2020.