License Fees

(1) The fees for licenses and applications are as follows: Application fee for private investigator…………………...........……………….................. $150.00 Investigation company application fee: Number of private investigators employed by company: Sole practitioner .................................................................................................... $250.00 Two to five (2-5) employees ................................................................................. $500.00 Over five (5) employees ...................................................................................... $1000.00 Application fee for branch office ........................................................................... $100.00 (when the branch office is not included in the original company application.) Private Investigator license ................................................................................... $100.00 Investigation company license fee: Number of private investigators employed by the company: Sole practitioner .................................................................................................... $125.00 Two to five (2-5) employees ................................................................................. $250.00 Over five (5) employees ....................................................................................... $500.00 Branch company office license ............................................................................. $100.00 (2) The fee for a duplicate license is twenty-five dollars ($25.00). (3) The fees for retirement and activation of a private investigator’s license are as follows: Retirement of a private investigator’s license ....................................................... $100.00 Reactivation of retired private investigator’s license ............................................ $100.00 (4) For the purposes of assessing the correct investigations company application and license fees, the employees referenced in T.C.A. § 62-26-208(a) and (b) and this rule shall be identified as licensed private investigators, private investigator license applicants and private investigator apprentices affiliated with the investigations company. Investigations company license applicants whose licenses have not yet been issued and who prior to such issuance add any number of investigators above that number listed when application was made shall, prior to issuance, pay all application and license fees which would have been due had the additional private investigators been listed on the notarized statement submitted with the initial application. An individual who applies for an investigations company license but is not a licensed private investigator and who at the time of issuance of that license has not yet employed a licensed private investigator shall be considered a sole practitioner for the purpose of issuing the license.