# Business Occupations and Professions (GBO)

## Title 13. Private Detectives

### Subtitle 3. Private Detective Agency Licenses

#### Section 13-303

(a) In this section, "organized police agency" means:

  (1) a police department of the State or of a county or municipal corporation of the State;

  (2) a private police department that is allowed to enroll its officers in approved Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission schools and academies; or

  (3) a law enforcement agency of the United States, of any state, or of any county or municipal corporation of any state.

(b) An individual applicant or, if the applicant is a firm, the representative member shall have:

  (1) at least 5 years of experience as a full-time certified or licensed private detective;

  (2) at least:

    (i) 5 years of experience as a full-time police officer with an organized police agency; and

    (ii) completed successfully a police officer training course that is recognized and approved by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission;

  (3) at least 3 years of experience in an investigative capacity as a detective while serving as a police officer with an organized police agency;

  (4) at least:

    (i) 3 years of experience in an investigative capacity in any unit of the United States, of the State, or of a county or municipal corporation of the State for the purpose of law enforcement; and

    (ii) completed successfully the police officer training required by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission; or

  (5) at least:

    (i) 5 years of experience as a full-time fire investigator for a fire department or law enforcement agency of the State or of a county or municipal corporation of the State; and

    (ii) completed successfully the training certified by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission or the Maryland Fire-Rescue Education and Training Commission.

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Md. Code Ann., Bus. Occ. & Prof. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)