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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="13-701" title_number="13" title_name="Private Detectives" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts; Penalties">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person may not engage in, attempt to engage in, offer to engage in, or solicit to engage in a business for the purpose of providing private detective services in the State unless licensed as a private detective agency by the Secretary.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An individual may not provide, attempt to provide, offer to provide, or solicit to provide private detective services in the State unless certified as a private detective by the Secretary.</text>
  </level>
</section>
