Private Investigator
- Exam
- State exam
- Education
- None
- Experience
- Not reported
- Background check
- Required
An individual who is licensed by the department to engage in business or who accepts employment to conduct an investigation pursuant to the Private Investigations Act to obtain information regarding: Crime or wrongs done or threatened against the United States or any state or territory of the United States; a person; the location, disposition or recovery of lost or stolen property; the cause or responsibility for fires, losses, accidents or damage or injury to persons or properties; the securing of evidence to be used before a court, administrative tribunal, board or investigating committee or for a law enforcement officer; or the scene of a motor vehicle accident or evidence related to a motor vehicle accident.
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Stand-alone license
- Exam
- State exam required
- Education
- No education required
- Continuing education
- Continuing education required
- Certification
- No mention of certification
- Background check
- Background check required
Issuing body
- Department
- New Mexico Regulation & Licensing Department
- Division
- Boards and Commissions Division
- Board
- Private Investigations Advisory Board
- Address
- 2550 Cerrillos Road, Second Floor P.O. Box 25101 Santa Fe, NM 87505
- Phone
- (505) 476-4622
- Agency website
- https://www.rld.nm.gov/boards-and-commissions/individual-boards-and-commissions/private-investigations/
- Licence page
- https://www.rld.nm.gov/boards-and-commissions/individual-boards-and-commissions/private-investigations/
- Last updated
- September 5, 2024
Occupations (O*NET)
- Private Investigator 33-9021.00
Source and verification
This record is New Mexico's report to the Analyst Resource Center, published by CareerOneStop (October 2024 export). Everything shown comes only from that report.
Before you apply, confirm every detail with Private Investigations Advisory Board — see the issuing body section above.
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