§ 37:3517 — License renewal; certificate; penalty

Louisiana § 37:3517

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 37: Professions and Occupations

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A. A license shall expire annually on the date of issuance unless renewed by payment of the required renewal fee at least thirty days prior to its expiration. The board shall notify the licensee of the renewal at his last known address at least sixty days in advance of the expiration and on the expiration date. If a license is not renewed within thirty days after the expiration date, it shall be deemed to have lapsed and to be invalid. The delinquent private investigator business or the private investigator shall apply again for initial licensure. If the license renewal is made prior to the thirty-day grace period but after the expiration date, the private investigator business shall pay a fine of one hundred dollars and an additional twenty dollars per investigator.
B. The board shall use the same license number when issuing a renewed license as that issued for the original license or shall deny renewal within thirty days. The board shall promptly notify the licensee if it refuses to renew the license.
C. The licensee, within fifteen days after receipt of the board's notice of refusal, shall cease engaging in the private investigator business.

Legislative History

Acts 1992, No. 245, §2; Acts 2008, No. 381, §1.