§ 80 — License certificates, pocket cards or badges

New York § 80

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law GBS: General Business
• Art. 7: Private Investigators, Bail Enforcement Agents and Watch, Guard and Patrol Agencies

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§ 80. License certificates, pocket cards or badges. Upon the issuing\nof a license as hereinbefore provided the department of state shall\nissue to each person, partner, member of a limited liability company or\nofficer of a corporation making and filing a statement required by\nsection seventy-two of this article a pocket card of such size and\ndesign as the department of state may prescribe, which card shall\ncontain a photograph of the licensee, the name and business address of\nthe licensee and the imprint or impress of the seal of the department of\nstate which pocket card shall be evidence of due authorization pursuant\nto the terms of this article. All persons to whom such license\ncertificates or pocket cards shall have been issued shall be responsible\nfor the safe keeping of the same, and shall not lend, enable, let or\nallow any other person to have, hold, use or display such certificate or\npocket card; and any person so parting with such a license certificate\nor pocket card or displaying the same without authority, or who shall\ndisplay any license certificate or pocket card purporting to authorize\nthe holder thereof to act as a private investigator, bail enforcement\nagent or watch, guard or patrol agency, unless the same shall have been\nduly issued pursuant to the provisions of this article, shall be guilty\nof a misdemeanor. Failure to comply with the provisions of this section\nshall be sufficient cause for revocation of such license, and all such\ncertificates or pocket cards shall be returned to the department of\nstate within seventy-two hours after the holder thereof has received\nnotice in writing of the expiration or revocation of such license. It\nshall be unlawful for a holder of a license or anyone else to\ndistribute, possess, use or display any license certificate, pocket\ncard, badge, shield or any other indicia of a license status pursuant to\nthis article except as set forth in this article. Any person who is a\nlicensee hereunder or an officer or authorized employee of any other\nperson, firm, limited liability company or corporation, whether or not\nlicensed hereunder, while performing the services of a watchman, guard\nor private patrolman, may wear on his outer clothing a rectangular metal\nor woven insignia approved by the department of state, which insignia\nshall not be larger than three inches high nor four inches wide with an\ninscription thereon containing the word "watchman", "guard", "patrol" or\n"special service" and the name of such licensee or employer. It shall be\nunlawful for any employer, whether or not licensed hereunder, to wear or\ndistribute to his, their or its employees any employment identification\nexcept as authorized in this article and approved by the secretary of\nstate. Any person violating any provision of this section shall be\nguilty of a misdemeanor.\n