Connecticut § 29-159 - Annual list of private detectives and detective agencies.

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§ 29-159. Annual list of private detectives and detective agencies.

Sec. 29-159. Annual list of private detectives and detective agencies. The commissioner shall annually prepare and publish a list of licensed private detectives and private detective agencies and security services and security agencies and distribute copies of such list to the chiefs of police in Connecticut and to the clerks' offices of the Superior Court of the state and to any licensee upon request.

(1949 Rev., S. 3742; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 96; 1969, P.A. 756, S. 18; P.A. 77-452, S. 59, 72.)

History: 1961 act changed common pleas to circuit court; 1969 act required that list include security services and security agencies, replaced circuit courts with common pleas courts and required that copy be distributed to licensees upon request; P.A. 77-452 deleted reference to common pleas court.

Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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