| (a) | "Private investigation" means engaging in business or accepting employment to conduct an investigation for the purpose of obtaining information about:
| (i) | crime, wrongful acts, or threats against the United States or a state or territory of the United States; |
| (ii) | the identity, reputation, character, habits, conduct, business occupation, honesty, integrity, credibility, knowledge, trustworthiness, efficiency, loyalty, activity, movements, whereabouts, affiliations, associations, or transactions of an individual or group of individuals; |
| (iii) | the credibility of witnesses or other individuals; |
| (iv) | the whereabouts of a missing person or the owner of abandoned property; |
| (v) | the causes and origin of, or responsibility for:
| (F) | damage or an injury to real or personal property; |
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| (vi) | the business of securing evidence to be used:
| (A) | before investigating committees or boards; or |
| (B) | in a civil trial or criminal trial and in the preparation for the civil trial or criminal trial; |
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| (vii) | the prevention, detection, and removal of installed devices for eavesdropping or observation; |
| (viii) | the business of "skip tracing" a person that has become delinquent in the person's lawful debts, either when hired by an individual, collection agency, or through the direct purchase of the debt from a financial institution or entity owning the debt or judgment; or |
| (ix) | serving civil process. |
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