License to conduct business, violation of section as misdemeanor

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NJ Code › Title 45 › Chapter 19 › Section 19-10

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No person, firm, association or corporation shall engage in the private detective business or as a private detective or investigator or advertise his or its business to be a private detective business or that of a detective agency or investigator without having first obtained from the superintendent a license to conduct such business, as hereinafter provided. Any person, firm, association or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. L.1939, c. 369, p. 889, s. 3.

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License to conduct business, violation of section as misdemeanor · N.J. Stat. § 45:19-10 | Frix