Investigations company license - Application

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TN Code › Title 62 › Chapter 26 › Section 62-26-205

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(a) An application for an investigations company license shall be filed with the commissioner on the prescribed form. The application shall include: (1) The full name and business address of the applicant: (A) If the applicant is a partnership, the name and address of each partner; or (B) If the applicant is a corporation, the name and address of the qualifying agent; (2) The name under which the applicant intends to do business; (3) The address of the principal place of business and all branch offices of the applicant within this state; (4) As to each individual applicant, or, if the applicant is a partnership, as to each partner or, if the applicant is a corporation, as to the qualifying agent, the following information: (A) Full name; (B) Date and place of birth; (C) All residences during the immediate past five (5) years; (D) All employment or occupations engaged in during the immediate past five (5) years; (E) Three (3) sets of classifiable fingerprints; (F) Three (3) credit references from lending institutions or business firms with whom the subject has established a credit record; and (G) A list of all convictions and pending charges of a felony or misdemeanor in any jurisdiction; (5) If the applicant is a corporation, the following information: (A) The correct legal name of the corporation; (B) The state and date of incorporation; (C) The date the corporation qualified to do business in this state; (D) The address of the corporate headquarters, if located outside of this state; and (E) The names of two (2) principal corporate officers other than the qualifying agent, and the business address, residence address and the office held by each in the corporation; and (6) Other information that the commissioner may reasonably require. (b) The application shall be subscribed and sworn to: (1) By the applicant, if the applicant is an individual; (2) By each partner, if the applicant is a partnership; or (3) By the qualifying agent, if the applicant is a corporation. (c) Any individual signing the application must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age. Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 294, s 6, eff. 7/1/2021. Acts 1990, ch. 780, § 6; 1991, ch. 457, § 4.

(a) An application for an investigations company license shall be filed with the commissioner on the prescribed form. The application shall include: (1) The full name and business address of the applicant: (A) If the applicant is a partnership, the name and address of each partner; or (B) If the applicant is a corporation, the name and address of the qualifying agent; (2) The name under which the applicant intends to do business; (3) The address of the principal place of business and all branch offices of the applicant within this state; (4) As to each individual applicant, or, if the applicant is a partnership, as to each partner or, if the applicant is a corporation, as to the qualifying agent, the following information: (A) Full name; (B) Date and place of birth; (C) All residences during the immediate past five (5) years; (D) All employment or occupations engaged in during the immediate past five (5) years; (E) Three (3) sets of classifiable fingerprints; (F) Three (3) credit references from lending institutions or business firms with whom the subject has established a credit record; and (G) A list of all convictions and pending charges of a felony or misdemeanor in any jurisdiction; (5) If the applicant is a corporation, the following information: (A) The correct legal name of the corporation; (B) The state and date of incorporation; (C) The date the corporation qualified to do business in this state; (D) The address of the corporate headquarters, if located outside of this state; and (E) The names of two (2) principal corporate officers other than the qualifying agent, and the business address, residence address and the office held by each in the corporation; and (6) Other information that the commissioner may reasonably require.

The date the corporation qualified to do business in this state; (D) The address of the corporate headquarters, if located outside of this state; and (E) The names of two (2) principal corporate officers other than the qualifying agent, and the business address, residence address and the office held by each in the corporation; and (6) Other information that the commissioner may reasonably require.

(1) The full name and business address of the applicant: (A) If the applicant is a partnership, the name and address of each partner; or (B) If the applicant is a corporation, the name and address of the qualifying agent;

(A) If the applicant is a partnership, the name and address of each partner; or

(B) If the applicant is a corporation, the name and address of the qualifying agent;

(2) The name under which the applicant intends to do business;

(3) The address of the principal place of business and all branch offices of the applicant within this state;

(4) As to each individual applicant, or, if the applicant is a partnership, as to each partner or, if the applicant is a corporation, as to the qualifying agent, the following information: (A) Full name; (B) Date and place of birth; (C) All residences during the immediate past five (5) years; (D) All employment or occupations engaged in during the immediate past five (5) years; (E) Three (3) sets of classifiable fingerprints; (F) Three (3) credit references from lending institutions or business firms with whom the subject has established a credit record; and (G) A list of all convictions and pending charges of a felony or misdemeanor in any jurisdiction;

(A) Full name;

(B) Date and place of birth;

(C) All residences during the immediate past five (5) years;

(D) All employment or occupations engaged in during the immediate past five (5) years;

(E) Three (3) sets of classifiable fingerprints;

(F) Three (3) credit references from lending institutions or business firms with whom the subject has established a credit record; and

(G) A list of all convictions and pending charges of a felony or misdemeanor in any jurisdiction;

(5) If the applicant is a corporation, the following information: (A) The correct legal name of the corporation; (B) The state and date of incorporation; (C) The date the corporation qualified to do business in this state; (D) The address of the corporate headquarters, if located outside of this state; and (E) The names of two (2) principal corporate officers other than the qualifying agent, and the business address, residence address and the office held by each in the corporation; and

(A) The correct legal name of the corporation;

(B) The state and date of incorporation;

(C) The date the corporation qualified to do business in this state;

(D) The address of the corporate headquarters, if located outside of this state; and

(E) The names of two (2) principal corporate officers other than the qualifying agent, and the business address, residence address and the office held by each in the corporation; and

(6) Other information that the commissioner may reasonably require.

(b) The application shall be subscribed and sworn to: (1) By the applicant, if the applicant is an individual; (2) By each partner, if the applicant is a partnership; or (3) By the qualifying agent, if the applicant is a corporation.

(1) By the applicant, if the applicant is an individual;

(2) By each partner, if the applicant is a partnership; or

(3) By the qualifying agent, if the applicant is a corporation.

(c) Any individual signing the application must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age.

Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 294, s 6, eff. 7/1/2021.

Acts 1990, ch. 780, § 6; 1991, ch. 457, § 4.

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