California Business and Professions Code

§ 7582.1

BPC § 7582.1 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 3 · Ch. 11.5 · Art. 3

Statute text

(a)A private patrol operator, or operator of a private patrol service, within the meaning of this chapter is a person, other than an armored contract carrier, who, for any consideration whatsoever: Agrees to furnish, or furnishes, a watchman, guard, patrolperson, or other person to protect persons or property or to prevent the theft, unlawful taking, loss, embezzlement, misappropriation, or concealment of any goods, wares, merchandise, money, bonds, stocks, notes, documents, papers, or property of any kind; or performs the service of a watchman, guard, patrolperson, or other person, for any of these purposes.

(b)(1) A person licensed as a private patrol operator only may not make any investigation or investigations except those that are incidental to the theft, loss, embezzlement, misappropriation, or concealment of any property, or any other thing enumerated in this section that they have been hired or engaged to protect, guard, or watch.

(2)Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any federally recognized tribe performing investigative functions within the jurisdiction of a federally recognized tribe, consistent with federal or tribal law.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 484, Sec. 31. (SB 1454) Effective January 1, 2025.