NORTH WEST INVESTIGATIONS INC.
All of our Investigators
are licensed under Utah State Code, Title 53, Chapter 9, Section 101,
"The Private Investigator Regulation Act." We are a
Professional Investigation Agency and conduct all investigations
accordingly, with strict confidentiality.
A portion of State Code 53-9-102. (Definitions) lists the
authority by law for State Licensed Private Investigators to conduct
such investigations:
(16) "Licensee" means a person to whom an agency, registrant,
or apprentice license is issued by the department.
(17) (a) "Private investigator or private
detective" means any person, except collection agencies and credit
reporting agencies, who, for consideration, engages in business or accepts employment
to conduct any investigation for the purpose of obtaining information with
reference to:
(i) crime, wrongful acts, or threats against the
United States or any 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 any person or group of persons;
(iii) the credibility of witnesses or other persons;
(iv) the whereabouts of missing persons or owners of
abandoned property;
(v) the causes and origin of, or responsibility for a
fire, libel, slander, a loss, an accident, damage, or an injury to real or
personal property;
(vi) the business of securing evidence to be used
before investigating committees or boards of award or arbitration or in the
trial of civil or criminal cases and the trial preparation;
(vii) the prevention, detection, and removal of
installed devices for eavesdropping or observation;
(viii) the business of "skip tracing"
persons who have become delinquent in their 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.