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Ehdevlin
(@ehdevlin)
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In Texas digital forensics are specifically included in the Private Investigator regulations that require a license. It was not an issue as former law enforcement, but I can tell you that there are large number of small forensic shops that have not gotten their licenses. One of the nice offshoots to this in our jurisdiction is that there were a couple of convicted felons who worked for a group of criminal defense lawyers who with no training purchased a Cellebrite and have advertising themselves as forensic experts. Their convictions prevented them from obtaining PI licenses.

To most of us in Texas it seems as a simple effort to Tax us, because while you have to obtain the license there is no specific training requirements for Digital Forensic Investigation Companies and the manager's exam that you have to take to supervise goes over everything from celebrity protection, to K-9 to alarm installation, without a single question about forensics.


   
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(@bchaseaz)
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I'm a licensed attorney and a forensic examiner (in Arizona).
In order to be a PI in Arizona, we have that same 3 year requirement.

However, Arizona also has a law that lawyers (and their employees) are exempted from the requirement to be a PI if the lawyer is working on his or her own case. So, my stance is that IF my work is considered investigative, than I am simply doing it as an agent of the lawyer and thus exempted from the requirement. You may want to look to see if your state has the same kind of exception.


   
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(@lawhammer)
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Although I am an attorney, I'm not a Pennsylvania lawyer, so do not rely on the following as legal advice

Section 15 of the Private Detective Act '53 discusses exceptions to the application of the law.
Section 2 provides important definitions.


   
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