We show you what a new PI needs to know to properly run a PI business.
Use that same information to pass your licensing examination!
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(obtain exact details,
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We have helped more than 4500 persons
nationwide
to pass their states' tests,
including more than 2800 CA PIs to pass:
more than 300 nationwide in the past year.
IMPORTANT:
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a mistake gets it rejected
with a 'Deficiency Letter'
a few months after applying!
This package has more than 2200
California Private Investigator
PI sample question variants!
Was 14 pounds, is now 17 pounds!
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WARNING
New experience requirements
will be in place beginning in 2025.
Before anything else, research THIS.
Before reading below:
Let me introduce myself, as I will be personally helping
you from start-to-finish on starting your CA PI business.
I'm John. Here's some facts for before we talk or meet:
1. I've helped more than 2800 people to pass the CA PI
license test and/or start their California PI businesses.
2.
I've been representing the PI profession
for TV since 1978, and representing the related
polygraph (lie-detector) profession on TV since 1988,
with nearly 1000 TV and other media appearances.
3. I've been hired by BSIS as an SME Subject Matter Expert
for a past complete overhaul of the CA PI license examination
(not to be confused with minor updates that have followed).
4. I have testified in court as a BSIS PI SME expert
for cases involving CA PIs and their legal issues.
5. Three of my kids are 3rd-generation CA PIs
(my other kids went law enforcement).
6. I've been a multi-state PI since 1978 and a
multi-state polygraph examiner since 1988.
Now retired from PI in most states, and
doing polygraph in only a few states.
7. I have had successful PI and polygraph businesses exceeding
95%
of all other PIs, and can share related tips with you.
8. I can show you how to add your spouse or adult
kid to your PI application, so that even with no testing or
experience they will become a licensed PI when you do
(unless new code sctions take that away)
.
9. I can make sure you don't make the simple mistakes
on your application that can delay the license by months.
10. I can help you legally get up a simple PI website
now so that by the time your license arrives,
you are already stronger in Google ranking.
11. I will show you how only one out of five PIs makes a
good living, leaving only crumbs for the other 4 PIs.
12. I will show you how most California PIs have a
PI license but they don't truly have a PI business,
and
what you need to do to
be a PI business.
. . . . . and much more
All this said, after reading this long webpage,
call me anytime at 818 883-6969.
John
We have helped far more PIs pass their CA PI license tests
than all other sources & PI schools have: combined!
It's now a 17-pound 1400-page 2200-question package;
developed by a
CA PI Subject Matter Expert hired by
BSIS
for the 3-day-in-a-row complete overhaul
of the CA PI license test (not a quick 'update').
THIS MONTH:
MANY NEW 2025
UPDATED
PAGES ADDED!
Now it's 17 pounds!
California PI license test help
818 883-6969
TIP #1: There are said to
be at least 5 versions
of the CA PI test, not one.
So you are kinda studying
for 5 different tests!
NOTE: we include both
prior AND current
versions of certain items,
for your PI library.
Don't waste even a penny on
'on-line' or 'e-book' PI study help.
Find way below 3 more completely
true and unbiased
complaints from
well-experienced investigators
about being ripped-off by
paying
for 'online practice help'.
The general requirements for a Private Investigator are:
The Private Investigator license becomes delinquent 30 days after expiration.
If after three years you fail to renew a delinquent license, you must submit a new application and begin the application process again.
To change your business name, you must submit a written request to the Bureau. Submit at least six names for consideration.
Note: If you are requesting your existing business name change to another business name other than your personal name, please send a change of business name fee in the amount of $25 with your request.
Yes. A Private Investigator may list a post office box only if mail delivery to the business address is not possible, or if the principal place of business is located at the licensee's personal residence. This request must be explained in writing. Otherwise, the company must state address by street, number and city. In addition, no licensee shall conduct business from any location other than the location for which a license or branch office registration was issued.
Approximately four to six weeks.
Licenses cannot be transferred or reassigned to new entities. A change of ownership constitutes a new entity. You must submit a new application with appropriate fees. For example, if you apply and become licensed as a sole owner and later decide to form a partnership or corporation, you must apply for a new license. Partners can be added to a partnership license without obtaining a new license.
Yes. A Private Investigator may carry a concealed weapon on duty if he/she also has BSIS exposed firearms permit, and possesses a concealed weapons permit issued by local law enforcement or:
Yes. Even though a Private Investigator may possess a concealed weapons permit, he/she must also complete Bureau-approved firearms training course and obtain the Bureau's exposed firearms permit prior to carrying and using a firearm.
A Private Investigator may protect individuals. However, he/she may only do so in connection with a case that he/she has been previously hired to investigate.
Private Investigators are only required to carry insurance if carrying a firearm. Investigators must maintain a minimum of $500,000 liability insurance for loss due to bodily injury or death and $500,000 for one loss due to injury or destruction of property.
No. Private Investigators are prohibited from soliciting business from anyone who has sustained a bodily injury as a result of an accident or from soliciting business from a family member of anyone who has sustained a bodily injury or death. However, they may solicit business from persons having an indirect interest in the injury, such as the injured person's attorney, insurance company or employer.
A Private Investigator may not release information acquired during an investigation to anyone other than his or her client, unless otherwise instructed by the client. However, if there are any criminal offenses, information may be released to local law enforcement or the district attorney.
No. A Private Investigator has no law enforcement authority even if he/she has been hired by law enforcement to perform an investigation. A Private Investigator is an ordinary citizen and can only make citizen's arrests.
No. An unlicensed person may not use any form of identification which gives the impression that he/she may be licensed.
The name, addresses, and license number of the licensee as they appear in the Bureau's records.
No. He/she must make an appeal before an administrative law judge during an administrative hearing. Appeals may be made before DRC only with respect to firearms permits if there are allegations of firearms violations.
The claimed years of qualifying experience must be substantiated by a written certification from the employer, subject to verification by Bureau staff. Only an employer or his or her designated agent may certify this claimed experience.
An employer who is a licensee shall respond in writing within 30 days to an applicant's written request for certification of the applicant's work experience and either provide the certification or the reason for denial. If the applicant is unable to obtain a written response or reason for denial and the applicant states under penalty of perjury that the employer (licensee's) reasons for denial are invalid or insufficient, the director may require that the employer (licensee) provide the Bureau with all relevant employment records maintained regarding the applicant. The Bureau will use these records to substantiate the applicant's employment experience.
No. A licensee is solely responsible for the conduct of his or her business and may not allow anyone to independently advertise, engage clients, and furnish reports or bill clients. All business is under the control of the licensee and must be conducted under the name of the licensee.
Investigative reports must be submitted in a manner agreed upon by the investigator and the client. If there is no agreement, oral reports are as acceptable as written reports. Investigative reports must be submitted to the client upon demand if payment has been rendered. Private investigators must make every effort to ascertain that the information acquired is factual and correct. While the Bureau has no jurisdiction over fees, licensees must provide clients with a fee schedule or reasonable explanation of how charges are calculated should the client question the licensee's billing.
No. Private Investigators may not present themselves as anyone other than a Private Investigator. The law prohibits the use of any title, uniform, insignia, identification card or any statement which gives the impression that they are connected with any federal or state agency.
No. A Private Investigator may not enter any private building without owner's consent.
No. A Private Investigator may not carry or wear a badge in connection with an investigation since it may mislead others to believe that he or she is a peace officer or other government official.
No. A licensee may only conduct business at the location shown in the Bureau's records unless he or she obtains a branch office certificate.
You must notify the Bureau in writing within 30 days of such change. Be sure that you include your license number, name, previous address, the new address, date of birth and Social Security number. Please print information.
Yes. You must report the conviction.
Private Investigators must contact PSI at (877) 392-6422. PSI staff will schedule appointments for photos at one of their California centers. The photo identification card costs $6 and is paid to PS.
The BSIS Veterans Come First Program provides the following support for veteran applicants:
TESTIMONIAL: "It really was 'a PI-Academy-In-A-Box', like you said. But the person-to-person help and those 100 other included items also make it a ''PI-Business-In-A-Box'!" - DB
Don't waste even a penny on 'on-line' PI study help.
Read these 3 more completely
true and unbiased
RECENT complaints from
well-experienced investigators
about being ripped-off by
paying for 'online practice help:
(Text being compiled now-- visit here later--
Purchaser says it was
a rip-off and waste of time!
Purchaser failed the test,
and then had to seek our help--
and then PASSED!)
". . . garbage . . . waste of my time . . ."
". . . only one of those
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online questions I paid for were
on the test,
and that 'help'
gave the wrong answer to it!"
"Nothing else from that material was on my test"
"Wasted so much time studying his
useless online and printed material"
"On my re-test, only 2 of his online
questions were on the test."
"But with your material, I
passed! You are my hero!"
"I will be asking that guy for my money back".
---This is what happens when
test-takers are told that
they "only need to know 150
questions because all the
others are just derivatives of that 150".
THAT'S A LIE!
There are 5 different tests,
each mostly different.)
The purchaser above regrets believing
in that new PI's 'sale pitch'
about the selling of 150 on-line questions,
and wishes that instead
had first gone with the proven
30-year help that has assisted
more than 2800 to pass this PI test,
more than 200 in the last year!
IF NEEDED BY BSIS OR OTHER VICTIMS
However, that PI has now
removed ALL of his YouTube
video advertisements
for
his online PI test 'help',
so perhaps there will be no more victims
(they now show the above 'video removed' logo).
and another:
(Text being compiled now--
visit here later--
Another purchaser says it was a
rip-off and waste of time!
Another purchaser failed the test
and then had to seek our help.)
"I have more than 30 years law
enforcement experience".
"His online material was worthless. I failed."
"I was humiliated."
"I paid him $90 for access to his
online practice tests for a month.
At the end, I did all 5 of his online tests in a row,
then took the state test 3 hours later. I failed."
"I would be being generous if I said that even 3 of his
questions were even similar to what was on the test."
"I'm asking him for a refund".
Next, he wrote out 700 more 'questions'!
However, that PI has now removed ALL of his YouTube
video advertisements
for his online PI test 'help',
so perhaps there will be no more victims
(they now show the above 'video removed' logo).