Vermont Private Security and Private Investigation Licensing Guide

Vermont maintains a centralized, statewide licensing regime for private investigative and private security services under 26 V.S.A. Chapter 59. Licensing is administered by the Vermont Secretary of State through the Office of Professional Regulation (OPR).

The statute provides for licensure of private investigation agencies and private investigators. It also provides for licensure of security guard companies and registration of individual security guards as defined by statute.

Licensure or registration is required prior to engaging in regulated services. Business entities and individual practitioners are regulated at the state level.

Firearms licensing is governed under separate provisions of Vermont law and is not itself a private security or private investigation license.

Regulation of private investigative and private security services is centralized at the state level.

Vermont regulates private investigation and private security under a unified statutory chapter administered by the Office of Professional Regulation.

Security guard companies must be licensed, and individual security guards must be registered. Private investigation agencies and private investigators must be licensed at the state level.

Firearms permitting is governed under separate statutory provisions and does not substitute for required licensure or registration under Chapter 59.