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This bill clarifies that a private detective operating a business in New Jersey and properly licensed in the State is to be granted access to personal information, as defined pursuant to P.L.1997, c.188 (C.39:2-3.3 et seq.), for use in connection with any civil, criminal, administrative or arbitral proceeding in any federal, State, or local court or agency or before any self-regulatory body, including service of process, investigation in anticipation of litigation, and the execution or enforcement of judgments and orders, or pursuant to an order of a federal, State, or local court. The bill provides that access is to be granted under the following circumstances: 1) so long as the private detective submits the information necessary and as required by the commission to fulfill a request, and 2) regardless of whether litigation is imminent or foreseeable, or the party employing the private detective and seeking the personal information made the request for the information to prepare a claim or defend against a probable claim. This includes requests made by private detectives for personal information through the Customer Abstract Information Retrieval program, other public information program, or electronic or hardcopy document.

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Tony Bucco (R)*,  Bob Singer (R)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee (on 02/03/2022)

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