45:19-31 Application for licensure.
4. a. An application for licensure as a bounty hunter shall be submitted to the superintendent by the applicant on a form and in a manner prescribed by the superintendent and shall contain the following information:
(1) the full name, age, which shall be at least 25 years, and residence of the applicant;
(2) the full and complete employment history of the applicant;
(3) verification that the applicant has had at least five years of law enforcement experience as a law enforcement officer with an organized law enforcement agency of this State, or of any political subdivision of this State, or of the United States or of any state, territory or possession of the United States, and is no longer employed by or attached in any capacity whatsoever to any law enforcement agency, or that the applicant is a licensed private detective or has been employed by a licensed private detective for at least five years;
(4) the location of the applicant's proposed principal place of business and any office, bureau, agency or subdivision; and
(5) such further information as the superintendent may require to show the good character, competency and integrity of the applicant.
Each application shall be accompanied by the written approval of not fewer than five reputable citizens who have known the applicant for at least three years preceding the date of application and who shall certify that the applicant is a person of good moral character and behavior.
b. Any person who shall knowingly make a false statement in or knowingly omit any material information from the application required by this section shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree in addition to any other crime or offense specified by law.
L.2005,c.376,s.4.