Verify a Ohio Private Investigator license

liveOH Private Security / Guard Licensing · profession key private_investigator

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How Ohio Private Investigator license verification works

A Private Investigator in Ohio is licensed by the OH Private Security / Guard Licensing. PrimaryCheck looks the license up live at the board's public verification system (board lookup) by license number, or by name when no number is supplied. The record the board publishes is captured as evidence, hashed, and rendered into a proof PDF.

Fields returned for this board: class company_name trade_name street city_state_zip phone license_number status.

Board note: DPS PISGS Provider Search (ASP.NET WebForms, plain HTTPS, no captcha): licensed PROVIDERS only (Class A PI & SG, B PI, C SG); grid CLS / Company Name (+Trade Name) / Street / City-State-Zip / Phone / License (10-14 digits) / Status (Approved). No expiry, no discipline, no detail page; name box is a starts-with match (connector searches first name then surname). A person verifies only when the provider licence is in their own name (sole proprietor); any firm -> ambiguous_match for review. Registered employees have no public lookup. Live 2026-11-04.

What a Private Investigator license check returns

Field check	Passes when
`license_number`	Equal to the board's number, ignoring prefix and leading zeros
`name`	Last name or declared alias matches; first name exact or nickname
`license_type`	The record is a Private Investigator license, strictly (no near-miss types)
`status`	The board shows an active status; probation is active with a flag
`expires`	Expiration is on or after today, where the board publishes it
`disciplinary_actions`	Recorded and flagged with any order documents; never silently dropped

Verdicts: verified, discrepancy, not_found, unable_to_verify (with a reason), pending. See how verdicts are decided.

Verify a Ohio Private Investigator license by API

POST https://api.primarycheck.com/v1/verifications
{
  "person": { "firstName": "…", "lastName": "…" },
  "claims": [
    { "type": "license", "state": "OH", "profession": "private_investigator", "number": "…" }
  ],
  "purpose": "employment",
  "consent": { "consentId": "cons_…" }
}

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