Verify a West Virginia Private Investigator license

liveWV Private Security / Guard Licensing · profession key private_investigator

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How West Virginia Private Investigator license verification works

A Private Investigator in West Virginia is licensed by the WV 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: license_number license_type status issued expires business_name county email phone applicant business.

Board note: Secretary of State ERLS 'Licensee Search' (licence type 'Private Investigator/ Security Guard'; the URL is shared by every SOS licence type): ASP.NET MVC form POST with anti-forgery token, no captcha; grid of License ID/Name/Address/License Type/Status, 10 per page (SearchResults pidx paging); LicenseeInformation POST (internal id) prints registration/expiration dates, status, type, firm, contacts, business officers. Individual PI / Individual Security Guard / PI Firm / Security Guard Firm / Combined PI/SG Firm; firm licence verifies only the applicant of record or a listed officer. 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 West Virginia Private Investigator license by API

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

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