75-7b18. Attorney general granted exclusive jurisdiction over licensing and regulation of detectives and agencies; cities prohibited from licensing or regulation; rules and regulations. (a) The licensing and regulation of private detectives and private detective agencies shall be under the exclusive jurisdiction and control of the attorney general, as provided by this act, and no city may adopt any ordinance which provides for the licensing or regulation of private detectives or private detective agencies. Any such ordinance which is so adopted, or which has been adopted on or before the effective date of this act, is hereby declared null and void.

(b) The attorney general shall adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.

History: L. 1972, ch. 315, § 18; July 1.