Free MO-PI Practice Questions

Question 1

A Missouri process server is hired to serve a subpoena. To complete service, she confirms the recipient's current workplace and observes the employee entrance at shift change. She does not offer separate investigative services. Which conclusion is most accurate?

Accepted Answer

The process-service exclusion applies because the investigation is incidental to completing service

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A PI license is required because locating any person is always private-investigation business

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The exclusion also permits a separately billed inquiry into the recipient's finances and associates

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The exclusion applies only when the process server is a court or law-enforcement employee

Question 2

An applicant seeks an ordinary Missouri private investigator license, not a private fire investigator credential. What liability-insurance coverage satisfies the stated minimum for the ordinary PI route?

Accepted Answer

At least $250,000 in liability coverage for the ordinary private-investigator route

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At least $1,000,000 in liability coverage, the threshold used for the specified private-fire-investigator route

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No liability coverage unless the applicant plans to employ one or more agency investigator employees

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Liability coverage obtained only after the Board issues the individual investigator license

Question 3

A Missouri-licensed private investigator forms Northstar Investigations LLC. The company begins advertising and signing client contracts, but Northstar has never received an agency license. Which statement governs?

Accepted Answer

Northstar must obtain a separate agency license before conducting PI business

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Northstar may operate because its sole owner holds an individual investigator license

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Northstar may operate until it hires its first agency investigator employee

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Northstar needs only to display the owner's license number in its advertisements

Question 4

From a public sidewalk, an investigator uses a telephoto lens to record a person through an open bedroom curtain. The person is inside the home and has not given permission. How does Missouri law treat the recording?

Accepted Answer

It is prohibited because it records a person inside a domicile without permission

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It is permissible if the client accepts responsibility for any resulting privacy claim

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It is lawful whenever the recording contains video but no audio

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It is lawful because the investigator never entered private property

Question 5

A registered trade-name advertisement reads, "Midwest Facts - Kansas City, Missouri - Confidential Investigations," followed by a telephone number. Which revision addresses the statutory omissions?

Accepted Answer

Add the licensee's name as shown in Board records and the applicable individual or agency license number

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Add the principal-office street address and the investigator's telephone number

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Add the investigator's legal name only; license numbers are required only on client contracts

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Add the liability insurer and policy number in place of the professional license number

Question 6

While investigating internal embezzlement, a Missouri PI obtains credible information concerning a completed crime. The client insists that no one outside the company be told. Which response is permitted by the statutory confidentiality framework?

Accepted Answer

Disclose relevant crime information to law enforcement or a prosecutor

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Provide the full file to the client's insurer without confirming authority or purpose

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Limit disclosure to the client because confidentiality bars every outside crime report

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Remove the crime-related notes from the retained file if the client demands confidentiality

Question 7

A currently certified peace officer also holds a Missouri PI license and received an examination waiver. During a private debt-location assignment, the officer searches a restricted police database unavailable to private investigators. What is the legal consequence?

Accepted Answer

The search is prohibited because police-only information may not be used for a private assignment

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The search is permitted because peace-officer certification carries official database authority into private work

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The search is permitted so long as the officer does not wear an official badge or uniform

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The search is permitted if the private client is an attorney or licensed collection agency

Question 8

A Missouri private investigator allowed an individual license to expire 18 months ago and now wants to resume practice. The investigator is otherwise eligible and has the required continuing-education evidence. Which route is available?

Accepted Answer

Submit the late-renewal application with the regular renewal fee, delinquent fee, and CE evidence before practicing

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Pay only the reactivation fee, treat the expired license as active, and begin work without filing late-renewal materials

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Start over with a new application and examination because every license becomes void after one year

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Begin work immediately because an expired license remains valid throughout the two-year grace period

Question 9

An approved Missouri agency investigator employee accepts surveillance assignments from two separately licensed agencies during the same week. Each agency assigns its own supervisor. What is the central compliance problem?

Accepted Answer

The employee may work for only one agency at a time under the direct-supervision framework

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The arrangement is prohibited only when the two surveillance periods overlap on the same day

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The arrangement is valid because each agency is separately licensed and provides supervision

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The employee needs a separate pocket card for each case but may continue both assignments

Question 10

Eighteen months after issuing a final client report, a licensee deletes the field notes and correspondence because the final report and invoice have been retained. Which assessment is correct?

Accepted Answer

The deletion is noncompliant because material business records must be retained for seven years

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The deletion is compliant unless the Board had already issued a subpoena for the file

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The deletion is required to minimize confidential information once the investigation is complete

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The deletion is compliant because only the final report must be kept after the client pays

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