Council of International Investigators
Membership Requirements

If you are a private investigator or private detective and would like to join the Council of International Investigators, please decide which membership class you would like to apply for before beginning your application:

Certified Member:

• Is available to the owner of a firm, partnership or corporation who has been regularly employed as an investigator, security professional, law enforcement agent or similar profession for not less than five (5) years
• Owner is now the principal, managing partner, chief executive or sole practitioner of a business for a period of not less than three (3) years.
• There is a limit of two (2) Certified members per any one (1) firm.

Qualified Member:

• Criteria as for a Certified member except applicant has not operated their own business for three (3) years.
• Applicant must have been employed in the field for not less than five (5) years.
• Applicant has all rights of personal appearance and discussion at meetings, but no right to vote or hold office.
• There is a limit of two (2) Qualified members per any one (1) firm.
• Applicant can apply for Certified membership as soon as they satisfy the requirements.

Associate Member:

• Is restricted to a spouse or an employee of a Certified member or a spouse of a deceased Certified member.
• Has all rights of personal appearance and discussion at meetings, but no right to vote or hold office.
• Membership will be reviewed annually by the Board of Directors at the Mid-year Meeting.
• A Certified member must sponsor applicants for Associate membership.

Affiliate Member:

• Is available to any person empowered by position within a corporation or company to initiate, supervise, or contract for an investigation or who comes from an industry that furnishes materials or services to the professional investigation industry.
• A Certified member must recommend them.
• Affiliate members cannot vote or hold office.
• They maintain membership as long as a Certified member sponsors them.
• If they leave their field of employment or the Certified member loses membership, Affiliate membership ceases.

Requirements - all membership classes:

• Council Constitution, Bylaws, Rules and Regulations, as well as the Council of International Investigators’ Code of Ethics, must be strictly adhered to at all times.

• All members of the Council of International Investigators must: