How To Become A Private Investigator

How can I become a 'Private Investigator'?

In order to be a private investigator in most states, you have to work in the field or been educated in the field and then you have to take a test. And you have to be fingerprinted and have a background check on yourself. And then, after you're cleared, you take your test and you receive your license. There are some things in the background check that might keep you from being a PI. A criminal record is not necessarily something that can keep you from being a private investigator, unless you had a perjury conviction or a fraud conviction. Those kind of things they can frown on as far as getting into this field, and those are the same restrictions they have if you're going to become an attorney.