Licensure and
Jurisdiction Notice

1. Missouri Licensure

Lexvico is a Missouri-based private investigative and criminal justice consulting business operating subject to Missouri law and the rules of the Missouri Board of Private Investigator and Private Fire Investigator Examiners.

Missouri law generally prohibits a person from engaging in the private-investigator business within the state unless that person holds the required Missouri private-investigator license or qualifies for a statutory exemption. Operating as a private-investigator agency requires a separate agency license.

Lexvico should be described publicly as Missouri Licensed and Insured. The term “bonded” should not be used unless Lexvico maintains a current bond and can substantiate that statement.

2. Required Advertising Information

Missouri requires advertisements soliciting private-investigative business to include the licensee’s name, city, and state as they appear in the Board’s records, together with the applicable individual or agency license number.

Lexvico’s licensed name, Missouri city, state, and applicable license number should appear in the global footer of every website page, as well as on proposals, service agreements, invoices, advertisements, business cards, professional social-media profiles, email signatures, and other materials soliciting investigative business.

3. Licensed Business Name

Lexvico conducts private-investigative business only under a name lawfully registered and recognized by the appropriate licensing and business authorities.

The business name used on the website, contracts, reports, invoices, advertisements, and professional communications should be consistent with Missouri Board licensing records, Missouri Secretary of State records, insurance records, tax records, and Lexvico’s written client agreements.

4. Missouri Is Lexvico’s Primary Licensed Jurisdiction

Lexvico’s Missouri license authorizes investigative work within Missouri, subject to Missouri law, Board rules, the nature of the assignment, and applicable federal law.

A Missouri license does not automatically authorize Lexvico to perform regulated investigative activity in another state or country.

5. Inquiries From Outside Missouri

Lexvico may receive inquiries from individuals, families, attorneys, businesses, nonprofits, innocence organizations, or other clients located outside Missouri.

Receiving or evaluating an out-of-state inquiry does not mean that Lexvico is authorized to perform every requested service in the client’s location or where the subject, witness, records, or property may be found.

6. Remote Research and Consulting Services

Certain services may be performed remotely when they do not constitute regulated investigative activity in another jurisdiction and are otherwise lawful.

Depending on the circumstances, remote services may include reviewing client-supplied records, organizing case files, preparing chronologies, summarizing documents, identifying investigative gaps, lawful public-record research, review of publicly available online information, criminal justice consulting, investigative planning, records-retrieval coordination, factual memoranda, consultation with attorneys or organizations, and coordination with a licensed local investigator.

7. Out-of-State Fieldwork

Lexvico will not knowingly perform regulated out-of-state fieldwork unless Lexvico is legally authorized in that jurisdiction, an applicable exemption or temporary-practice rule applies, or the work is performed by or coordinated through an appropriately licensed local investigator.

Out-of-state fieldwork may include surveillance, physical observation, in-person interviews, neighborhood inquiries, courthouse or agency visits, evidence collection, scene inspections, subject contact, physical verification of an address, service-related activities, or other in-person investigative activity.

8. No Representation of Nationwide Licensure

Lexvico does not represent that it is licensed in every state or authorized to provide every service nationwide.

References to national records, multistate research, nationwide locates, interstate matters, or clients outside Missouri refer to the potential scope of lawful research or coordinated services. They do not represent that Lexvico holds a private-investigator license in every jurisdiction.

9. Jurisdiction Is Determined by the Work, Not Only the Client’s Location

The law that applies to an investigation may depend on where Lexvico performs the work, where the client is located, where the subject or witness is located, where surveillance occurs, where a conversation is recorded, where records are maintained, where information is obtained, where a report will be used, where litigation is pending, and where a regulated decision will be made.

10. Recording Laws Vary by Jurisdiction

Audio- and video-recording laws vary by state and may depend on the location of every participant.

Lexvico will not record an interview, call, meeting, or conversation unless Lexvico determines that the recording is legally permissible and appropriate. Clients may not direct Lexvico to secretly record unlawfully, record inside a residence without permission or authority, evade another state’s consent requirements, or publish or distribute a recording unlawfully.

11. Database, Records, and Information Restrictions

Access to records and databases may be limited by federal law, state law, court rules, agency policy, provider contracts, permissible-purpose requirements, privacy protections, sealing or expungement, professional licensing requirements, consumer-reporting laws, and the location and intended use of the information.

A client’s willingness to pay does not authorize Lexvico to access restricted information.

12. Consumer-Reporting and Regulated Decisions

General investigative research is not automatically suitable for employment, housing, credit, insurance, licensing, lending, or another regulated eligibility decision.

Unless Lexvico expressly confirms otherwise in writing, general criminal-record searches, locate reports, relationship investigations, online dating investigations, social-media research, identity research, public-record searches, and investigative reports are not intended to be used as regulated consumer reports.

13. Witness Interviews Across Jurisdictions

A witness may be located in a different state from Lexvico, the client, the court proceeding, or the underlying incident.

Before conducting or arranging an interview, Lexvico may consider the witness’s physical location, licensing requirements, recording-consent laws, attorney representation, protective or no-contact orders, litigation restrictions, safety concerns, and whether a local investigator is required.

14. Court, Agency, and Correctional-Facility Rules

Courts, correctional facilities, law-enforcement agencies, records offices, and government entities may impose their own requirements concerning investigator identification, licensure, file access, visitation, electronic devices, recording, copying, records requests, interview procedures, security screening, and communication with incarcerated individuals.

Lexvico’s license does not override a court order, agency rule, facility policy, or lawful security restriction.

15. Local Investigator and Subcontractor Coordination

When jurisdiction requires local licensure or local presence, Lexvico may coordinate with a qualified investigator, records researcher, process server, forensic professional, or other service provider.

Before assigning regulated work, Lexvico may verify licensure, license status, insurance, business identity, relevant experience, geographic authority, potential conflicts, and agreement to applicable confidentiality and professional requirements.

16. No Evasion of Licensing Requirements

Lexvico will not structure, describe, divide, or relabel work for the purpose of evading private-investigator licensing requirements.

Terms such as consultant, researcher, records specialist, analyst, subcontractor, online investigator, or independent contractor do not eliminate licensing requirements when the actual activity is regulated investigative work.

17. Client Responsibility to Disclose Relevant Locations

Clients and prospective clients must accurately disclose all known locations connected to the requested work, including the client’s location, the subject’s location, witness locations, where records are held, where litigation is pending, where fieldwork is requested, where a recording would occur, where information will be used, and any anticipated interstate or international activity.

18. International Matters

Lexvico may receive inquiries involving people, records, online activity, businesses, transactions, or events outside the United States.

International matters may involve foreign privacy law, data-transfer restrictions, local investigator licensing, translation, diplomatic or consular procedures, international service providers, foreign court processes, restricted databases, sanctions, export controls, cybersecurity concerns, and limits on obtaining or transferring records.

19. Right to Limit, Refer, or Decline Work

Lexvico may limit, refer, suspend, or decline a matter when the requested work is outside Lexvico’s licensed jurisdiction, another license or authorization is required, the legal status of the activity is unclear, the client will not provide sufficient location or purpose information, the proposed method is restricted, an appropriate local investigator is unavailable, the assignment creates excessive safety or legal risk, the intended use is unlawful or regulated, or a court order restricts the activity.

20. No Guarantee of Continued Availability

Licensing laws, Board rules, reciprocity arrangements, database access, court procedures, agency practices, vendor requirements, and other jurisdictional conditions may change.

A service available at one time may later become restricted, unavailable, more expensive, or subject to additional requirements.

21. Missouri Address and Branch-Office Restrictions

Lexvico will advertise and conduct Missouri private-investigative business from the principal place of business reflected in the Board’s records.

The use of a virtual office, coworking space, shared office, mail-receiving service, satellite location, branch office, or additional public-facing Missouri address should be reviewed for Board compliance before being placed on the website or in advertising materials.

22. No Governmental Authority

Lexvico is a private investigative business and has no general power to arrest, detain, compel testimony, issue subpoenas, execute warrants, force production of records, enter private property without authority, access restricted government systems, demand cooperation, act as law enforcement, or exercise governmental powers.

23. Verification of Licensure

Members of the public may verify Missouri private-investigator licensure through the Missouri Board of Private Investigator and Private Fire Investigator Examiners.

Lexvico may provide current licensure and insurance information upon reasonable request.

24. Relationship to Other Website Documents

This Notice supplements Lexvico’s Investigative Services Disclaimer, Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, written service agreement, statement of work, authorization, invoice, fee schedule, and other engagement documents.

If this Notice conflicts with a signed service agreement, the signed agreement controls for that engagement unless applicable law requires otherwise.

25. Changes to This Notice

Lexvico may revise this Notice to reflect changes in licensure, business location, agency status, Board rules, state or federal law, service availability, subcontractor arrangements, geographic coverage, investigative methods, or business operations.

26. Contact Information

Questions about licensure, geographic availability, or jurisdiction may be directed to:

Do not submit sensitive records, Social Security numbers, financial credentials, passwords, medical records, or complete case files in a general licensure inquiry.