Verify a Washington Private Investigator license

liveWA Private Security / Guard Licensing · profession key private_investigator

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How Washington Private Investigator license verification works

A Private Investigator in Washington is licensed by the WA Private Security / Guard Licensing. PrimaryCheck looks the license up live at the board's public verification system (board lookup) by license number, or by name when no number is supplied. The record the board publishes is captured as evidence, hashed, and rendered into a proof PDF.

Fields returned for this board: license_number name prior_name license_type status sub_status disciplinary_flag expires issued original_issued employer_firm city county postal_code.

Board note: WA-DOL live 2026-11-04 (same connector as real_estate): picklists 'Security Guards' (Security Guard; Security Guard Company = Business row, not a person) and 'Private Investigator' (Private Investigator; agencies are a separate picklist). Details carry Employee_Firm (the employing agency), issue/expiry dates and an isDisciplinaryAction flag. By number only (name search is reCAPTCHA-gated, not bypassed).

What a Private Investigator license check returns

Field check	Passes when
`license_number`	Equal to the board's number, ignoring prefix and leading zeros
`name`	Last name or declared alias matches; first name exact or nickname
`license_type`	The record is a Private Investigator license, strictly (no near-miss types)
`status`	The board shows an active status; probation is active with a flag
`expires`	Expiration is on or after today, where the board publishes it
`disciplinary_actions`	Recorded and flagged with any order documents; never silently dropped

Verdicts: verified, discrepancy, not_found, unable_to_verify (with a reason), pending. See how verdicts are decided.

Verify a Washington Private Investigator license by API

POST https://api.primarycheck.com/v1/verifications
{
  "person": { "firstName": "…", "lastName": "…" },
  "claims": [
    { "type": "license", "state": "WA", "profession": "private_investigator", "number": "…" }
  ],
  "purpose": "employment",
  "consent": { "consentId": "cons_…" }
}

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