Vermont
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Licensing Law Tracker
Vermont licenses private investigators through the Office of Professional Regulation. The licensing chapter has not been amended since 2020, but fees rose in 2023, a 2026 voyeurism rewrite kept the investigator exemption, and a data broker rewrite taking effect January 1, 2027 will require brokers to verify buyers’ identity and review their stated purpose.
Full Vermont page: every change, its sources, and what has not changed (4 entries).
Voyeurism statute rewritten; investigator exemption kept
Rewrites 13 V.S.A. 2605 into separate offenses for unlawful viewing, recording, and home surveillance without consent, keeps the up-to-5-year penalty for disclosing an unlawfully recorded image, and adds a civil cause of action for that disclosure and…
Genetic data privacy for consumer testing companies
Requires direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies to get a consumer’s separate express consent before disclosing genetic data to a third party, naming the recipient and purpose, and to honor revocation and deletion requests (9 V.S.A. 2421a to 2421d).
License rescission process
Lets the Office of Professional Regulation rescind a license issued by administrative mistake or for which the application fee was not paid, with notice and an opportunity for review or a hearing; a rescission is not recorded as discipline (3 V.S.A. 129c).
Investigator license fees raised
Raised fees in 3 V.S.A. 125(b): unarmed licensee application from $150 to $175 and renewal from $120 to $140; armed licensee application from $200 to $230 and renewal from $180 to $205; agency renewal from $300 to $345. The sole proprietor fee stayed $250.
Officer Certification Tracker
The Officer Certification Tracker has not published a Vermont page yet. See the states it covers.
Forensic Science Tracker
The Forensic Science Tracker has not published a Vermont page yet. See the states it covers.
Last updated October 18, 2026Source: United States Council for Law & Investigation