For the purposes of this article, a private detective is any person who accepts employment for hire, fee or reward to furnish or supply information as to the personal character or actions or identity of any person or as to the character or kind of business or occupation of any person. The term shall not include within its meaning a private investigator employed exclusively for one employer in connection with the business of a collection agency. Nor shall it include a detective or officer engaged by the law enforcement agencies of the United States or of any state, county or city while working for the agency.

(Code 1964, § 11.700)

     Cross reference(s)--Definitions and rules of construction generally, § 1-2.