Same-day shipping, or you can also request 2-day delivery in most of Tennessee!
In order to hold a valid Tennessee Private Investigator
License the applicant/licensee must be
affiliated with
a licensed Tennessee Private Investigators Company.
An applicant must:
Be at least 21 years of age
-
Be a citizen of the United States or a resident alien
-
Not have been declared by any court of competent jurisdiction incompetent by reason of mental
defect or disease (unless subsequently declared competent by a court of competent jurisdiction) -
Affiliated with a licensed Tennessee PI company or license own company
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Not suffer from habitual drunkenness or narcotics addiction or dependence
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Be of good moral character
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Meet examination and continuing education requirements
-
Applicant must submit fingerprint cards for processing by TBI and FBI for criminal history check.
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License testing secret #1:
Understand that you must know the data needed to pass
every one of several different 50-question tests
as to be able to pass whichever is assigned to you.
License is renewed every 2 years after date of issuance.
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4000 members nationwide.
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for the 2022-2023 Tennessee Private Investigator test!
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for the 2022-2023 Tennessee Private Investigator test!
Call 818-883-6969 for more information.
Be sure to let us know which test you are taking:
1) the Tennessee Private Investigator license test
or
2) the Tennessee Private Investigator COMPANY license test
1) the Tennessee Private Investigator license test
or
2) the Tennessee Private Investigator COMPANY license test
License testing secret #2:
Most test-takers do the worst on
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT type questions.
These are the ones that many test-takers do bad on!
Records - Employees - Legal Requirements
Studying helps prepare you for this type-- and much more!
State PI license testing details, Tennessee-
Pass one of two 2-hour 100-graded-questions examination designed to
measure knowledge and competence in the investigations field.
Tennessee Private Investigation and Polygraph Commission
500 James Robertson Parkway, 2nd Floor
Nashville, TN 37243-1167
615-741-4827
1. Private Investigator Exam
100 graded questions, 2 hours
I. Tennessee Laws and Rules - 60%
II. Practical Knowledge - 40%
70% or above is required to pass
--or--
2. Private Investigator Company Exam
100 graded questions, 2 hours
I. Tennessee Laws and Rules - 50%
II. Business Management - 20%
III. Practical Knowledge - 30%
70% or above is required to pass
If you fail, you are not told which questions or topics you did bad on.
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TENNESSEE PI TESTING HISTORY
There were NO tests administered during most of 2013.
Then in November 2013, a new test proctor was chosen.
Not Prometric any longer-- it became PSI.
Testing has been on again since December 12 2013.
For 2022-2023, it is still with PSI.
818 883-6969 
Call us for a few FREE sample questions!
Now includes many more 
Federal law pages!
The examinations are administered at these 3
Tennessee examination centers listed below:
Knoxville
308 North Peters Rd, Ste 205
Knoxville, TN 37922
From East Knoxville
I-40 West (I-75 South) to exit #378 (Cedar Bluff). Take a left
upon exiting (under freeway). Take a right on N Peters Rd at
the second traffic light (Market Place). Take a right into
Advantage Place (across from Microtel Hotel). Take first left
into parking lot.
From West Knoxville (Farragut or anywhere west of Knoxville)
I-40 East (I-75 North) to exit #378 (Cedar Bluff). Take a right
onto Cedar Bluff Rd. Take a right on N Peters Rd at the first
traffic light (Market Place). Take a right into Advantage Place
(across from Microtel Hotel). Take first left into parking lot.
From North Knoxville
I-275 South to I-40 West I-40 West (I-75 South) to exit #378
(Cedar Bluff). Take a left upon exiting (under freeway).
Take a right on N Peters Rd at the second traffic light (Market
Place). Take a right into Advantage Place (across from Microtel
Hotel). Take first left into parking lot.
From Kingston Pike
Head west on Kingston. Take a right at Cedar Bluff Rd. Take a
left on N Peters Rd at the first traffic light (Market Place).
Take a right into Advantage Place (across from Microtel
Hotel). Take first left into parking lot.
Memphis
Apple Tree Center
6099 Mt. Moriah Extended, Suite 17
Memphis, TN 38115
Coming North from Mississippi on Interstate Hwy 55, take
Interstate Hwy 240 East. Proceed 8.5 miles to Mt. Moriah Rd.
Exit. Go South on Mt.Moriah Road 2.2 miles. Apple Tree
Center is on the right (just past the intersection with Hickory
Hill and Ridgeway roads).
Coming West on Interstate Hwy 40 from Nashville, exit on
Interstate Hwy 240 West (the ring road). Proceed approx. 6.5
miles. Pass Poplar Ave. exit and then take Mt. Moriah Road
Exit. Turn left (South) on Mt. Moriah and proceed 2.2 miles to
Apple Tree Center on the right.
Coming East on Interstate Hwy 40, exit onto Interstate Hwy
240 South. Go approx. 6 miles to the junction with Interstate
Hwy 55. Then proceed another 8.5 miles on Interstate Hwy 240
East, passing Airways Blvd., Lamar Ave., Getwell and Perkins
Road exits, before exiting on Mt. Moriah Road.
For all going South on Mt. Moriah Rd., take the second
entrance into Apple Tree Center. Turn left between the two
buildings on the left. Then, proceed to Suite 17, which is the
last suite on the left (in Bldg. 6099).
Nashville
The Oaks
1100 Kermit, Suite 103
Nashville, TN 37217
From I-40 East, take exit onto I-24 (Exit 213-A). Take
Murfreesboro Road at the first exit (Exit 52). Stay in the right
lane on the ramp, as the exit appears while you are still in the
curve. On Murfreesboro, stay in the left lane. Turn left onto
Kermit St when there is a McDonald’s on your right. PSI is in
the first building on your left.
From I-40 West, take exit onto Briley Parkway, turn left onto
Briley. Exit onto Murfreesboro Rd. Stay in the right lane.
Turn right onto Kermit St between a Firestone store and
Silverado Dance Hall. Turn right onto Kermit St. PSI is in the
first building on your left.
Additionally, PSI has examination centers in
many other regions across the United States.
Tennessee examination centers listed below:
Knoxville
308 North Peters Rd, Ste 205
Knoxville, TN 37922
From East Knoxville
I-40 West (I-75 South) to exit #378 (Cedar Bluff). Take a left
upon exiting (under freeway). Take a right on N Peters Rd at
the second traffic light (Market Place). Take a right into
Advantage Place (across from Microtel Hotel). Take first left
into parking lot.
From West Knoxville (Farragut or anywhere west of Knoxville)
I-40 East (I-75 North) to exit #378 (Cedar Bluff). Take a right
onto Cedar Bluff Rd. Take a right on N Peters Rd at the first
traffic light (Market Place). Take a right into Advantage Place
(across from Microtel Hotel). Take first left into parking lot.
From North Knoxville
I-275 South to I-40 West I-40 West (I-75 South) to exit #378
(Cedar Bluff). Take a left upon exiting (under freeway).
Take a right on N Peters Rd at the second traffic light (Market
Place). Take a right into Advantage Place (across from Microtel
Hotel). Take first left into parking lot.
From Kingston Pike
Head west on Kingston. Take a right at Cedar Bluff Rd. Take a
left on N Peters Rd at the first traffic light (Market Place).
Take a right into Advantage Place (across from Microtel
Hotel). Take first left into parking lot.
Memphis
Apple Tree Center
6099 Mt. Moriah Extended, Suite 17
Memphis, TN 38115
Coming North from Mississippi on Interstate Hwy 55, take
Interstate Hwy 240 East. Proceed 8.5 miles to Mt. Moriah Rd.
Exit. Go South on Mt.Moriah Road 2.2 miles. Apple Tree
Center is on the right (just past the intersection with Hickory
Hill and Ridgeway roads).
Coming West on Interstate Hwy 40 from Nashville, exit on
Interstate Hwy 240 West (the ring road). Proceed approx. 6.5
miles. Pass Poplar Ave. exit and then take Mt. Moriah Road
Exit. Turn left (South) on Mt. Moriah and proceed 2.2 miles to
Apple Tree Center on the right.
Coming East on Interstate Hwy 40, exit onto Interstate Hwy
240 South. Go approx. 6 miles to the junction with Interstate
Hwy 55. Then proceed another 8.5 miles on Interstate Hwy 240
East, passing Airways Blvd., Lamar Ave., Getwell and Perkins
Road exits, before exiting on Mt. Moriah Road.
For all going South on Mt. Moriah Rd., take the second
entrance into Apple Tree Center. Turn left between the two
buildings on the left. Then, proceed to Suite 17, which is the
last suite on the left (in Bldg. 6099).
Nashville
The Oaks
1100 Kermit, Suite 103
Nashville, TN 37217
From I-40 East, take exit onto I-24 (Exit 213-A). Take
Murfreesboro Road at the first exit (Exit 52). Stay in the right
lane on the ramp, as the exit appears while you are still in the
curve. On Murfreesboro, stay in the left lane. Turn left onto
Kermit St when there is a McDonald’s on your right. PSI is in
the first building on your left.
From I-40 West, take exit onto Briley Parkway, turn left onto
Briley. Exit onto Murfreesboro Rd. Stay in the right lane.
Turn right onto Kermit St between a Firestone store and
Silverado Dance Hall. Turn right onto Kermit St. PSI is in the
first building on your left.
Additionally, PSI has examination centers in
many other regions across the United States.
QUESTION:
"My friend has been a Tennessee PI for a while.
He says he didn't have to take a written test.
So why do I have to take a test?"
ANSWER:
Because of the licensing rules below, that changed in 2009.
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 62-26-206, is amended by
designating the existing language as subsection (a), and by deleting the language
“Each individual applicant” and substituting instead the language
“On and after July 1, 2009, each individual applicant”.
(A) Possess, or employ at least one (1) person who possesses at
least two thousand (2,000) hours of compensated, verifiable, investigative
experience satisfactory to the commission or has one (1) year of
applicable, related experience or education in a related area of study
approved by the commission; and
(B) Pass an examination to be administered at least twice
annually by the commissioner, designed to measure knowledge and
competence in the investigations company business.
SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 62-26-206, is further
amended by adding the following language as a new subsection (b):
(b) The provisions of subsection (a)(6)(A) shall not apply to any person
who has been issued an investigations company license prior to the effective
date of this act and such a license may continue to be renewed in accordance
with the provisions of this part or any rules and regulations promulgated by the
commission in effect prior to July 1, 2009.
SECTION 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009, the public welfare requiring it.
"My friend has been a Tennessee PI for a while.
He says he didn't have to take a written test.
So why do I have to take a test?"
ANSWER:
Because of the licensing rules below, that changed in 2009.
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 62-26-206, is amended by
designating the existing language as subsection (a), and by deleting the language
“Each individual applicant” and substituting instead the language
“On and after July 1, 2009, each individual applicant”.
(A) Possess, or employ at least one (1) person who possesses at
least two thousand (2,000) hours of compensated, verifiable, investigative
experience satisfactory to the commission or has one (1) year of
applicable, related experience or education in a related area of study
approved by the commission; and
(B) Pass an examination to be administered at least twice
annually by the commissioner, designed to measure knowledge and
competence in the investigations company business.
SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 62-26-206, is further
amended by adding the following language as a new subsection (b):
(b) The provisions of subsection (a)(6)(A) shall not apply to any person
who has been issued an investigations company license prior to the effective
date of this act and such a license may continue to be renewed in accordance
with the provisions of this part or any rules and regulations promulgated by the
commission in effect prior to July 1, 2009.
SECTION 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009, the public welfare requiring it.
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Also available is 'Tennessee PI license test study questions: by text'!
a series of key TN PI topic questions and answers can be sent to your own cell phone.
For those who order our packages by mail, this can 'warm them up' while awaiting delivery!
Not BS 'on-line' study or useless multiple-choice questions:
these are TN PI questions with guaranteed-correct answers, sent directly to your phone.
If your phone can't take texts, we can do this 'warm-up' to your e-mail instead.
at least 2 persons use our 
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We are not silly on-line multiple-choice garbage questions.
We don't lock you to a computer to study, nor do we give you useless multiple-choice questions.
We have a hefty paper package of PROVEN study for the current Tennessee PI license test.
Study ours anywhere, where ever you go.
More than 4500 persons nationwide have used our
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We are NOT a time-wasting seminar!
We are NOT a useless outdated online prep! 
We are NOT a cheap powerpoint pdf download!
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License testing secret #3
Watch out for these types of answer choices:
SIMILAR ANSWER CHOICES
Sometimes more than one answer choice
will look the same-- but there will be
a small
difference if you look close!
Studying helps you prepare you for this type-- and much more!
These additional options are often available-- ask for details:
or, use your own shipping account.
OUCH!
Many applicants DO NOT PASS the Tennessee private investigator license examination.
Call for 'special help' if you have already failed this exam.
Testing secret #4:
Many test-takers have a tough time
with this type of answer choices:
'Choose the BEST answer'.
You might find questions where more
than one of the answer choices is correct.
But one choice is a little better than the others.
Studying helps you prepare you for this type-- and much more!
Need a Tennessee private investigator license application?
If you want to download a TN PI license application, paste this into your browser:
http://www.tn.gov/commerce/boards/pi/documents/PIApp.pdf
(but beware: there are 'tricks' and 'traps' to the application process;
call us for assistance before you make the common application mistakes!)
State fees-
Private Investigator
Application: $150
License: $100
Renewal Fee: $100
State fees-
Private Investigator Company
Application, sole proprietor: $250
License, sole proprietor: $125
Renewal, sole proprietor: $250
Application, 2 to 5 Investigator affiliates: $500
License, 2 to 5 Investigator affiliates: $250
Renewal, 2 to 5 Investigator affiliates: $500
Application, over 5 Investigator affiliates: $1000
License, over 5 Investigator affiliates: $500
Renewal, over 5 Investigator affiliates: $1000
PI Company Branch Office application: $100
PI Company Branch Office license: $100
Renewal, PI Company Branch Office: $100
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used & endorsed by the State of TN.
Partly because of that, our developed Tennessee private
investigator exam preparation material is THE SOURCE!
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(If you don't have a webpage, the public & businesses can't find you to hire you.)
we can make you a simple webpage FREE!(If you don't have a webpage, the public & businesses can't find you to hire you.)
The 'Practical Knowledge' test portions include questions about PI equipment
THAT MOST TEST-TAKERS DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWERS TO
!
(Call 818-883-6969 for details on this)
Now includes many more Federal law pages!
Most common complaint from people who have
failed the Tennessee PI license test in the past:
"On many questions, at least two answer choices were very close".
Our copyrighted and detailed
Tennessee Private Investigator Study Material & Business Help
2022-2023 'TN Private Investigator Package'
INCLUDES:
(numbered below for easy discussion if you call us!)
Tennessee Private Investigator Study Material & Business Help
2022-2023 'TN Private Investigator Package'
INCLUDES:
(numbered below for easy discussion if you call us!)
1. --full general Tennessee Private Investigator licensing information--
2. --Much much more!
Important Note:
This is not a 'Learn PI course'. This is not 'Training on how to be a PI'
or 'How to do an investigation'.
This is not a generic nationwide study.
It
is not a 'training program' or a 'course'.
You can attend a school for any of those.
What we have is material to directly help you with the TN PI licensing test(s).
Contact us for information about our detailed
Tennessee Private
Investigator
licensing, business, and test preparation packages.
Most choose the smaller $175 'Package B' instead!
Smaller, but is 2 1/2 pounds with most
common
topics many
who failed said they would have passed the
Tennessee Private Investigator license test had they known!
Includes 1) more than 225 Tennessee PI license test study questions with direct
full-text
verified-correct
answers (not silly time-wasting multiple-choice questions!),
with strong emphasis on the harder-to-remember rules and laws;
2) some state-developed
data pages likely to also assist in your preparation;
3) 25 additional questions with answers to assist with many Business Management topics;
4) 25 additional questions with answers to assist with many Practical Knowledge topics;
and 5) many bonus pages.
Call for the contents of this more compact assistance.
HEY! Are you taking the PI 'Company' exam instead of the PI exam?
If so, for another $30 we will include an original copy of the 300-page
Business Management book reviewed by the State of Tennessee to develop
the Business Management questions. Exact same year and edition they used.
Yes, we see it every year or two.
Over and over and over, yet another person who passes the license
test decides to offer 'test prep help' because he/she passed the test.
Some even took their own TN license tests only a year or two ago!
Sadly, even if they remembered every
question that was on their test,
that doesn't cover the many other versions of the test.
We looked at one such 'help':
obvious were items outdated from one to ten years!
Maybe their intentions were good, but that's not enough. So:
Avoid the clowns.
Avoid the phonies.
Only www.thePIgroup.com has our complete
2022-2023 TN Private Investigator license test study material,
part of a one-on-one complete new business consultation package!
We have helped more than 4500 pass their states' license tests nationwide
-- more than 300 in the past year.
Nobody else has even helped 30 to pass the tests in the last year!
Special section: 
25 questions with answers!
A SECRET:
Seminars, or studying on-line, is an ineffective waste of time.
Reading our printed paper 2022-2023
Tennessee Private Investigator study materials with photos, over and over,
studying around your daily duties, or sitting in your car, or even while resting in bed,
is FAR more effective then trying to study on-line or at a 'seminar'.
Do one final review while parked outside the test center for your test appointment!
Also available is our on-line training and simulated practice license test question
computer sessions
for the Tennessee Private Investigator license examination test,
a simulator to a computer-testing environment and the time limitations to answer.
Now includes a 17-page
'Sexual Harassment In The Workplace' section!
This can be a source
of lawsuits against
licensed Tennessee Private Investigators and their clients . . .
Including datasheets of:
--What is Sexual Harassment?
--Examples of Sexual Harassment
--When is the Employer liable for Sexual Harassment?
--Methods to reduce or prevent Sexual Harassment
--What is 'Quid Pro Quo' Sexual Harassment?
--What is 'Hostile Workplace Sexual Harassment'?
--Federal government-issued information about sexual harassment
---and more!
From a 30-year teacher of private investigation:
WORST possible study methods:
1) seminars, and 2) studying with multiple-choice questions
(low retention percentage, too many words per actual needed knowledge)
BEST possible study method:
reading Question/Answer, Question/Answer, Question/Answer, . . .
(direct to memory, higher word priority)
1. --full general Tennessee Private Investigator licensing information--2. --Much much more!Important Note:
This is not a 'Learn PI course'. This is not 'Training on how to be a PI'
or 'How to do an investigation'. This is not a generic nationwide study.
It is not a 'training program' or a 'course'. You can attend a school for any of those.
What we have is material to directly help you with the TN PI licensing test(s).
Investigator licensing, business, and test preparation packages.
Most choose the smaller $175 'Package B' instead!Smaller, but is 2 1/2 pounds with most common
topics many who failed said they would have passed the
Tennessee Private Investigator license test had they known!
Includes 1) more than 225 Tennessee PI license test study questions with direct
full-text verified-correct answers (not silly time-wasting multiple-choice questions!),
with strong emphasis on the harder-to-remember rules and laws;
2) some state-developed data pages likely to also assist in your preparation;
3) 25 additional questions with answers to assist with many Business Management topics;
4) 25 additional questions with answers to assist with many Practical Knowledge topics;
and 5) many bonus pages.
Call for the contents of this more compact assistance.
HEY! Are you taking the PI 'Company' exam instead of the PI exam?
If so, for another $30 we will include an original copy of the 300-page
Business Management book reviewed by the State of Tennessee to develop
the Business Management questions. Exact same year and edition they used.
Yes, we see it every year or two. Over and over and over, yet another person who passes the license
test decides to offer 'test prep help' because he/she passed the test.
Some even took their own TN license tests only a year or two ago!
Sadly, even if they remembered every
question that was on their test,
that doesn't cover the many other versions of the test.
We looked at one such 'help':
obvious were items outdated from one to ten years!
Maybe their intentions were good, but that's not enough. So:
Avoid the clowns.Avoid the phonies.
Only www.thePIgroup.com has our complete
2022-2023 TN Private Investigator license test study material,
part of a one-on-one complete new business consultation package!
We have helped more than 4500 pass their states' license tests nationwide
-- more than 300 in the past year.
Nobody else has even helped 30 to pass the tests in the last year!
25 questions with answers! A SECRET:
Seminars, or studying on-line, is an ineffective waste of time.
Reading our printed paper 2022-2023
Tennessee Private Investigator study materials with photos, over and over,
studying around your daily duties, or sitting in your car, or even while resting in bed,
is FAR more effective then trying to study on-line or at a 'seminar'.
Do one final review while parked outside the test center for your test appointment!
Also available is our on-line training and simulated practice license test question
computer sessions for the Tennessee Private Investigator license examination test,
a simulator to a computer-testing environment and the time limitations to answer.
licensed Tennessee Private Investigators and their clients . . .
Including datasheets of:
--What is Sexual Harassment?
--Examples of Sexual Harassment
--When is the Employer liable for Sexual Harassment?
--Methods to reduce or prevent Sexual Harassment
--What is 'Quid Pro Quo' Sexual Harassment?
--What is 'Hostile Workplace Sexual Harassment'?
--Federal government-issued information about sexual harassment
---and more!
From a 30-year teacher of private investigation:
1) seminars, and 2) studying with multiple-choice questions
(low retention percentage, too many words per actual needed knowledge)
BEST possible study method:
reading Question/Answer, Question/Answer, Question/Answer, . . .
(direct to memory, higher word priority)
