Vytautas Jurkevičius
Chief Investigator, Licensing Board, Public order bureau
Saltoniškių St. 19, Vilnius
Publication date 2026-05-19
Private detective
Persons having the right to conduct private detective activities in a different Member State of the European Union or a Member State of the European Economic Area and seeking to provide private detective services in the Republic of Lithuania by establishing therein are not required to take a private detective qualification exam.
Persons established in a different Member State of the European Union or a Member State of the European Economic Area who seek to provide private detective services in the Republic of Lithuania on a temporary basis or on a single occasion are not subject to the requirements specified in Article 6 of the Law on Private Detective Activity of the Republic of Lithuania (such persons are not obligated to 1) have no less than college-level legal education; 2) have certificate of graduation from a private detective training program or two years of professional experience in law enforcement or legal authorities, or intelligence agencies; 3) pass a private detective qualification exam; 4) be of good repute).
Services are free of charge.*
*A state duty of 100 euros is levied on the issue of the certificate.
Legal acts
- Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Private Detective Activity
- Commissioner General of the Lithuanian Police in 2015 December 9 order no. 5-V-1128 “On the Procedure for Granting the Qualification of Private Detectives, Issuing, Suspending, Revoking and Issuing Certificates of Activity of a Private Detective, Alerts on Revocation of Certificates of Activity of a Private Detective and Revocation of Certificates of Activity of a Private Detective approval of the inventory;
- Commissioner General of the Lithuanian Police in 2015 December 9 order no. 5-V-1131 “On the Approval of the Requirements for the Training Institutions of Private Detectives and the Description of the Procedure for Registration and Control of These Institutions”;
- Commissioner General of the Lithuanian Police in 2015 31 December order no. 5-V-1220 “On the Establishment of the Qualification Assessment Commission of Private Detectives and the Approval of its Rules of Procedure”;
- Commissioner General of the Lithuanian Police in 2015 31 December order no. 5-V-1222 “On the Approval of the Private Detective Training Program”;
- Commissioner General of the Lithuanian Police in 2015 31 December order no. 5-V-1224 “On the Approval of the Rules for the Organization, Conduct and Assessment of the Qualifying Exam for Private Detectives”.