2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 7 - Private Investigators, Bail Enforcement Agents and Watch, Guard and Patrol Agencies › 80 - License Certificates, Pocket Cards or Badges.

§  80.  License certificates, pocket cards or badges. Upon the issuing
  of a license as hereinbefore provided  the  department  of  state  shall
  issue  to each person, partner, member of a limited liability company or
  officer of a corporation making  and  filing  a  statement  required  by
  section  seventy-two  of  this  article  a  pocket card of such size and
  design as the department  of  state  may  prescribe,  which  card  shall
  contain  a  photograph of the licensee, the name and business address of
  the licensee and the imprint or impress of the seal of the department of
  state which pocket card shall be evidence of due authorization  pursuant
  to  the  terms  of  this  article.  All  persons  to  whom  such license
  certificates or pocket cards shall have been issued shall be responsible
  for the safe keeping of the same, and shall not  lend,  enable,  let  or
  allow any other person to have, hold, use or display such certificate or
  pocket  card;  and any person so parting with such a license certificate
  or pocket card or displaying the same without authority,  or  who  shall
  display  any  license certificate or pocket card purporting to authorize
  the holder thereof to act as a private  investigator,  bail  enforcement
  agent  or watch, guard or patrol agency, unless the same shall have been
  duly issued pursuant to the provisions of this article, shall be  guilty
  of  a misdemeanor. Failure to comply with the provisions of this section
  shall be sufficient cause for revocation of such license, and  all  such
  certificates  or  pocket  cards  shall  be returned to the department of
  state within seventy-two hours after the  holder  thereof  has  received
  notice  in  writing  of the expiration or revocation of such license. It
  shall be  unlawful  for  a  holder  of  a  license  or  anyone  else  to
  distribute,  possess,  use  or  display  any license certificate, pocket
  card, badge, shield or any other indicia of a license status pursuant to
  this article except as set forth in this article. Any person  who  is  a
  licensee  hereunder  or  an  officer or authorized employee of any other
  person, firm, limited liability company or corporation, whether  or  not
  licensed  hereunder,  while performing the services of a watchman, guard
  or private patrolman, may wear on his outer clothing a rectangular metal
  or woven insignia approved by the department of  state,  which  insignia
  shall  not be larger than three inches high nor four inches wide with an
  inscription thereon containing the word "watchman", "guard", "patrol" or
  "special service" and the name of such licensee or employer. It shall be
  unlawful for any employer, whether or not licensed hereunder, to wear or
  distribute to his, their or its employees any employment  identification
  except  as  authorized  in this article and approved by the secretary of
  state. Any person violating any  provision  of  this  section  shall  be
  guilty of a misdemeanor.