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Membership Renewal


All memberships are based on the calendar year ($50.00 per year). Membership renewal forms were mailed in February 2011.
 For your convenience, membership renewals can be paid by Mastercard or Visa.


 Contact IHIA Treasurer


 Use the form at this link to enroll or renew your membership. 



 Requirements for Membership



 Section 2.01



 The Corporation shall have three (4) classes of members as follows:



 1. Active Professional Members, including retired professional members.



 2. Associate Members



 3. Life Members



 4. Student Membership




 Only Active Professional Members shall have voting rights specified in Section 3.11 hereof. Membership dues for each classification of membership may be established from time to time by the Board of Directors and such dues may differ according to classification of membership. In all other respects the rights, interests, and privileges of each member, regardless of classification in the Corporation are equal. No member shall hold more than one (1) membership in the Corporation.



 Section 2.02



 The Corporation shall have the following classifications of membership:



 (a) Active professional membership may be conferred on any person who is employed or appointed as a peace officer by the governmental law enforcement agency, including supporting forensic agencies, under the laws of any state or nation, whose duties and responsibilities include the assignment in homicide investigations, or supervision and management of the agency's latent homicide investigations, or Prosecutors/District Attorneys.



 1. A member who is an active professional member for two (2) years or more and who, by virtue of promotion, reassignment, retirement, physical disability, or change of employment, has ceased to meet the qualifications set forth for active professional membership, but wishes to retain professional member status, may make written application to the Board of Directors for continued active professional membership status within sixty (60) days of such change in status. Application for such status shall contain a statement of the reason for the status change and the reason why the applicant wishes to continue as an Active Professional Member. The Board shall review such application at its next regularly scheduled meeting and shall give weight to the advantages of such continued active professional membership status in the Corporation. Upon affirmative vote by sixty (60) percent of the board, such application shall be approved. Upon approval, the applicant shall continue as an Active Professional Member, except that a member approved pursuant to this subsection may not hold office in the Corporation. The Board may review all such memberships and may discontinue such approval at any time by majority of the Board upon giving proper notice of such action to the member.




 (b) Associate membership may be conferred by the Board of Directors upon any person not eligible for active professional membership, but qualifies by virtue of training and experience in police or other law enforcement activities, or by other professional attainments in police science or administration. Associate Members shall have all the benefits of membership in the Corporation except the right to hold office or vote.


(c) Student membership may be conferred by the Board of Directors upon any person, as a non-voting member, who is currently enrolled in a higher education program and has attained at least 60 academic credits in the fields of behavioral sciences, criminal justice, forensics, law, medicine or any other applicable field of study related to homicide investigations, and who has an interest in the investigation of homicides.
Student membership requires the following items to be submitted with an IHIA
.

 Membership application form:


 1. A letter of recommendation from a dean or professor of the higher education program;


 2. A certified transcript from the higher education facility.


 3. A student applicant must obtain a police records check from the police agency of their legal residence, and submit the police record documentation along with their application for student membership to the IHIA.

4. IHIA reserves the right to exclude a student applicant from membership and/or attendance to IHIA training, if the student has a criminal history record upon which there is a crime amounting to a moral turpitude offense.



 Section 2.03

Lifetime membership may be conferred upon a member at the direction of the Board of Directors as an honor bestowed upon making significant contributions to the International Homicide Investigators Association or at such time they deem it appropriate.



 Section 2.04



 Applicants shall be admitted to membership in the respective membership classification for which qualified upon making applications; therefore, in writing, payment of annual dues has herein specified and upon final confirmation of such application by the Board of Directors or upon action authorized by unanimous written consent without meeting as defined in Section 4.13.



 Section 2.05



 (a) No fee shall be charged for making application for membership in the Corporation.



 (b) The annual dues payable to the Corporation by members of each class shall be in such amounts as may be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors. The first annual dues shall be payable and submitted in full with the application for membership. Future annual dues shall be payable effective the anniversary date of each membership or such other annual renewal date as the Board of Directors may select. In the event an applicant for membership is not accepted for membership, the entire advance annual dues payment shall be refunded.