Step 1: Complete the Applicant Information Form.

• If the request is for a couple, family, etc., all persons must sign the form.
• Include your complete mailing address. Please provide your telephone number and/or e-mail address, if available.

Step 2: Obtain a set of your fingerprints.

• Provide the original fingerprint card. Previously processed cards or copies will not be accepted.
• Your name and date of birth must be provided on the fingerprint card. Fingerprints should be placed on a standard fingerprint form (FD-258) commonly used for applicant or law enforcement purposes.
• Include rolled impressions of all 10 fingerprints and impressions of all 10 fingerprints taken simultaneously (these are sometimes referred to as plain or flat impressions).
• If possible, have your fingerprints taken by a fingerprinting technician. This service may be available at a law enforcement agency.
• To ensure the most legible prints possible, refer to the Recording Legible Fingerprints brochure.

Step 3: Submit payment.

• Option 1: Obtain a money order or cashier’s check for $18 U.S. dollars made payable to the Treasury of the United States. Please be sure to sign where required.
• Option 2: Pay by credit card using the Credit Card Payment Form. Don’t forget to include the expiration date of the credit card that you are using.
• Important note: Cash, personal checks, or business checks WILL NOT be accepted.
• Payment must be for the exact amount.
• If the request is for a couple, family, etc., include $18 for each person.
• If the request is for multiple copies per person, include $18 for each copy requested.

Step 4: Review the FBI Identification Record Request Checklist to ensure that you have included everything needed to process your request.

Step 5: Mail the required items listed above—signed applicant information form, fingerprint card, and payment of $18 U.S. dollars for each person or copy requested—to the following address:

FBI CJIS Division – Record Request
1000 Custer Hollow Road
Clarksburg, WV 26306

Note: Although the FBI employs the most efficient methods for processing these requests, processing times may take approximately eight weeks depending on the volume of requests received.

To receive a copy of YOUR criminal history record, individuals must submit fingerprint images, pay a $25 processing fee to the DOJ, and follow the instructions below.

CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS

All California Applicants must submit Live Scan fingerprints.
Instructions, pdf | En Español, pdf.

• Use the Live Scan Form (Form BCIA 8016RR, pdf)
• Check “Record Review” as the “Type of Application”.
• Enter “Record Review” on the “Reason for Application” line.
• Fill out all your personal information.
• Take the completed form to any Live Scan site for fingerprinting services.

Fingerprinting services are available at most local police departments, sheriff’s offices or any public applicant Live Scan site. To find the sites nearest to you, their fingerprint rolling fees, and acceptable methods of payment, see Public Live Scan Sites.

OUT OF STATE RESIDENTS:

Applicants Living Outside California/United States must submit manual fingerprint cards (Form FD258).

Print out the Application to Obtain Copy of State Summary Criminal History Record (Form BCIA 8705, pdf) and follow the instructions on the form. Please contact your local law enforcement agency for fingerprinting services. PLEASE NOTE: Your fingerprint card must contain your full name, date of birth, sex and return mailing address. If you are having difficulty in obtaining a blank fingerprint card, please contact the Record Review Unit at (916) 227-3849.

Manual submissions must be accompanied by either personal check drawn on a U.S. bank, money order or certified check. The check or money order must be made payable to the “California Department of Justice.” Mail your application, fingerprint card and processing fee to:

California Department of Justice
Record Review Unit
P.O. Box 903417
Sacramento, CA 94203-4170

Once you have received your Record Review response, if you want to challenge the contents of your criminal record, you must complete the “Claim of Alleged Inaccuracy or Incompleteness” (form BCIA 8706), which will be included with your Record Review response if there is criminal information on your record. Mail the completed form, along with a copy of your criminal history record, to the address indicated on the form. Your challenge must specifically state the basis for the claim of inaccuracy or incompleteness and include any available proof or corroboration to substantiate your claim.

Our livescan fingerprint locations require that you bring a request for livescan service form, if you do not have a live scan form, our livescan operator can direct you to the right place, where you may be able to attain the Request for Live Scan Form. Fingerprint applicants can call our support number at 1(800) 710-1934 if they have any questions concerning the live scan process. Contact our head office for a free live scan request form to be emailed to you. Certifix Live Scan can supply the DMV livescan form or a blank bcii 8016 live scan form. Our live scan applications can be used for the DOJ ($32) level of criminal background check service or the FBI ($19) level of criminal background check service. California fingerprinting has never been easier with the fingerprinting locations that Certifix provides, walk in live scan has never been so convenient in livescan facilities located in Orange County and live scan facilities located in Los Angeles County. We also provide walk-in live scan services in San Diego county, Contra Costa county, Alameda Country, San Mateo County, San Francisco Country, Santa Clara Country, and Sacramento Country. Please feel free to look at our list of live scan locations, it is a great live scan tool for locating the most convenient live scan location to where the applicant seeking live scan is located.

Our priority is the livescan clearance through the live scan DOJ system, all of our live scan sites have been thoroughly trained as certified live scan fingerprint rollers. Each site goes through a training that enables them to provide high quality fingerprinting to the job seeking live scan applicant. We follow up for live scan results for all of our  live scan applicants, we understand that the live scan background check is used for professional and business licenses.

The Department of Justice Fingerprints are accepted through nursing live scan, notary live scan, contractor live scan, security guard live scan, and real estate live scan. We also offer live scan for teachers and live scan services to school districts that need either mobile live scan or a vast network of live scan locations in Southern California, or live scan sites and locations in Northern California.

Certifix offers live scan forms in any of our live scan locations, our background checks are approved by the DOJ and FBI as a certified live scan provider. Certifix latest live scan equipment that is approved by the Deparment of Justice and the FBI for fingerprint screening through live scan. Pre employment background checks, employee background checks, and criminal background checks can all be conducted through our live scan services. We provide walk in live scan service or convenient live scan appointments; our fingerprint scanners are newer and there are less live scan resubmissions in our live scan facilities due to our brand new live scan machines.

Certifix gives back to the less fortunate, we can waive the live scan rolling fee at select locations, please contact us at 1(800) 710-1934 Ext. 5 for more information. We can only waive live scan rolling fee, the applicant would still be responsible for paying all the applicable government fees.  Live scan sites can be expensive sometimes. Call our head office for more information.

If a requesting agency does not have results within seven days and digital Live Scan fingerprints were submitted, you can use the automated telephone system to check on your submission. You will need the following information: (1) your date of birth; and (2) the 10-digit Automated Transaction Identifier (ATI) number that appears at the bottom of the Department of Justice form requesting Live Scan fingerprint background checks. The ATI number always appears in the following sequence: 1 LETTER; 3 NUMBERS; 3 LETTERS and 3 NUMBERS.
We recommend that you try to use the DOJ telephone service before contacting the Live Scan sites.

Prior to rolling fingerprint impressions, it is imperative that the identity of the applicant be established. It is the responsibility of the fingerprint roller to check the identification of individuals being fingerprinted. A valid photographic identification must be presented by the applicant and checked closely by the certified fingerprint roller taking the fingerprint impressions. This ensures that the applicant’s identity is validated against proper identification which results in accurate information submitted to the DOJ.

The DOJ requires certified fingerprint rollers accept only current, valid, and unexpired picture identification documents as a primary valid identification. As such, a certified fingerprint roller must examine the photo identification presented to ensure all of the following:
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The personal descriptor information (name, gender, date of birth, etc.) matches the information provided on the “Request for Live Scan Service” form (BCII 8016);
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The expiration date has not elapsed; and,
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The photograph reasonably resembles the Applicant’s physical appearance.
Acceptable Primary forms of photo identification include any of the following:
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California Driver’s License
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Department of Motor Vehicles Identification Card
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Out-of-State Driver’s License
However, in the absence of a primary form of identification, a certified fingerprint roller may accept one or more of the following as Secondary forms of Identification, but only with two of the supplemental documents noted on the next page:
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State Government Issued Certificate of Birth
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U.S. Active Duty/Retiree/Reservist Military Identification Card (000 10-2)
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U.S. Passport
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Federal Government Personal Identity Verification Card (PIV)
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Department of Defense Common Access Card
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U.S. Tribal or Bureau of Indian Affairs Identification Card
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Social Security Card
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Court Order for Name Change/Gender Change/Adoption/ Divorce
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Marriage Certificate (Government Certificate Issued)
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U.S. Government Issued Consular Report of Birth Abroad 3
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Foreign Passport with Appropriate Immigration Document(s)\
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Certificate of Citizenship (N560)
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Certificate of Naturalization (N550)
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INS I-551 Resident Alien Card Issued Since 1997
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INS 1-688 Temporary Resident Identification Card
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INS I-688B, I-766 Employment Authorization Card
Please note: When validating the authenticity of secondary identification documents and forms, the data and information need to be supported by at least two of the following Supplemental documents:
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Utility Bill (Address)
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Jurisdictional Voter Registration Card
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Vehicle Registration Card/Title
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Paycheck Stub with Name/Address
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Jurisdictional Public Assistance Card
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Spouse/Parent Affidavit
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Cancelled Check or Bank Statement
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Mortgage Documents
When supplemental documentation does not support the validation of the original identification documents, the certified fingerprint roller should not accept the form of identification as valid and not fingerprint the applicant.

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