Section 60. Fingerprint cards

The application package will contain a Virginia State Police Fingerprint Card. The applicant shall submit fingerprints on the card provided by the Virginia State Police for the purpose of obtaining the applicant's state or national criminal history record.

The Virginia State Police, Firearms Transaction Center, will submit the prints through the Central Criminal Records Exchange to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the purpose of obtaining criminal history record information regarding the applicant and obtaining fingerprint identification information from federal records pursuant to criminal investigations by state and local law-enforcement agencies.

Upon submission of the fingerprint impressions, the applicant will be required to provide a telephone number of the law-enforcement individual taking the prints to facilitate this department's validation of print authenticity.

Incomplete cards will be returned to the applicant for completion. Illegible impressions will cause the cards to be returned to the applicant for reprinting purposes. All other cards shall be destroyed upon issuance of the permit.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 24, Issue 11, eff. March 6, 2008.

Statutory Authority

§ 18.2-308.06 of the Code of Virginia.