Ala. Admin. Code r. 741-X-4-.10 - Fingerprinting

(1) An applicant shall furnish the Board with three (3) sets of classifiable fingerprints with his or her application for the purpose of allowing the Board to forward the fingerprints to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as required by the Alabama Private Investigation Regulatory Act. An applicant shall be deemed to have furnished the Board with three (3) sets of classifiable fingerprints if he or she causes a private company or agency contracted by the State to electronically transmit the applicant's classifiable prints directly to the ALEA and FBI and to forward a classifiable hard copy of the applicant's fingerprints to the Board on standard ALEA/FBI applicant cards. The Board shall notify every applicant in writing of the name, address and telephone number of any company or agency contracted by the State to provide such a service. All private investigator applicants shall comply with the following requirements regarding the payment for the fingerprinting service:

(a) All sets of classifiable fingerprints required by this rule shall be furnished at the expense of the applicant;

(b) If the applicant chooses to request that the Board process the fingerprint cards, then the applicant shall submit with his or her application three (3) sets of classifiable fingerprints on cards provided by the Board for processing through the ALEA and FBI. The applicant shall pay to the Board all processing fees established by the ALEA and FBI.

(c) If the applicant chooses to use the services of a company or agency that has contracted with the state to provide electronic fingerprinting service, then the applicant shall make the arrangements for the processing of his or her fingerprints with the company or agency directly and shall be responsible for payment of any fees associated with processing of fingerprints to the respective agency.

(d) In the event the State no longer contracts with any company or agency to provide an electronic fingerprinting service, then the applicant shall submit three (3) classifiable ALEA and FBI fingerprint cards with his or her application and shall pay the Board all processing fees established by the ALEA and FBI.

(e) Applicants shall in all cases be responsible for paying application fees as established by the Board regardless of the manner of fingerprinting the applicant chooses.

(2) In the event an applicant furnishes unclassifiable fingerprints or fingerprints that are unclassifiable in nature to the Board, or the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) or Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) , the Board may refuse to issue the requested license. For the purposes of this rule, "unclassifiable fingerprints" means that the electronic scan or the print of the person's fingerprints cannot be read, and therefore cannot be used to identify the person. Should an applicant's fingerprints be rejected by the ALEA or FBI, the applicant shall pay any fees assessed by the ABI or FBI for resubmission.

(3) In the event that the fingerprint card submitted by an applicant is rejected or otherwise unable to be processed by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) and/or the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the applicant shall submit a new fingerprint card together with any additional fee(s) charged by the ABI and/or FBI for processing the new fingerprint card.

Notes

Ala. Admin. Code r. 741-X-4-.10

New Rule: Filed March 7, 2014; effective April 11, 2014. Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXV, Issue No. 09, June 30, 2016, eff. 8/5/2017.

Author: The Alabama Private Investigation Board

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 34-25B-l through 34-25B-29.