Fingerprint Debate
Fingerprint Paper (Arizona)
The applicant must contact the Department of Public Safety (DPS) by phone, fax or email (see below) to request an application packet for Identity Verified Prints (IVP) fingerprint clearance card. The required fee is $67.00, made payable to AZ DPS. DPS accepts money orders or cashier’s checks, only. DPS does NOT accept cash or personal checks.
You may have your fingerprints rolled at a Police or Sheriff’s office in any state. The person rolling your fingerprints will collect your money order and be responsible for mailing your fingerprints and IVP application to DPS for processing. Once you have received your plastic, valid IVP card from DPS, please submit a photocopy of your fingerprint card along with your application for certification.
Precluding offenses for a level one fingerprint clearance card can be found in A.R.S. 41-1758.07, subsection B and C. Precluding offenses for the regular fingerprint clearance card can be found in A.R.S. 41-1758.03. Offenses range from stealing to murder and everything in between.
Your fingerprints will be used to obtain both a state and federal criminal records check. Individuals who apply for a fingerprint clearance card — whether a Level I fingerprint clearance card or a standard fingerprint clearance card (see below for an explanation of the difference) — submit this application to the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS), along with fingerprint imprints. DPS conducts a background check on your criminal history at both the state and national (i.e., FBI) levels. If there are any arrests on your record, DPS compares the criminal offenses with a list of offenses that would cause the denial or suspension of a fingerprint clearance card, such as assault, theft, drug offenses, as well as many others. Offenses that appear in this list are referred to as "precluded offenses."
If a person 's criminal record includes precluded offenses, DPS will see what the disposition — that is, the
The applicant must contact the Department of Public Safety (DPS) by phone, fax or email (see below) to request an application packet for Identity Verified Prints (IVP) fingerprint clearance card. The required fee is $67.00, made payable to AZ DPS. DPS accepts money orders or cashier’s checks, only. DPS does NOT accept cash or personal checks.
You may have your fingerprints rolled at a Police or Sheriff’s office in any state. The person rolling your fingerprints will collect your money order and be responsible for mailing your fingerprints and IVP application to DPS for processing. Once you have received your plastic, valid IVP card from DPS, please submit a photocopy of your fingerprint card along with your application for certification.
Precluding offenses for a level one fingerprint clearance card can be found in A.R.S. 41-1758.07, subsection B and C. Precluding offenses for the regular fingerprint clearance card can be found in A.R.S. 41-1758.03. Offenses range from stealing to murder and everything in between.
Your fingerprints will be used to obtain both a state and federal criminal records check. Individuals who apply for a fingerprint clearance card — whether a Level I fingerprint clearance card or a standard fingerprint clearance card (see below for an explanation of the difference) — submit this application to the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS), along with fingerprint imprints. DPS conducts a background check on your criminal history at both the state and national (i.e., FBI) levels. If there are any arrests on your record, DPS compares the criminal offenses with a list of offenses that would cause the denial or suspension of a fingerprint clearance card, such as assault, theft, drug offenses, as well as many others. Offenses that appear in this list are referred to as "precluded offenses."
If a person 's criminal record includes precluded offenses, DPS will see what the disposition — that is, the
References: Arizona Department of Public Safety. (2013). Retrieved from http://www.azdps.gov/