You need to have your Request for Electronic Background Check Form from the agency who is asking you to have a background check. This form will specify the type of background check (FANC or NFUF) and will have an agency code which begins with a B followed by four digits. It should also have a place for personal information such as name, birthday, place of birth, ssn, etc.This form must be signed by the authorized representative at the requesting agency.  We can not legally fingerprint you without this signature.

If you do not have a form like this, your requesting agency is not in the LiveScan system and we can not help you at this site. 

If you have a fingerprint card you will need to go to your local police station or sheriff's office to complete the ink card to send back to the requesting agency.

 Is the fingerprinting different from the background check?

 The fingerprinting is part of the background check process.  The Bureau of Criminal Investigation will use your fingerprints and your demographic information to search through the criminal database and police warrants.

How long does it take to get the results and who gets them?
Typically, if there are no issues, results will be cleared through BCI within 72 hours.  However, due to the budget cuts and BCI's decreased hours, it could take longer. The results go directly to the requesting agency.  If your agency has not received your results after two weeks, they need to contact BCI to determine the holdup. We are not involved in the process in anyway after we transmit your records.

What is involved in the LiveScan Backgound Check Process?

At the LiveScan office, we enter all the personal demographic information that you have filled out on the request form into the Identix Fingerprint system and then we take an electronic scan of your fingers. This is then immediately sent to the Utah Bureau of Criminal Investigation and they actually process the background check.  The results are then provided to your requesting agency.

I was just had a background check for another agency, why do I have to do it again?  Can't you just resend it? Can you give me a copy of my background check results?

 There are two main reasons for being asked to re-do a background check.  The first is for legal reasons regarding the sharing of background checks, especially if time has lapsed.  Be sure to ask if your agency will accept a background check from another source.  If so, then you must contact the first agency to get the results released.  We can not help with this in anyway.

Secondly, each LiveScan data record is tied to the specific agency requesting it and when it was transmitted.  Thus, there is no way to pull up the information, modify it and resend it.  You must come in and complete a new LiveScan backround check.  Yes, you will have to pay another $10 as well.