Florida
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
USB/Public Records
P.O. Box 1489
Tallahassee, FL 32302
Phone:(850)410-8109
Require:$15.00 fee payable to Florida Dept of Law Enforcement, Crinimal History Record Form or letter containing full name, aliases, race, gender, date of birth, and SSN. Be sure to ask for it to be 'certified'.
Georgia
Georgia Crime Information Center
Computerized Criminal History Operations
P.O. Box 370748
Decatur, GA 30037-0748
Tel:(404)-244-2639
Require:$15.00 fee payable to Georgia Bureau of Investigation, fingerprints, full name, race, gender, date of birth, and SSN.
Hawaii
"Criminal Abstract" information is available State of Hawaii.
Department of the Attorney General
Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center
Kekuanao's Building
465 South King Street, Room 101
Honolulu, HI 96813
Tel:(808)586-1508
Require:$15.00 fee for Name Search, $25.00 fee for Fingerpring check payable to Director of Finance, State of Hawaii, fingerprints (if requesting a check by fingerprints) name, aliases, date of birth, gender, SSN, and reason for request.
Idaho
Department of Law Enforcement
Criminal Identification Bureau
P.O. Box 700
Meridian,Idaho 83680
Tel:(208)884-7130
Require:$10.00 fee payable to Idaho State Police, fingerprints, Idaho form and letter explaining reason for request and a return address.
Illinois
Illinois State Police
Illinois State Police
Division of Administration
Bureau of Identification
P.O. Box 408380
Chicago, Illinois 60640-8380
Tel:(815)740-5216
Require:$14.00 fee payable to Illinois State Police, Fingerprints, and you MUST use an original form from IL to request the background clearance as each has it's own code number.
Indiana
Indiana State Police
IGCN Room N340
100
North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Tel:
(317)232-8241
Require:$10. fee payable to Indiana State Police, full name, race, gender, date of birth, and physical description.
Iowa
DCI Records and Identification Bureau
Wallace State Ofice Bldg.
Des Moines, IA 50319
Tel: 515 281-5138
Require:
Requirements: Iowa requires submittal of both their request and billing forms
Cost: $13.00 USD per surname (maiden & married names search $26.00)
check/money order/credit card.
Payable to: Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
Kansas
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
1620 S. W. Tyler Street
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Tel: (785)
296-8200
Require:Name check only: $15 - Third and subsequent names add $5.00 each.
Fingerprint card search: $30.
Certification: $10
, letter including name, maiden name, aliases, SSN, date of birth, mailing address, addresses in KS state, reason for request.
Kentucky
Dept. of State Police Records
1250 Louisville Road
Frankfort, KY 40601
Tel: (502)227-8700
Require:$10.00 fee payable to Kentucky State Treasury, letter with full name, maiden name, aliases, date of birth, SSN, present and past addresses in state.
Louisiana
Louisiana State
Police
Bureau of Identification
P.O. Box 66614
Baton Rouge,
Louisiana 70896
Tel: (504)925-6095
Require:$10.00 fee payable to Dept of Public & Corrections, Fingerprints, letter with full name, aliases, date of birth, SSN, past & present addresses in LA, and reason for request.
Maine
Maine State Police
Bureau
of Identification
Maine State Police
36 Hospital Street
Augusta, Maine 04333-6514
Tel:(287)624-7009
Require:
$8.00 fee, Letter including full name, aliases, date of birth, address, telephone number and reason for request. You must also your right thumbprint on the letter, either rolled using fingerprint ink and slab or just an inkpad. Additionally, you must enclose a self-addressed stamped, business size envelope with your request.
Maryland
CJIS
P.O.
Box 32708
Pikesville, MD 21208-2708
Tel: (410)764-4501 or 1-888-795-0011
Require:$18.00 fee payable to CJIS, fingerprints, copy of photo ID and letter reason of request.
Massachusetts
Criminal History Systems Board
Attn: CORI Unit
200 Arlington
Street Suite 2200
Chelsea, MA 02150
Tel:(617)660-4640 or 4600
Require:$25.00 fee, Mass. application form MUST be signed in front of a notary, and a self-addressed, stamped envelope.
Michigan
Michigain State Police
CJIC, Identification Section
7150 Harris Drive
Lansing, MI 49813
Tel.:(517) 322-1956
Require:$30.00 fee payable to State of Michigan, fingerprints, letter reason for request.
Minnesota
Minnesota Dept. of
Public Safety
Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
CJIS Section
1246 University Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55104-4197
Tel: (612) 642-0670
Require:$15.00 fee payable to Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, full name, date of birth, aliases, maiden name.
Mississippi
Police certificates are not available.
Missouri
The Missouri State
Highway Patrol
Criminal Records Division
1510 E. Elm Street
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Tel:(573)526-6153
Require:: Fingerprints, Letter stating name, date of birth and SSN.
$14.00 fee payable to Criminal Records Divison.
Montana
Criminal Justice Information Services Bureau
Information Technology Services Division
Scott Hart Building
303 North Roberts
PO Box 201406
Helena, MT 59620-1406
Tel:(406)444-2802
Require:Fingerprints, a written request that includes, name (including aliases and maiden names), date of birth, gender, and SSN. The request also should include a return address and a self-addressed stamped envelope.
$8.00 fee
payable to Criminal Justice Information Services Bureau.
Nebraska
Nebraska State Patrol
Identification and Record Division
Box 94907
Lincoln, NE 68509
Tel:(402)471-4545
Require:Name, maiden name, any aliases, date of birth, SSN.
Fingerprint card required?: Optional - recommended for best proof of identification
$10.00 fee payable to Nebraska State Patrol.
Nevada
Nevada Highway Patrol
Records and Identification Bureau
808 West Nye Lane
Carson City, NV 89703
Tel: 775 687-1600
Fee $15.00. Call for info.
New Hampshire
New
Hampshire Dept. of Safety
Central Repository for Criminal Recordsbr>
10 Hazen Drive
Concord, NH
03305
Tel:(603)271-2538
Require:
New Hampshire form, which MUST be notarized.
$10.00 fee payable to State of NH - Criminal Records.br>
New Jersey
Division of State Police
Attention: Criminal Information Units
Box
7068
West Trenton, NJ 08628-0068
Tel:(609)882-2000
Require:Fingerprints, name, date of birth, SSN, and reason for the request.
$25.00 fee payable to Division of State Police-SBI.
New Mexico
Dept.
of Public Safety
Attention Record
Section
P.O. Box 1628
4491 Cerrilos St.
Sante Fe, NM 87504-1628
Tel: (505) 827-9181
Require:Must complete New Mexico's Authorization of Release form and have it notarized.
$7.00 fee payable to Dept. of Public Safety.
New York State
New York State
Division of Criminal Justice Services
Criminal History Record Search Unit
4 Tower Plaza
Albany, NY 12203
Tel:(518)485-7675
Require:Fingerprints. Reason for the request, name, date of birth, gender, race, SSN, current & previous
addresses and a return address.
$25.00 fee
payable to Division of Criminal Justice Services.
North Carolina
North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation
Division of Criminal
Information
407 North Blount Street
Raleigh, NC 27601-1073
Tel:(919)716-6725
Require:Letter including complete name and address, race, sex, date of birth and SSN.
Fingerprints Required?: Yes
$14.00 fee payable to North Carolina Department of Justice.
North Dakota
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Box 1054
Bismark, ND
58502-1054
Tel:(701)328-5500
Requirements: Letter with name, address, maiden name, any aliases, date of birth, social security number, and reason for the request.
Fingerprint Card Required? No
Cost: $20.00
Payable to: North Dakota Attorney General
Ohio
State of Ohio
Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation
1560 SR56 SW
P.O.
Box 365
London, Ohio 43140
Tel:(740) 845-2000
Require:Requirements: Fingerprints, waiver of release
Cost: $15.00 USD
Payable to: State of Ohio
.
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
Criminal History Reporting Unit
6600 North
Harvey, Building Six, Suite #140
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA 73116
Tel: (405)
879-2528
Require:Fingerprints, Name, aliases, date of birth, race, gender, SSN, and former addresses.
$15.00 fee payable to Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigationbr>
Oregon
Oregon State Police
Identification Services Section
Unit 11
P.O. Box 4395
Portland, OR 97208-4395
Tel:(503)378-3070
Require:Fingerprints, and Oregon Form
$12.00 fee payable to Oregon State Police.
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State Police Central Repository - 164
1800 Elmerton Avenue
Harrisburg, PA 17110-9758
Tel: (717)
783-9973
Require:Applicants must submit a "request for
criminal check" form
$10.00 fee payable to The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Rhode Island
State of Rhode Island
Office of The
Attorney General
Bureau of Criminal Identification
72 Pine Street
Providence, RI 02903
Tel:(401)277-2424 ext. 2232
South Carolina
SLED
Records
P.O. Box 21398
Columbia, SC 29221
Tel:(803)896-7043
Require:$10.00 fee.
South
Dakota
Division of Criminal Investigation
Criminal Justice Training
Center
East Highway 34
c/o 500 East Capitol
Pierre , SD 57501-5050
Tel:(605)773-3331
Tennessee Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
901 R.S. Gass Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37216-2639
Police certificates are NOT available under state law; however, you must still make a request and enclose the letter of non-release of info with your immigration application.
Texas
DPS Crime Records
Division
P.O. Box 15999
Austin, TX 78761-5999
Tel: (512) 465-2079
Require:Fingerprints, name, aliases, social security
number, date of birth, addresses, gender,
driver's license number and reason for request.
$15.00 fee
payable to DPS Crime Records.
Utah
Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification
3888 West 5400 South
Taylorsville, UT 84118
Tel:
(801) 965-4445
Require:Name Search $10.00 fee. Fingerprint Search $15.00 fee payable to Bureau of Criminal Identification
Vermont
Vermont Crime Information Center
Dept. of
Public Safety
103 South Main Street
Waterbury, VT 05671-2101
Tel:(802)244-8727 ext. 5237
Require:Fingerprints, letter including name, date of birth, reason for request and authorization to release information. Enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope.
Cost: No charge for personal record.
Virginia
Virginia State Police
CCRE
P.O. Box 85076
Richmond, VA 23261-5076
Tel:(804)674-2024
Require:Fingerprints and Form SP-167
$15.00 fee payable to Virginia State Police.
Washington
Washington State Patrol
Identification & Criminal History Section
P.O. Box 42633
Olympia, Washington 98504-2633
Tel: (360) 705-5100
Require:Complete name including maiden name, gender, race, SSN, and date of birth.
Fingerprints if you want a fingerprint search.
Name search - $10.00 fee.
Fingerprint search - $25.00 fee payable to Washington State Patrol
.
West Virginia
West Virginia State Police
725 Jefferson Rd
South Charleston,
WV 25309-1698
Tel: (304) 746-2179
Require:Must include WV Record Request Card (WVSP 39-A). Include full and complete mailing address and a self addressed stamped envelope.
$20.00 fee payable to The Superintendent West Virginia State Police.
Wisconsin
State of Wisconsin Department of Justice
Crime Information Bureau
Attn: Record Check Unit
P.O. Box 2688
Madison, WI 53701-2688
Tel:(608)266-5764
Require: Wisconsin From DJ-LE-250 and a self-addressed stamped envelope.
$13.00 fee. Payable to Wisconsin Dept. of Justice.
Wyoming
State of Wyoming Division of Criminal Identification
316 West 22nd Street
Cheyenne, WY 82002
Tel: (307)777-7581
Require:Fingerprints and a letter authorizing any release of information. $15.00 fee Payable to State of Wyoming General Fund.
