GENERAL INFORMATION
Lake County Sheriff's Office offers fingerprinting services for the general public who are required to submit them for job application, licensing, enhanced pistol permit etc., as well as pre-employment fingerprinting for Lake County.
An appointment is necessary to have your fingerprints taken. Please call (605) 256-7615 to schedule an appointment.
Persons requesting fingerprinting services will be required to provide identification as a method of verifying an individual's identity. Copies, photographs, or expired forms of identification will not be accepted.
If you are being fingerprinted for an Enhanced Pistol Permit, new or renewal, and have not already submitted your firearms course certificate online, you will also need to bring the certificate from the firearms course that you have completed.
Most fingerprints are collected using a computer-based printing software that does not require ink. Please do not write on any print cards as the software prints the information in the boxes appropriately.
FEES
The cost to the public is $10.00/card. Payment of cash or card is accepted. If paying with a card, there is a service fee of $2.00.
HOURS
We offer fingerprinting by appointment on the following days: Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
PRIVACY ACT STATEMENT
This privacy act statement is located on the back of the FD-258 fingerprint card.
Authority: The FBI's acquisition, preservation, and exchange of fingerprints and associated information is generally authorized under 28 U.S.C. 534. Depending on the nature of your application, supplemental authorities include Federal statutes, State statutes pursuant to Pub. L. 92-544, Presidential Executive Orders, and federal regulations. Providing your fingerprints and associated information is voluntary; however, failure to do so may affect completion or approval of your application.
Principal Purpose: Certain determinations, such as employment, licensing, and security clearances, may be predicated on fingerprint-based background checks. Your fingerprints and associated information/biometrics may be provided to the employing, investigating, or otherwise responsible agency, and/or the FBI for the purpose of comparing your fingerprints to other fingerprints in the FBI's Next Generation Identification (NGI) system or its successor systems (including civil, criminal, and latent fingerprint repositories) or other available records of the employing, investigating, or otherwise responsible agency. The FBI may retain your fingerprints and associated information/biometrics in NGI after the completion of this application and, while retained, your fingerprints may continue to be compared against other fingerprints submitted to or retained by NGI.
Routine Uses: During the processing of this application and for as long thereafter as your fingerprints and associated information/biometrics are retained in NGI, your information may be disclosed pursuant to your consent, and may be disclosed without your consent as permitted by the Privacy Act of 1974 and all applicable Routine Uses as may be published at any time in the Federal Register, including the Routine Uses for the NGI system the FBI's Blanket Routine Uses. Routine uses include, but are not limited to, disclosures to: employing, governmental or authorized non-governmental agencies responsible for employment, contracting, licensing, security clearances, and other suitability determinations; local, state, tribal, or federal law enforcement agencies; criminal justice agencies; and agencies responsible for national security or public safety.
The FBI Privacy Act Statement can be found at https://www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/compact-council/privacy-act-statement.
Applicant Notification of Procedures for Obtaining an Amendment to an FBI Record
Your fingerprints will be used to check the criminal history records of the FBI. You have the opportunity to complete or challenge the accuracy of the information contained in the FBI identification record. The procedure for obtaining a change, correction, or update of an FBI criminal history record are set forth 28 CFR 16.34. Information regarding this process may be found at https://www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/identity-history-summary-checks and https://www.edo.cjis.gov.
As of 3/30/2018