The California Department of Justice provides an automated service for criminal history background checks that may be required as a condition of employment, licensing, certification, foreign adoptions or VISA/Immigration clearances.
All applicant fingerprint submissions must be transmitted electronically. Live Scan digital submissions provide the quickest way to submit and process background checks.
Live Scan technology allows digitally scanned fingerprints and related information to be submitted electronically to the Department of Justice within a matter of minutes and allows criminal background checks to be processed usually within 72 hours.
In California, fingerprinting must be done by a certified fingerprint roller or qualified law enforcement personnel.
The California Department of Justice (DOJ) has established a process of performing background checks utilizing digitized fingerprints. A relatively new process, called Live Scan, which allows fingerprints to be electronically transmitted to the DOJ in a matter of seconds. This technology replaces rolling fingerprints on an ink pad and sending them in the mail. This delay slowed the process by weeks and even months, and if smudged, the process may have to be repeated.
