As an applicant who is the subject of a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) fingerprint-based
criminal history record check for a noncriminal justice purpose you have certain rights which are
discussed below.
1. You must be notified by (enter name of requesting agency) State of Nevada Department of Taxation
that your fingerprints will be used to check the criminal history records of the FBI and State of Nevada.
2. If you have
a criminal history record the officials making a determination of your suitability for the job,
license or other benefit for which you are applying must provide you the opportunity to complete or
challenge the accuracy of the information in the record. You may review and challenge the accuracy of
any and all criminal history records which are returned to the submitting agency. The proper forms and
procedures will be furnished to you by the Nevada Department of Public Safety, Records Bureau upon
request. If you decide to challenge the accuracy or completeness of you FBI criminal history record,
Title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations Section 16.34 provides for the proper procedure to do so:
16.34 – Procedure to obtain change, correction or updating of identification records.
If, after reviewing his/her identification record, the subject thereof believes that it is incorrect or
incomplete in any respect and wishes changes, corrections or updating of the alleged deficiency, he/she
should make application directly to the agency which contributed the questioned information. The
subject of a record may also direct his/her challenge as to the accuracy or completeness of any entry on
his/her record to the FBI, Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division ATTN: SCU, Mod. D-
2, 1000 Custer Hollow Road, Clarksburg, WV 26306. The FBI will then forward the challenge to the
agency which submitted the data requesting that agency to verify or correct the challenged entry. Upon
the receipt of an official communication directly from the agency which contributed the original
information, the FBI CJIS Division will make any changes necessary in accordance with the
information supplied by that agency.
3. Based on 28 CF
R § 50.12 (b), officials making such determinations should not deny the license or
employment based on information in the record until the applicant has been afforded a reasonable time
to correct or complete the record or has declined to do so.
4. You have
the right to expect that officials receiving the results of the fingerprint-based criminal history
record check will use it for only authorized purposes and will not retain or disseminate it in violation of
federal or state statute, regulation or executive order, or rule, procedure or standard established by the
National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Council.
5. I hereby authorize (enter name of requesting agency) State of Nevada Department of Taxation to
submit a set of fingerprints to the Nevada Department of Public Safety, Records Bureau for the purpose
of accessing and reviewing State of Nevada and FBI criminal history records that may pertain to me.
In giving this authorization, I expressly understand that the records may include information pertaining
to notations of arrest, detainments, indictments, information for other charges for which the final court
disposition is pending or is unknown to the above referred agency. For records containing final court
disposition information, I understand that the release may include information pertaining to dismissals,
acquittals, convictions, sentences, correctional supervision information and information concerning the
status of my parole or probation when applicable.
10