I couldn't find an answer despite an exhaustive internet search. I'm trying to make my character disappear and take on a new identity. With no driving history (she's legally blind), her only identification is a California state ID card. Here are my questions.
In California, around 1997, hard-copy fingerprint cards were submitted to both the state and Federal government for a routine criminal background check. The records came back with no match because there was no criminal history. (Today this same search is done electronically through a system called Live Scan.)
My first question: When the fingerprint cards were submitted, did the state and/or Federal government keep a copy of the prints on file? Were they entered into any permanent databases?
Second question: The California DMV now takes an electronic copy of the thumbprint of anyone applying for or renewing a state ID card. What happens to that print? (I know the rules are different for driver's license holders - those records are part of a multistate database available to law enforcement officers.) Would a routine scan of her thumb by a police officer in a different state bring up the DMV record in California, since she only had an ID card and not a driver's license?
Third question: With the new Live Scan system, are electronic copies of fingerprints kept on file with the state and Federal government, even after the background check comes back with no record of a criminal history?
Thanks!
In California, around 1997, hard-copy fingerprint cards were submitted to both the state and Federal government for a routine criminal background check. The records came back with no match because there was no criminal history. (Today this same search is done electronically through a system called Live Scan.)
My first question: When the fingerprint cards were submitted, did the state and/or Federal government keep a copy of the prints on file? Were they entered into any permanent databases?
Second question: The California DMV now takes an electronic copy of the thumbprint of anyone applying for or renewing a state ID card. What happens to that print? (I know the rules are different for driver's license holders - those records are part of a multistate database available to law enforcement officers.) Would a routine scan of her thumb by a police officer in a different state bring up the DMV record in California, since she only had an ID card and not a driver's license?
Third question: With the new Live Scan system, are electronic copies of fingerprints kept on file with the state and Federal government, even after the background check comes back with no record of a criminal history?
Thanks!
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