Live Scan Fingerprinting
If you need to get a Live Scan Fingerprinting in Santa Barbara, you just came to the right place.
Live Scans are often required for conducting a background check prior to employment, licensure, or certification of an applicant. If you would like to read more about it, here is some information provided by the DOJ. https://oag.ca.gov/fingerprints
Our office provides Walk-In Live Scan Services. We are conveniently located in the Magnolia Shopping Center and parking is widely available.
We are also available for events, where we are able to Live Scan up to 30 applicants per hour. When scheduled in advance, we can bring the Live Scan Station to your location, anywhere in Santa Barbara County.
WHAT TO BRING
All you need is your government issued ID, a method of payment, and the “Request for Live Scan Service” form you may have received from the employer or agency who requested your live scan.
Please note that often you are asked to bring three copies of the same form. The first copy is kept by your live scan operator, second copy is yours, and third copy goes to the agency requesting fingerprinting, once it is completed. You will need to fill out the middle portion of the form, which asks for your personal information.
If you don’t have the form but know the name of the agency requiring the live scan, we conveniently have forms that you may download down below.
ACCEPTABLE FORMS OF ID
Valid Photo Identification
The California Department of Justice (DOJ) requires Live Scan Operators to accept only current, valid, and unexpired picture identification as the primary identification.
Primary Forms of Identification
Acceptable Primary forms of photo identification include any of the following:
- State-issued driver’s license*
- U.S. Passport or U. S Passport Card
- Federal Government Personal Identity Verification Card (PIV)
- Uniformed Services Identification Card
- Department of Defense Common Access Card
- Foreign Passport with Appropriate Immigration Document(s) (e.g., Form I-94)
- USCIS – Permanent Resident Card (I-551)
- USCIS – Employment Authorization Card (I-766)
- Federal, state, or local government agency ID card with photograph
- U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Card
- Canadian driver’s license
* For those applicants without a license, a state identification card may be presented if the state identification card standards are the same as for the driver’s license.
Secondary Forms of Identification
In the absence of a primary form of identification, an applicant shall provide at least two of the following forms of secondary identification AND at least two additional forms of the supporting documentation that follows:
- State Government Issued Certificate of Birth
- U.S. Tribal or Bureau of Indian Affairs Identification Card
- Native American tribal document
- Social Security Card
- Court Order for Name Change/Gender Change/Adoption/ Divorce
- Marriage Certificate (Government Certificate Issued)
- U.S. Government Issued Consular Report of Birth Abroad
- Draft record
- School ID with photograph (minimum age 7 years old, or transaction will be rejected by DOJ) *
- Certificate of Citizenship (N560)
- Replacement Certificate of Citizenship (N-561)
- Certificate of Naturalization (N550)
- Replacement Certificate of Naturalization (N-570)
* If parent or guardian is vouching for student, enter the form of ID shown by parent or guardian only on the live scan fingerprinting log your agency keeps. DO NOT enter the ID number into the student’s live scan transaction.
Supporting Documentation for Secondary Forms of Identification
NOTE: When validating the authenticity of secondary forms of identification, the information must be supported by at least two of the following supplemental documents:
- Utility Bill (Address)
- Jurisdictional Voter Registration Card
- Vehicle Registration Card/Title
- Paycheck Stub with Name/Address*
- Jurisdictional Public Assistance Card
- Spouse/Parent Affidavit
Financial information may be redacted by the individual
DOWNLOAD FORMS
Public Schools or Joint Powers Agencies
Instructions for BCII 8016 and BCII 8016A
DOJ – Criminal Record Review for Foreign Adoption or for Personal Use
DMV – Department of Motor Vehicles Form 8016
Real Estate – Department of Real Estate LiveScan Form
Department of Social Services – Trustline Registry LiveScan Form
Department of Social Services – Community Care Licensing LiveScan Form
California Teaching Credential – LiveScan Form 41 – LS
LIVE SCAN FEES
Rolling Fee: $30
$32 Department of Justice Fee*
$17 FBI Fee*
$15 CACI Fee*
* These are the average fees, although fees vary based on the ORI code/purpose of the Live Scan. Check the DOJ fee worksheet below for exact pricing calculation.
