As part of the character and fitness review, all applicants and reapplicants must submit fingerprints
for the purpose of the Board verifying their identity and obtaining a current
record of any criminal history.
As a matter of information, the FBI Privacy Act Statement and the Noncriminal Justice Applicant’s Privacy Rights brochure are available on the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Council’s public website.
Beginning the Process
(Out of State Residents: Please see the note below)
When the Board accepts your application, it will pre-enroll you for
fingerprinting with
IdentoGO, the official state contractor for fingerprinting in Pennsylvania.
Subsequently, you will receive an email from IdentoGO prompting you
to set up an
appointment for fingerprinting. This email will come from
nobody@uemail.identogo.com.
The email will include your unique identification code
(your UE ID) and a link to the
company’s webpage to make an appointment. Using this link with
your UE ID included is the
easiest way to find your pre-enrollment record and make an
appointment.
The Board will also send you a message through its
secure system that has your UE ID
and service code. With this information, you will be able to go
directly to the
website https://uenroll.identogo.com,
enter your service code, choose
“Schedule or Manage Appointment,” choose “UE ID / Date of Birth”, and
enter in this
information to access the service.
By either means, you will need to complete the rest of the
registration information
on the IdentoGO website and choose the location, date and time to have
your
fingerprints taken. You will receive a confirmation email from
no-reply@uenroll.indentogo.com.
There is no deadline by which an applicant must have his/her
fingerprints taken. The Board will not receive your
criminal history record until you do, and a late receipt of your
record may delay your character and fitness investigation.
Getting Fingerprinted
You must bring government-issued photo identification with you
to the scanning center.
Most people bring a valid passport or driver’s license.
Also, if your name does not match your photo Identification, you
will need to
bring an original or certified copy of the court documents related
to your name change.
When you register on the company’s website, take note of the list of
allowable identification forms.
Bring a copy of the appointment email or know your UE ID.
Effective August 1, 2022, the proceesing fee that applicants must pay at the scanning center is $22.25. Personal checks will not be accepted.
Credit cards, money orders, cashier’s checks and checks
will be accepted.
Out-of-State Residents
Applicants residing out-of-state with ready access to an IdentoGO location
(see the IdentoGo locations list to check
for locations near you) should follow
the instructions above. Applicants without ready access to an IdentoGO location must
still have their fingerprints processed by IdentoGO, as it is the Pennsylvania government’s
channeler of federal criminal justice data. To do this without access to an IdentoGO location,
you must find a vendor that offers to do traditional ink fingerprinting. Vendors such as
Accurate Biometrics, Identico, SAFEsky, and some local law enforcement agencies will roll your prints. The
fingerprints must be on an FBI fingerprint card (FD-258), available
at the
FBI's file repository website, which
you may print out on standard white paper.
After obtaining the prints, applicants should follow the same
process as
described above for accessing their pre-enrollment record on
the IdentoGO
website, but should choose “Submit a Fingerprint Card by Mail,”
instead
of “Schedule or Manage Appointment.” Complete the registration
process and pay
online. Print out the pre-enrollment confirmation page, which
includes a
bar code, and sign it.
Complete the personal information on the fingerprint card, and mail
it, along with the signed, pre-enrollment confirmation page:
Criminal History Results
Criminal History results will be automatically sent
to the Board of Law Examiners. IdentoGO will not be
able to give you the results of your background check. Thank you
for not calling the Board office to confirm documentation receipt.