Police certificatesLast checked October 21, 2026
Police certificate for United States
FBI Identity History SummaryBy postOfficial page(opens in a new tab)
- Issued by
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division, US Department of Justice
- How to apply
- The person the record is about sends a written request by mail to the FBI CJIS Division, 1000 Custer Hollow Road, Clarksburg, WV 26306. The request must include name, date and place of birth, and a set of rolled, inked fingerprints on a standard fingerprint card. The request form is FBI Form 1-783 (Identity History Summary Request Form).
- Fee
- $18Per copy requested. The regulation says payment by certified check or money order payable to the Treasury of the United States; a fee waiver needs proof of indigency. The FBI Director may revise the fee by Federal Register notice.
- Notes
- Record holders who think the record is wrong should first contact the agency that submitted the information; challenges can also be sent to FBI CJIS at the same address.
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- The fee is confirmed by the 2023 Federal Register notice; a later change could not be checked.
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