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All arrest information received by the Department of Justice and forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation is based on the submission of an arrest fingerprint card.
Upon receipt of an arrest fingerprint card, the fingerprints are compared to those on file, both at the state and federal level, to see if the person already has a file in either database. If there is a previous record, the new arrest information is added to the existing record. If there is no match, a new file is created based on the information on the fingerprint card.
Although the name search is quite accurate, the only certain means of determining if the information returned on the name search is subject of the record is by the comparison of fingerprints.
If the person the background check is conducted on states that the criminal history information returned is not theirs, a fingerprint comparison can be done. You must submit the Wisconsin Criminal History Single Name Record Request. Included on this request must be a rolled impression of the right index finger. Any local law enforcement agency should be able to help your subject in obtaining this impression. If for some reason, such as injury or amputation the right index finger cannot be used, another finger may be substituted. Please indicate which finger was used on the form.
There is no fee for this fingerprint comparison as long as it is requested within six months of the initial inquiry. If not requested within that time period, the normal background check fees apply.
Fingerprint searches will not be performed as the initial means of searching the database unless Wisconsin statutes allow fingerprint-based background checks for the background check required for your submission type.
The Wisconsin Criminal History Single Name Record Request form may be found on our website, www.doj.state.wi.us/dles/cib/forms (see online forms page).
online forms page
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