Instructions for In State Residents Requesting a New Jersey Fingerprint-Based Criminal History Record Check (records from NJ only)

 

Instructions for In State Residents Requesting a New Jersey Fingerprint-Based Criminal History Record Check (records from NJ only)

Effective July 1, 2021 Applicants and/or Employers will have the ability to download the result of the Personal Record Request letter by clicking on the link below. This will begin for applicants that schedule appointments with IdentoGo on July 1, 2021. In order to download the Personal Record Request letter Applicants and/or Employers will need the IdentoGo PCN, Last Name and Date of Birth as entered on IdentoGO form to be authenticated. The Applicants and/or Employers will have up to 90 days from the date fingerprinted to download the Personal Record Request letter. If after 90 days the Applicant will need to go through the Personal Record Request process again and be fingerprinted.  https://njportal.com/NJSP/prr

The Division of State Police, Criminal Information Unit (CIU) provides fingerprint-based New Jersey criminal history record checks to any resident of the state of New Jersey requesting a copy of his/her own criminal history record. A personal record request is typically for the purpose of:

• GOOD CONDUCT
• IMMIGRATION
• NATURALIZATION
• PERSONAL RECORD
• VISA
• INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION
• FOREIGN BUSINESS
• EXPUNGMENT

All Personal Record Requests are New Jersey state only searches.

An individual may obtain a criminal history record check via electronic live scan at one of the approved fingerprint capturing sites. The New Jersey State Police utilizes the live scan fingerprinting services provided by IDEMIA, a private company under contract with the State of New Jersey. In order to be fingerprinted for one of the purposes listed above, you are required to contact IDEMIA to schedule a time and place to have your fingerprints captured at an IdentoGO site. 

The quickest and easiest way to schedule your appointment is via the World Wide Web at https://uenroll.identogo.com/.

Web scheduling is available 24 hours per day, seven days per week. Applicants who do not have World Wide Web access should call IDEMIA at the company’s toll-free telephone number, 1-877-503-5981(Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Saturday, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon). Spanish-speaking operators are available upon request. You must bring proper identification with the home address the appointment was scheduled with as outlined on IDEMIA’s website.

Appointment registration and location information will be available on the Idemia Universal Enrollment Platform (UEP), allowing applicants to schedule appointments using a unique Service Code for each agency/fingerprint reason.

IDEMIA has assigned a Service Code for each unique combination of agency and applicant type. The six character Service Code is used for uniquely identifying the Agency (ORI), and Reason for Fingerprinting (RFP).  The use of the Service Code ensures that applicants are being printed for the correct purpose and are not accidently or incorrectly being processed for a service they don’t need. The distribution of the Service Code is dependent on the agency to confirm the correct applicants have the correct service. Below is a list of criminal history Background Checks provided by the New Jersey State Police. Corresponding service codes are listed for each type of request.

The fee for this fingerprinting service is $44.13, which includes the $14.13 vendor fee and associated state sales tax. The following forms of payment are accepted: VISA, Master Card, American Express, Discover, prepaid debit cards, or electronic debit (ACH) from a checking account. Payment will be collected at the Idemia fingerprint site on the day of the scheduled appointment. Appointments must be canceled by 5:00 p.m. on the business day prior to your scheduled time (you must cancel by Saturday at noon for a Monday appointment).

Failure to provide complete and accurate information may result in having to be fingerprinted again and incurring additional costs. (There are no refunds once a criminal histroy background check is completed). Questions or revisions to responses must be made within a ninety day (90) period or the full process will have to be repeated. If you do not receive your response within ten (10) working days please contact the Criminal Information Unit at 609 882-2000 ext. 2918 or CIU@njsp.org.

Any questions regarding New Jersey Criminal History Record Check Process can be directed to the New Jersey State Police, Criminal Information Unit at 609 882-2000 ext. 2918 or CIU@njsp.org.

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Personal Records Request:

Applicants that require one of the following fingerprint-based New Jersey criminal history record checks and need the results mailed to the applicant’s address.  

• Immigration
• Naturalization
• Personal Record
• Visa
• Expungement
• Good Conduct

Service Code 2F1BJGsource https://www.njsp.org/criminal-history-records/

Criminal History Record Information (CHRI) NJ

 

Criminal History Record Information (CHRI):

The New Jersey State Police frequently receives inquiries from government, business, and citizens on the regulations and procedures for obtaining an individual's criminal history record. This web site has been developed to assist you in answering the most common questions asked about this process.
New Jersey Administrative Code (N.J.A.C.) 13:59-1 et seq. authorizes the dissemination of New Jersey Criminal History Record Information (CHRI) by the New Jersey State Police (NJSP), Identification & Information Technology Section (I&ITS), State Bureau of Identification (SBI) for noncriminal justice purposes. The following entities are authorized to obtain from the SBI all records of convictions in the New Jersey state courts and, regardless of their age, all records of pending arrests and charges for violations of New Jersey laws, unless such records have been expunged:

• Governmental entities of this state, the federal government, or any other state for any official governmental purpose, including, but not limited to, employment, licensing and the procurement of services;
• A person or non-governmental entity of any state, that seeks to directly engage the services of the subject of the record, for the purpose of determining the subject's qualifications for employment, volunteer work or other performance of service;
• Attorneys-at-law licensed by any state for use in any contested matters docketed in any state or federal court or administrative agencies of this state;
• Private detectives licensed by the Division of State Police pursuant to N.J.S.A. 45:19-8 et seq. for the purposes of obtaining information in the furtherance of the performance of their statutorily authorized functions, as specifically enumerated by N.J.S.A. 45:19-9(a)1 to 9.
• A person for the purpose of obtaining his/her personal record request.

Requests for CHRI by requesters shall be on forms prescribed by the Superintendent of the State Police, with the exception of Attorneys-at-law who may obtain this information through the lawful issuance of a subpoena.  source https://www.njsp.org/criminal-history-records/

DIRECTIVE #19-21 - Standard Juvenile Intake Screening Form

 

DIRECTIVE #19-21

- Standard Juvenile Intake Screening Form August11,2021

This promulgates for immediate statewide use a standard Juvenile Intake Screening Form (CN 12833), as approved by Judicial Council. The purpose of the form is to assist the court in determining (based on the severity of the charges) whether a juvenile delinquency case should be addressed either by a judge or by a court diversion program. To ensure consistency in that screening, the attached form sets forth the statutory factors that are to be applied when screening a case under N.J.S.A. 2A:4A-71.

More serious matters proceed to a judge for review with legal counsel representing the youth. Less serious matters, in contrast, are referred to court diversion programs, which have the youth and their parent(s)/guardian(s) (1) meet with a group of judiciary volunteers (Juvenile Conference Committee - JCC) or a court staff person (Intake Service Conference)(ISC); (2) referred to a county Family Crisis Intervention Unit (FCIU) for services; or (3) appear before a juvenile referee.

In these court diversion programs, the delinquency charges are addressed without requiring legal counsel for the youth. For matters addressed by JCC or by ISC, the youth and parent(s)/guardian(s) enter into an agreement to resolve the charges, which if approved by the judge, results in the case being dismissed once the diversion is completed successfully. For matters diverted to FCIU, the court enters an order referring the case to FCIU, and the case is dismissed. For matters diverted to a juvenile referee, the referee conducts an adjudicatory hearing and makes a recommendation to the judge for approval. The juvenile referee may find that the youth committed an act of delinquency and recommend a disposition or find the youth did not commit an act of delinquency and recommend dismissal.

ADA

Americans with Disabilities Act

ENSURING

AN OPEN DOOR TO JUSTICE

Directive #19-21
Family/Juvenile - Standard Juvenile Intake Form August 11, 2021
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Please share this directive and the attached form with your judges and staff.

Attachment: CN 12833 - Standard Juvenile Intake Screening Form cc: Chief Justice Stuart Rabner

Acting Attorney General Andrew Bruck
Public Defender Joseph E. Krakora
Lyndsay Ruotolo, Director, Div. of Criminal Justice County Prosecutors
Steven D. Benville, Judiciary Chief of Staff
AOC Directors and Assistant Directors
Clerks of Court
Special Assistants to the Administrative Director
Amelia Wachter-Smith, Chief, Family Practice
Michele Walsh, Assistant Chief, Family Practice Assistant Family Division Managers
Emily Mari, Esq ., Staff Attorney, Family Practice Division

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In the Matter of
Juvenile Name
County
Municipality/Arresting Agency Offense(s)

Co-Delinquents/Adult Co-Defendants (if any) Screening

Factors considered (N.J.S.A. 2A:4A-71)

Risk that ·uvenile resents a substantial dan er to others Famil Circumstances
First Offense
Prior diversion or referee

Number of Prior Diversions._ _ _
Number Successful:
Char e(s)
Number of Prior Delinquency Adjudications (Non-VOP):

Most Serious Prior Ad'udication

Last Disposition Type:
□ Diversion (FCIU, JCC, ISC) □ Adjudication In ut of victim or arrestin a0 enc
Arnenabili to remedial education 2A:4A-71. l) Probation or Deferred status
Dual status (open FN)

Party ID

Gender Birth Date

Docket Number
Race
Age at Time of Offense Inctdent Date

Prosecutor Comments

Residence

Date recommendation and file forwarded to the Judge:
Was Youth in Detention at Time of Screening If Not Diverted (FCIU, JCC, ISC), Why Not?

D Yes D No
Recommendation of the Juvenile Unit (Family Comi): Divert: D FCIU D JCC DISC

D Referee D Court D Transfer

Published: 08/2021 , CN: 12833

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New Jersey Judiciary

Juvenile Intake Screening Form

Famil

Court Comments

Name of Officer Screening Complaint:

J ·1ItkS 'F
Date complaint received by the Prosecutor's Office:

Date screened:
Date complaint/recommendation forwarded to the Family Division

Recommendation of the Assistant Prosecutor

Divert: □ FCIU
D Referee D Court D Transfer _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Recommendation o f the Assistant Prosecutor

Hearing Required with notice to all parties? D Yes D No Date of Hearing: Comments

Date Judge's Signature

Divert: □ FCIU □ JCC □ ISC

To Be Completed by Juvenile Prosecutor Team

□ JCC
□ Dismissal □ Should be Stationhouse Adjustment

□ ISC

Prosecutor Consent to Court Intake Diversion Recommendation: 1 □ Yes □ No (hearing requested) □ NIA

To Be Completed by Juvenile Judge If There Is a Conflict

D Referee

D Court

D Transfer

1 Rule 5:20-l(c) states:
Court Intake Services Referral. Every complaint alleging juvenile delinquency shall be reviewed by court intake services in the manner provided by law for recommendation as to whether the complaint should be dismissed, diverted or referred for further court action. Where the complaint alleges conduct which, if committed by an adult, would constitute a crime as defined by N.J.S. 2C: l-4a or a repetitive disorderly persons offense as defined by N.J.S. 2A:4A-22(h), or any disorderly persons offense as defined in chapter 35 or chapter 36 of Title 2C, the matter shall not be diverted by the court unless the prosecutor consents thereto. Nothing in this rule precludes the court from diverting any complaint pursuant to N.J.S. 2A:4A-73(a) after a hearing wherein all parties have an opportunity to be heard.
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