Indiana § 24-12-9-6 - National criminal history background check; fingerprints; payment of fees or costs; use of NMLSR

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§ 24-12-9-6. National criminal history background check; fingerprints; payment of fees or costs; use of NMLSR

Sec. 6. (a) When the director requests a national criminal history background check under section 5(d)(1) of this chapter for an individual described in section 5(b) of this chapter, the director shall require the individual to submit fingerprints to the department, state police department, or NMLSR, as directed, at the time evidence of compliance is requested under section 5(c) of this chapter. The individual to whom the request is made shall pay any fees or costs associated with processing and evaluating the fingerprints and the national criminal history background check. The national criminal history background check may be used by the director to determine the individual's compliance with this section. The director or the department may not release the results of the national criminal history background check to any private entity.

(b) For purposes of this section and in order to reduce the points of contact that the Federal Bureau of Investigation may have to maintain for purposes of this section, the director may use the NMLSR as a channeling agent for requesting information from and distributing information to the United States Department of Justice or any governmental agency.

As added by P.L.176-2019, SEC.47.

Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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