Vermont § 1-113 - Criminal record checks
Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 1-113 — Criminal record checks, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 1-113. Criminal record checks
- (a) Criminal record checks required under this title shall be obtained as provided in
this section. (b) The Commissioner for Children and Families or any judge of the Probate Division of
the Superior Court shall obtain from the Vermont Crime Information Center the record
of Vermont convictions and pending criminal charges for any person being evaluated
to be an adoptive parent. (c) The Commissioner or Probate judge, through the Vermont Crime Information Center shall
request the record of convictions and pending criminal charges of the appropriate
criminal repositories in all states in which there is reason to believe the applicant
has resided or been employed. (d) If no disqualifying record is identified at the State level, the Commissioner or Probate
judge through the Vermont Crime Information Center shall request from the Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI) a national criminal history record check of the applicant’s
convictions and pending criminal charges. The request to the FBI shall be accompanied
by a set of the applicant’s fingerprints and a fee established by the Vermont Crime
Information Center which shall be paid by the applicant and shall reflect the cost
of obtaining the record from the FBI. (e) The Vermont Crime Information Center shall send to the requester any record received
pursuant to this section or inform the requester that no record exists. (f) The requester shall promptly provide a copy of any record of convictions and pending
criminal charges to the applicant and shall inform the applicant of the right to appeal
the accuracy and completeness of the record pursuant to rules adopted by the Vermont
Crime Information Center. (g) Upon completion of the applicant process under this section, the applicant’s fingerprint
card and any copies thereof shall be destroyed. (Added 1997, No. 53, § 1, eff. June 26, 1997; amended 1997, No. 139 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1997, No. 163 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 2007, No. 65, § 127a; 2007, No. 77, § 3; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011; 2013, No. 119 (Adj. Sess.), § 11.)
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Section 1-113 ("Criminal record checks") is part of the Vermont Statutes Online, the codified statutory law of Vermont. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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