Section 4402 - Capturing Thumbprint for Uniform CCW License(a) The licensing authority shall capture an original right thumbprint for every initial or renewal CCW license. If the right thumbprint is unavailable, the acceptable print order is left thumbprint followed by any available digit of the right hand, regardless of whether the digit is scarred or deformed. The licensee's thumbprint or fingerprint image shall be true to size.(b) If a Personal Identity Verification single finger capture device is used, the device must be certified by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as tested and in compliance with the FBI's Next Generation Identification (NGI) Image Quality Specifications (IQS).(c) Form BOF 4501 shall be printed at a minimum resolution of 600 dpi (dots per inch) and mailed to the Department in accordance with section 4432, subdivision (d).Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 11, § 4402
Note: Authority cited: Sections 26175 and 26225, Penal Code. Reference: Section 26175, Penal Code.
1. New section filed 3-4-2024 as an emergency; operative 3/4/2024 (Register 2024, No. 10). Pursuant to Penal Code section 26225(d) this action is a deemed emergency and exempt from OAL review. A Certificate of Compliance must be submitted to OAL by 1-1-2026 or the emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.