Applicants for a new Certificate of Eligibility (COE) shall submit fingerprints for a COE to the Department for a firearms eligibility background check.
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), fingerprints shall be captured and transmitted electronically by an authorized live scan operator. (1) The applicant shall complete a Request For Live Scan Service form prescribed by the Department which will require the following applicant information: full name, any alias name, date of birth, sex, driver license number, height, weight, eye color, hair color, place of birth, social security number, and home address. The applicant shall take the completed form to a live scan operator who shall confirm the applicant's identification, input the applicant's personal descriptor information, capture the applicant's fingerprints electronically, and transmit the data to the Department.(2) The applicant shall pay the live scan operator a $49 fingerprint processing fee, the $22 COE application fee as specified in section 4038 of these regulations, and the live scan operator's fee (fee is determined by live scan operator and is not regulated by the Department).(3) The live scan operator will provide the applicant with an applicant transaction identifier (ATI) number. The applicant shall provide the COE ATI number when completing the electronic COE application as specified in subdivision (b) of section 4035 of these regulations.(b) Out-of-state applicants may have their fingerprints taken manually at a local law enforcement agency in their state of residence in lieu of completing a California live scan. (1) At least one completed fingerprint card, a $49 fingerprint processing fee, and the $22 COE application fee, as specified in section 4038 of these regulations, are required. Check or money order shall be mailed to the Department of Justice at the following address: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
BUREAU OF FIREARMS
LICENSING AND CERTIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY SECTION - COE UNIT
P.O. BOX 160487
SACRAMENTO, CA 95816-0487
Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 11, § 4032.5
1. New section filed 4-22-2019; operative 7-1-2019 (Register 2019, No. 17). Note: Authority cited: Sections 11105 and 26710, Penal Code. Reference: Sections 12101, 12756 and 12757, Health and Safety Code; Sections 16410, 16800, 26525, 26585, 26700, 26705, 26710, 26915, 26970, 27200, 27535, 27545, 27670, 27966, 28450, 29050, 29120, 29800, 29805, 29815, 29820, 29825 29900, 30312, 30314, 30347, 30370 and 31700, Penal Code; Sections 8100 and 8103, Welfare and Institutions Code; Title 18, Sections 921 and 922, United States Code; and Title 27, Part 478.32, Code of Federal Regulations.
1. New section filed 4-22-2019; operative 7/1/2019 (Register 2019, No. 17).