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Valid ID.
Live Scan Request form.
Payment.
A non-expired California Driver’s license or ID is the preferred identification.
The Live Scan Request form will be collected from you, so have 2 printed copies if you want to keep a copy for yourself. Or, you can take a photo of it.
Cash or credit card is the fastest and easiest way to pay.
Fees will be collected for the CA DOJ and/or the FBI as well as the AngelVetting rolling fee. You must bring a method of payment to cover the entire amount, which will typically range from $40 to $140.
Acceptable payment methods: Cash, check, credit card, PayPal, Venmo. Ask about others.
The below description of acceptable identification comes from California Department of Justice guidelines. The documents must be the originals (for example, a picture of your driver’s license on your phone cannot be accepted).
Not listed but potentially acceptable are driver’s licenses from other countries. Please call do discuss if you intend to use such an ID.
Notice that if you don’t have one of the primary forms of ID listed, then you must have 2 secondary forms AND 2 supplemental documents. Supplemental documents will be collected and so must be printed paper copies, rather than pictures of them.
The California Department of Justice (DOJ) requires Live Scan Operators to accept only current, valid, and unexpired picture identification as the primary identification.
Acceptable Primary forms of photo identification include any of the following:
- State-issued driver’s license*
- U.S. Passport or U. S Passport Card
- Federal Government Personal Identity Verification Card (PIV)
- Uniformed Services Identification Card
- Department of Defense Common Access Card
- Foreign Passport with Appropriate Immigration Document(s) (e.g., Form I-94)
- USCIS – Permanent Resident Card (I-551)
- USCIS – Employment Authorization Card (I-766)
- Federal, state, or local government agency ID card with photograph
- U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Card
- Canadian driver’s license
*For those applicants without a license, a state identification card may be presented if the state identification card standards are the same as for the driver’s license.
In the absence of a primary form of identification, an applicant shall provide at least two of the following forms of secondary identification AND at least two additional forms of the supporting documentation that follows:
- State Government Issued Certificate of Birth
- U.S. Tribal or Bureau of Indian Affairs Identification Card
- Native American tribal document
- Social Security Card
- Court Order for Name Change/Gender Change/Adoption/ Divorce
- Marriage Certificate (Government Certificate Issued)
- U.S. Government Issued Consular Report of Birth Abroad
- Draft record
- School ID with photograph (minimum age 7 years old, or transaction will be rejected by DOJ)
- Certificate of Citizenship (N560)
- Replacement Certificate of Citizenship (N-561)
- Certificate of Naturalization (N550)
- Replacement Certificate of Naturalization (N-570)
NOTE: When validating the authenticity of secondary forms of identification, the information must be supported by at least two of the following supplemental documents:
- Utility Bill (Address)
- Jurisdictional Voter Registration Card
- Vehicle Registration Card/Title
- Paycheck Stub with Name/Address*
- Jurisdictional Public Assistance Card
- Spouse/Parent Affidavit
*Financial information may be redacted by the individual
Important: When supplemental documentation does not support the validation of the original identification documents, the Live Scan Operator should not accept the form of identification and not fingerprint the applicant.
Financial difficulties? The state of California offers a fee waiver if you meet certain requirements. Click here to apply for the waiver on this official government webpage.
