Registration/Installation
Step 1: Once you decide to purchase a LiveScan device and submit a purchase order to a vendor on FDLE’s
vendor list, please send an e-mail to the FDLE’s Criminal History Services (CHS) Section at
ApplicantChecks@fdle.state.fl.us with your company/entity name, contact name/phone number/e-mail address, and the name of the vendor. Upon receipt, a member of CHS will send you a registration form to electronically complete and return. Next, a Device ID and Transaction Control Number (TCN) Prefix will be assigned to your device by CHS staff. A CHS member will add this information to the registration form and return it to you.
Step 2: Send a copy of the completed registration form (i.e., with the Device ID and TCN Prefix added by the FDLE) to your vendor so that they can appropriately configure your device.
Step 3: The vendor will schedule a date to install your device with you, as well as schedule a date and time for testing with the FDLE.
Testing/Activation
Step 1: A test submission must be sent from each registered LiveScan device to the FDLE’s Civil Workflow Control System (CWCS) test system during the scheduled testing period. FDLE staff will validate the data contained in the submission packet to ensure the type of transaction (TOT) has the required elements in the proper format.
Step 2: Upon the successful completion a test transaction for each LiveScan device, you will proceed with a formal activation process of the device. This process includes providing CHS with the applicable credit card information that will be used to process the fingerprint-based criminal history record checks; each time a LiveScan transaction is submitted from your device, the credit card will be charged the
appropriate fee. FDLE’s credit card processor accepts all major credit cards. Please ensure that there is a sufficient credit limit to cover the number of transactions you may submit during the credit card’s billing cycle.
The fees for transactions are established by the Florida Legislature and the FBI and may vary depending upon the reason or purpose that the customer is being fingerprinted. You are responsible for collecting the fee from the individual being fingerprinted, which should include the respective criminal history record check fee (charged to your credit card), along with the fee that you wish to charge for your fingerprinting service.
The successful completion of the above steps will enable you to begin submitting transactions to FDLE for fingerprint-based criminal history record checks.