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DIVISION 3. PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY 5000-9998.11›CHAPTER 8.5. Locksmiths 6980-6981›ARTICLE 4. Licenses 6980.17-6980.33

§ 6980.18

California Business and Professions Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) Each individual applicant, each partner of a partnership, and designated officers of a corporation shall submit with the application one personal identification form provided by the chief upon which shall appear a photograph taken within one year immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application, together with two legible sets of fingerprints, one set of which shall be forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for purposes of a background check, and a personal description of each person, respectively. Any photograph submitted by an applicant shall measure 114 by 112 inches, with a face size no greater than 1 by 114 inches. The identification form shall include residence addresses and employment history for the previous five years.

(b) The bureau may impose a fee not to exceed three dollars ($3) for processing classifiable fingerprint cards submitted by applicants, excluding those submitted into an electronic fingerprint system using electronic fingerprint technology.

(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 318, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)

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