The City of Boulder Licensing Division has changed their fingerprinting procedures in response to Senate Bill 17-189.

The Colorado Bureau of Investigations (CBI) has implemented a new process beginning September 24, 2018: Colorado Applicant Background Services (CABS).

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Colorado Applicant Background Services (CABS)

To use this service, you will need to go online to one of the state approved vendors to register, schedule your appointment, and pay for your own fingerprinting.

These vendors are selected and trained specifically by the Colorado Bureau of Investigations (CBI) and will be the only locations where civil fingerprinting services will now be available.

The vendor services will be located throughout the state, which is intended to increase applicants’ ability to obtain fingerprints in a timely manner. Fingerprints will be submitted electronically, which will allow results to take only hours for processing instead of days or weeks.

Get a Code from City of Boulder

In order to receive your City of Boulder specific code to register/schedule with CABS, please email licensingonline@bouldercolorado.gov.

Staff will then email you your unique code for the CABS vendor.

Please make sure you retain your receipt or confirmation of fingerprinting as this will replace the print card proof you will need to submit with your city application at your appointment.

City of Boulder Approved CABS Vendor

The City of Boulder has chosen the following CABS vendor:

  • IDEMIA - IdentoGO
    Please direct further questions about registration, services, and locations to your CABS vendor.

CBI Identification Unit Notice To Applicants

As an applicant for a position requiring fingerprints to be submitted to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation ( “CBI ”) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), your fingerprints will be submitted to these agencies to check state and FBI records.

Discrepancies on your Colorado record can be challenged and corrected by contacting the Colorado Bureau of Investigation at 690 Kipling St., Suite 3000, Denver, CO 80215, or by calling the Identification Unit at (303) 239-4208. Additional information is available from CBl's website at www.colorado.gov/cbi.

Discrepancies on records from the FBI or relating to another state can be challenged through the FBI. Information, including that listed below, can be found at their website at www.fbi.gov.

The U.S. Department of Justice Order 556-73 establishes rules and regulations for the subject of an FBI Identification Record to obtain a copy of his or her own record for review. The FBl's Criminal Justice Information Services (“CJlS”) Division processes these requests.

Who May Request a Copy of a Record? (or proof that a record does not exist)

Only you can request a copy of your own Identification Record.

How to Request a Copy of Your Record?

The FBI offers two methods for requesting your FBI Identification Record or proof that a record does not exist:

  • Option 1: Submit your request directly to the FBI.
  • Option 2: Submit your request to an FBI-approved Channeler, which is a private business that has contracted with the FBI to receive the fingerprint submission and relevant data, collect the associated fee(s), electronically forward the fingerprint submission with the necessary information to the FBICJIS Division for a national criminal history record check, and receive the electronic record check result for dissemination to the individual. Contact each Channeler for processing times.