A. An individual wishing to view automated or manual criminal history record information specifically relating to himself and contained in the file of any affected criminal justice agency, other than the central state repository or the agency to which the request is submitted, may gain access to such information by:
- 1. presenting a written and signed request for viewing to any affected agency, other than the central state repository, as outlined in §715. Such request shall describe with reasonable particularity the records of which viewing is sought, and shall at a minimum state the places where it is believed such records may be kept, and the approximate date of occurrence of the incidents which form the subject of the records requested. Individuals or personal representatives seeking to query criminal justice agencies which maintain criminal history files accessible solely by fingerprint classification numbers must provide the querying agency with a set of fingerprints of the individual seeking access. LCLE-Privacy and Security Form Number 1 shall be used for this purpose;
- 2. submitting any required positive identifiers, including fingerprints, for the purposes of establishing both the identity of the requesting individual and correctly locating the records sought;
- 3. paying a $5 fee for each affected criminal justice agency to be queried. An additional $5 fee may be levied by the querying agency for each query forwarded.
Authority Note
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 15:1204 and R.S. 15:1207.
Historical Note
HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Office of the Governor, Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice, LR 3:450 (November 1977), amended LR 4:505 (December 1978).