Long Beach Live Scan

Mon-Fri 9:30am - 5:00pm 

Sat-930am-1:30pm  Sun-Closed

Closed for Lunch 12:30pm-1:30pm

Appointment Required-BOOK ONLINE

Saturday Appointments Are Limited

Live Scan Fingerprinting Services

Two Businessmen Shaking Hands — Long Beach, CA — Long Beach Live Scan

How to Prepare for your Live Scan Appointment

  1. Make sure your fingers are moisturized. Use lotion multiple times a day leading up to your visit. (But not on the day of your visit, if you require ink fingerprints)
  2. Come with clean hands and bring a hand sanitizing wipe with you to prepare your hands for the scanner.
  3. Bring the following with you
  4. Valid, non-expired government-issued photo ID
  5. Supporting fingerprint paper documents, when applicable (call us if you have questions about what this entails_
  6. Fingerprinting cards, if applicable (we also have FD-258 cards in stock)
  7. Credit card, debit card payment or company voucher
  8. And of course, your fingers
Two Businessmen Shaking Hands — Long Beach, CA — Long Beach Live Scan

How to Prepare for your Live Scan Appointment

  1. Make sure your fingers are moisturized. Use location multiple times a day leading up to your visit. (But not on the day of your visit, if you require ink fingerprints)
  2. Come with clean hands and bring a hand sanitizing wipe with you to prepare your hands for the scanner.
  3. Bring the following with you
  4. Valid, non-expired government-issued photo ID
  5. Supporting fingerprint paper documents, when applicable (call us if you have questions about what this entails_
  6. Fingerprinting cards, if applicable (we also have FD-258 cards in stock)
  7. Cash, cred, debit payment or company voucher
  8. And of course, your fingers

What to bring to the Live Scan Fingerprinting Session

Cal-DOJ Approved Identification (Current)

Approved ID includes:

OPTION 1: (put this in a folder)

Acceptable Primary ID (bring 1)

  • California Driver’s License
  • Department of Motor Vehicles Identification Card
  • Out-of-State Official Driver’s License

OPTION 2: (put this in a folder)

Acceptable Secondary ID

  • PLUS 2 Supplemental Documents
  • Secondary ID (bring 1 of the following)
  • State government issued Certificate of Birth
  • U.S. Active Duty/Retiree/Reservist Military
  • Identification Card (000 10-2)
  • U.S. Passport
  • Federal government Personal Identity Verification Card (PIV)
  • Department of Defense Common Access Card
  • U.S. Tribal or Bureau of Indian Affairs Identification Card
  • Social Security Card
  • Court Order for Name Change/Gender Change/Adoption/Divorce
  • Marriage Certificate (Government issued certificate)
  • U.S. Government issued Consular Report of Birth Abroad
  • Foreign Passport with appropriate immigration document(s)
  • Certificate of Citizenship (N560)
  • Certificate of Naturalization (N550)
  • INS I-551 Resident Alien Card issued since 1997
  • INS 1-688 Temporary Resident Identification Card
  • INS I-688B, I-766 Employment Authorization Card
  • PLUS Two Supplemental Documents (bring 2 of the following):
  • Utility bill (with matching address)
  • Jurisdictional voter registration card
  • Vehicle registration card/title
  • Paycheck stub with name/address
  • Spouse/parent affidavit
  • Cancelled check or bank statement
  • Mortgage documents
Businesswoman With Arms Crossed — Long Beach, CA — Long Beach Live Scan

What to bring to the Live Scan Fingerprinting Session

Cal-DOJ Approved Identification (Current)

Approved ID includes:

OPTION 1: (put this in a folder)

Acceptable Primary ID (bring 1)

  • California Driver’s License
  • Department of Motor Vehicles Identification Card
  • Out-of-State Official Driver’s License

OPTION 2: (put this in a folder)

Acceptable Secondary ID

  • PLUS 2 Supplemental Documents
  • Secondary ID (bring 1 of the following)
  • State government issued Certificate of Birth
  • U.S. Active Duty/Retiree/Reservist Military
  • Identification Card (000 10-2)
  • U.S. Passport
  • Federal government Personal Identity Verification Card (PIV)
  • Department of Defense Common Access Card
  • U.S. Tribal or Bureau of Indian Affairs Identification Card
  • Social Security Card
  • Court Order for Name Change/Gender Change/Adoption/Divorce
  • Marriage Certificate (Government issued certificate)
  • U.S. Government issued Consular Report of Birth Abroad
  • Foreign Passport with appropriate immigration document(s)
  • Certificate of Citizenship (N560)
  • Certificate of Naturalization (N550)
  • INS I-551 Resident Alien Card issued since 1997
  • INS 1-688 Temporary Resident Identification Card
  • INS I-688B, I-766 Employment Authorization Card
  • PLUS Two Supplemental Documents (bring 2 of the following):
  • Utility bill (with matching address)
  • Jurisdictional voter registration card
  • Vehicle registration card/title
  • Paycheck stub with name/address
  • Spouse/parent affidavit
  • Cancelled check or bank statement
  • Mortgage documents

Live Scan Fingerprinting Rates Vary

Social Distancing Live Scan Fingerprinting Session Includes:
Live Scan Fingerprinting, Appointment, Data Entry, Credit Card Online, Credit Card Charge, 8016 Forms, and Track Transaction Status Info).


CAL-DOJ and FBI Fees Vary between $0- $93 depending on the application type.

Child Abuse Index Fee when Applicable

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