How to Correct an Identity in NCIC

You can correct your NCIC record by contacting the "arresting agency" in your record.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is responsible for running the National Crime Information Center. The NCIC is a national, computerized database of criminal records and other information pertaining to criminal cases. This database is not covered by the contest provisions of the Privacy Act and therefore has special procedures for correcting records.

Instructions

1. Contact any law enforcement agency with access to the NCIC. Inform them that you'd like to access your record. You may be required to provide a set of fingerprints to prove your identity, along with others forms of state-issued identification. Once the agency has confirmed your identity, it can make an online or mailed request to obtain your record from the NCIC. When you've received your record, determine whether you'd like to contest it.

2. Find out what the "arresting agency" in the case you wish to contest was. You can ask the agency that provides you with your record which agency or court would be appropriate to contact in your case. You will need to approach this agency in order to file an official contest to the record.

3. Contact the agency and request that they initiate action to correct your record. Provide them with any written evidence or testimony to support the correction of your record. Examples of evidence vary, but might include court documentation of your innocence or proof that your name is different than the one associated with the crime on record.

References

• Federation of American Scientists: National Crime Information Center