Fingerprinting

Contact Information

Address:
4491 Cerrillos Rd.
Santa Fe, NM 87507
Contact: Sonia Abeyta
Phone: 505-827-9191
Email: sonia.abeyta@state.nm.us
Hours: Monday through Friday from 8am – 4:00pm
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Numerous state laws require applicants, licensees, or benefit recipients to submit to a national fingerprint based background check.
These include:

• Teachers
• Child care providers
• Health care providers
• Accountants and attorneys
• Security guards
• Concealed carry applicants
• Others

As part of your application process, you most likely submitted a set of two (2) fingerprints cards directly to the authorized state agency you are applying to or being licensed by. In every instance your first point of contact to check on the status or any delay of your application should be the agency you initially submitted your application and prints to. The time delay between the time your prints are received by your sponsoring agency and when they are submitted electronically or manually to DPS rests entirely with that agency. Once prints are submitted to DPS electronically, and your prints are of sufficient quality, under normal circumstances your agency will receive a response from DPS within 24-48 hours, and from the FBI within 48-72 hours (weekends excluded). Prints submitted to DPS and the FBI as manual submissions typically receive responses within 7-14 working days.