Jack_Bauer24
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Will the ATF accept FD-258 fingerprint cards supplied by local Sheriff's Dept. or must you use the FD-258 cards form the ATF?
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Fingerprint Card Question????
- Thread starter Jack_Bauer24
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Jack_Bauer24
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Called them and was told long as it's an FBI fingerprint card they will accept it. But you can get free cards form the ATF so I would suggest going that route.
chadwick76
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it didn't risk it, just order them
SpeedLoader
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Go with the ATF Cards. You don't want to get everything submitted and have it later rejected.
The reason you want to go with fingerprint cards sent to you by the organization that is processing your paperwork is because.....
I live in Florida. When I applied for my concealed weapons permit, the fingerprint card specifically states the agency it is for. If you are getting fingerprinted at the police department and theres a massive ink spill/murphys law, very frequently will the fingerprint tech just grab a new fingerprint card.
That creates a problem because instead of the fingerprint card saying FDLE or FBI it now says "COUNTY JAIL" and it will foul up your paperwork.
As a sidenote: When I went to get my prints done I brought TWO sets of fingerprint cards just in case something happened. Didn't need them but theres your reason.
I live in Florida. When I applied for my concealed weapons permit, the fingerprint card specifically states the agency it is for. If you are getting fingerprinted at the police department and theres a massive ink spill/murphys law, very frequently will the fingerprint tech just grab a new fingerprint card.
That creates a problem because instead of the fingerprint card saying FDLE or FBI it now says "COUNTY JAIL" and it will foul up your paperwork.
As a sidenote: When I went to get my prints done I brought TWO sets of fingerprint cards just in case something happened. Didn't need them but theres your reason.
When I submitted the paperwork to the ATF for the subgun I bought I was told that I needed to have my prints taken, two passport photographs and a CLEO sign off. I went to the city police department and got the prints. Two blocks down the street I got the photos and across the street at the sheriff's office I got the CLEO - all the same day. I had the returned ATF approved paperwork within 45 days. No issue at all using the local police department fingerprint cards. Don't know why there would be one.