Get Fingerprinted

The Seattle Police Department Public Request Unit is currently fingerprinting for new/original concealed pistol licenses, firearm dealers, Seattle business licenses, as well as general fingerprinting services. While we accept walk-ins, we encourage you to make an appointment as we are subject to intermittent closures for administrative backlog processing.

Getting Fingerprinted

Tips

• Cost is $7.00 + taxes and fees, per card for the general public. If you are a City Contractor, the cost is $32.00 + taxes and fees, per Scan.
• If you were provided with Fingerprint Card, please avoid folding them as this will undermine the integrity of the fingerprints.
• Cards will be provided if you do not have your own. We supply the standard FD-258 FBI Applicant card.

Scheduling 

• We offer the convenience of pre-scheduled appointments, as well as last-minute walk-appointments. If you do not have an appointment, please call ahead to confirm availability. The Fingerprinting process takes roughly 10 minutes and will be done on a first come first serve basis.
• The final fingerprint request must be done prior to 4:00pm each day, due to staffing.
•  To make an appointment, Click Here 

Preparing to be Fingerprinted

• To get a good print, it is important that your hands are hydrated:
  • Drink lots of water.
  • Use hand lotion.
  • Avoid excessive hand washing, use of hand sanitizers or other activities that dry out your hands. 
• We will not print you if you have a fresh wound or cut to your fingers. Please let your hands and fingers heal. 

* Should you prefer to seek 3rd party fingerprinting services to submit with your Concealed Weapons application by US mail or need general fingerprinting services for any other reason refer to the resources below:

Bellvue Fingerprinting Services
Bellevuefingerprintingservices.com

Alliance 2020
Alliance2020.com