Inquiries to the Register
Compiled text through Mar 31, 2022
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
No later Register activity identified in this check.
Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Mar 31, 2022
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
- Activity status
- No later Register activity identified in this check.
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
(a)Inquiries.
Inquiries may be made, by those agencies and individuals authorized in section 837-e of the Executive Law, by any means, including:
(1)the telephone hotline system located at DCJS;
(2)fingerprint cards or correspondence concerning persons under criminal investigation, arrested, incarcerated, applying for employment, licenses, or for any other valid reason; or
(3)terminals located in criminal justice agencies having direct on-line access to the DCJS computer data base, or which have access to the DCJS data base through NYSPIN.
(b)Processing.
DCJS will conduct an immediate search of the Register to determine if a probable identification can be made and promptly advise the inquirer. If a probable identification is made, the inquirer, if not a police or criminal justice agency, shall immediately notify the appropriate police or criminal justice agency. Such agency may then contact DCJS for relevant Register information to assist in further investigation and to determine positive identification.