Chapter 2.31
FINGERPRINTING

Sections:

2.31.010    Fingerprinting of new employees.

2.31.020    Fingerprinting of applicants for city licenses or permits.

2.31.030    Fingerprinting for non-municipal matters.

2.31.010 Fingerprinting of new employees.

As a condition precedent to employment by the city, each prospective new employee of the police department, Southeast communications, recreation division or senior center division shall be fingerprinted by the Richland police division. Such fingerprint impressions shall be submitted to the identification section of the Washington State Patrol for a background check to determine whether the prospective new employee has any prior felony or misdemeanor convictions. Evidence of a prior felony or misdemeanor conviction, within a period of seven years immediately preceding the date of submission of fingerprint impressions, which felony or misdemeanor conviction relates to or bears upon the type of work for which the prospective employee is being considered, may constitute grounds for denial of employment; provided, however, that any prospective new employee for a position in any law and justice (police) program shall, in addition to a background check through the State Identification Section, be subject to a background check through the Federal Bureau of Investigation. [Ord. 98-76 § 1.01; Ord. 2-96; Ord. 40-98].

2.31.020 Fingerprinting of applicants for city licenses or permits.

Whenever fingerprinting and background check are required by any ordinance of the city of Richland as a condition of issuance of any license or permit, such fingerprinting and background check shall be deemed a condition precedent to the issuance of such license or permit. When so required, fingerprints of the applicant for such a license or permit shall be taken by the Richland police division and submitted to the identification section of the Washington State Patrol for a background check to determine whether the applicant has any prior felony or misdemeanor convictions. Evidence of a prior felony or misdemeanor conviction, within a period of seven years immediately preceding the date of submission of fingerprint impressions, which felony or misdemeanor conviction relates to or bears upon the type of license or permit for which application is made, may constitute grounds for denial of such license or permit. [Ord. 98-76 § 1.01; Ord. 40-98].

2.31.030 Fingerprinting for non-municipal matters.

Whenever any person desires to be fingerprinted by the Richland police division for any reason other than that imposed by the city ordinance relative to employment or application for a license or permit, fingerprints may be taken by the police division upon payment by the person to be printed of a fee as provided in the city’s posted fee schedule. The fingerprint card in such cases shall be turned over to the person fingerprinted, shall not be maintained in the files of the Richland police division, and shall not be forwarded by the police division to the Identification Section of the Washington State Patrol; provided, however, that any resident of the state of Washington who requests fingerprinting for personal identification only may, upon payment of the required fee, have copies of the fingerprint impressions forwarded to the Identification Section of the Washington State Patrol on forms appropriately marked “Personal Identification.” [Ord. 98-76 § 1.01; Ord. 13-97; Ord. 01-20 § 1].