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Court Practice in Misdemeanor Crimes of Domestic and Dating Violence Cases: Creating Court Summary Information Forms
January 16, 2025
Because misdemeanor convictions for crimes of domestic and dating violence can be the basis by which someone is prohibited from receiving a firearm, the National Instant Criminal Background Check System at the FBI relies on state, local and tribal court criminal records information. Generally, information about convictions for misdemeanor crimes of domestic and dating violence can be entered into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), the Interstate Identification Index (III), and/or the NICS Indices. The easiest way to ensure that the proper information is uploaded from state, tribal and local justice system databases into federal databases that are used to conduct background checks is to develop a summary information form or cover sheet that includes all of the information needed for NICS to run a firearms-related background check and is completed at the time the conviction is entered. This resource identifies the information that should be included in such a cover sheet and provides a sample.
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