AGENCY: Salt Lake City (Utah). Police Department

SERIES: 16474
TITLE: Fingerprint cards
DATES: 1924-
ARRANGEMENT: Numerical by NCIC classification number

DESCRIPTION: These cards contain information on persons who have been fingerprinted. The card includes the NCIC classification number; Henry classification (a fingerprint characterization classification); name of arrested person; signature of arrested person; file number; charge; sex; race; residence address; social security number; birth date; heighth; weight; signature of person taking fingerprints; date; type of license (if applying for license); place of birth; physical description; individual print of each finger and thumb; prints of left and right four fingers taken simultaneously; and each thumbprint.

RETENTION

Retain for 90 year(s) after date of birth

DISPOSITION

Destroy.

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series is proposed and has not yet been approved.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office for 90 years after date of birth of fingerprinted person and then destroy.

APPRAISAL

Administrative

Because of the large volume of requests received, Salt Lake City Police Department maintains their own collection rather than depending upon BCI. It is essential for them to maintain fingerprints until the death of the individual. Since that is usually impossible to determine, the 90 years from the birth date of individual is used. A shorter period may cause duplication of cards.