Post-Conviction Relief for Immigrants
§ 3.22 A. Correcting Errors in FBI Criminal History Reports
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Since the FBI is not the source of the records it compiles, a challenge to the correctness of its records will be referred to the source agency. If the conviction is a state court conviction, the source of that record would be the Department of Justice for the state in which the court of conviction sits. Direct a request to correct the FBI “rap sheet” to:
Assistant Director of the FBI
Identification Division
Washington, D.C. 20537
The FBI will forward the request to the state agency that submitted the data and make a correction or not, as indicated by the source agency.
Obtain certified copies of records from the court of origin documenting the correct state of affairs, and submit these directly to the FBI. The FBI has historically been willing to correct its records promptly when an error is demonstrated by satisfactory evidence.
