Procedures for Handling a Hit

When an agency receives a record in response to an inquiry and the person inquired upon appears to be the subject of the record, the arresting agency must contact the originating agency of the record to confirm the hit.

When an agency receives multiple records in response to an inquiry and the person inquired upon appears to be identical with the subject of one or more of these records, the arresting agency must contact the originating agency of each record to confirm the hit(s). Following confirmation with the originating agency(s), a locate message may be transmitted for each record on file for the individual.

(For complete locate procedures see Validation and Quality Control Section.)