Fingerprinting Requirements for Company Licensing Applications

All officers, directors, trustees and all individuals who control, directly or indirectly, are required to be fingerprinted in order to complete their application for a domestic regulated entity*. This requirement also applies to all individuals for whom Regulation 66 is applicable.

Fingerprinting services are provided by the license testing vendor, PSI. No appointment is necessary and a list of testing locations and hours of operation is available on PSI's website. Fingerprinting for Louisiana applications may only be done at PSI locations within the boundaries of Louisiana. The required fees may be paid at the site at the time of submission.  Resident individuals are required to submit the fingerprints through this method and non-residents may choose to travel to Louisiana to submit prints in this manner for faster receipt of results by the LDI.

Any individual who is not a resident of Louisiana may, in lieu of submission through PSI, instead comply with the follow:

1. Duplicate fingerprint cards for each individual must be submitted. You may request blank fingerprint cards to companyapps@ldi.la.gov. Please include the number of cards required and the address to which the cards should be mailed.
   
   
2. Effective January 1, 2019, fees in the amount of $39.25 per applicant.
   
   
3. A completed Authorization to Disclose Criminal History Records Information for each applicant.
          
4. A completed Rap Sheet Disclosure Form for each applicant.

All of these documents should be sent to

Louisiana State Police
Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information
P.O. Box 66614 (Mail Slip A-6)
Baton Rouge, LA 70896

Generally the Department will receive fingerprint results within three to four days from submission of the fingerprints. If the Louisiana State Police or Federal Bureau of Investigation are unable to run the reports due to unreadable or unclear fingerprint submissions, it may take up to sixty (60) days for a check to be completed using alternate means.

Any individual that is currently serving as an officer or director of another domestic regulated entity or has previously submitted fingerprints in association with a resident producer or adjuster license application may request a waiver of the fingerprinting requirements. Requests for such a waiver should be sent to companyapps@ldi.la.gov. The request must provide a full explanation of the application to be filed, the names of all individuals for whom the waiver is requested and clearly explain the grounds for the request.

*A domestic regulated entity is any Louisiana domiciled entity which is required to obtain a license or certificate of authority from or to register with the Commissioner of Insurance. It does NOT include motor vehicle rental insurers, insurance agencies, brokers, managing general agents, producers, reinsurance intermediary brokers, claims adjusters or insurance producers acting as viatical settlement brokers pursuant to La. R.S. 22:1792(A)(1)