PREFACE How To Use This Document

The Appendices of this document contain all the information that you will need in order to find all information regarding a particular type of electronic transaction. Definitions for transaction types can be found in Section 3. Appendix A briefly presents priorities for each transaction type. Appendix B is the field list for Type-1 records. Appendix C contains the definitions of fields used for the Type-2 records. Type-2 field lists can be found in Appendix D for ten-print transactions, Appendix E for Latent searches and submissions. Appendix F gives IAFIS Image Quality Specifications for fingerprint scanners and displays. Appendix H presents the Type-7 field list. Appendix I presents Image retrieval and maintenance transactions. Appendix J gives the Type-9 field list. Appendix K details the Type-10 field list and the Type-2 (Photo) field lists. Appendix L provides a complete cross-reference of elements and their tag numbers, and lists logical record requirements for each EFTS transaction type. Appendix M contains error message details. Appendix N provides definition descriptors and field edits of Type 14 records for Civil Background Checks using flat impressions.

For example, to obtain information for sending a Criminal Ten-Print Submission, (Answer Required) (CAR), refer to Section 3 for CAR definition, Appendix B for Type-1 field list, Appendix D for the Type-2 CAR field list, and Appendix C for field definitions.