A. Pursuant to RCW 35.21.920, the Chief of Police (or designee) shall cause to have performed a state and background check.

B. An applicant, or employee seeking to engage in the occupations of solicitors, pawnbrokers, secondhand dealers, or taxi drivers, shall submit fingerprints to the City of Moses Lake, which will submit to the Washington State Patrol and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

C. Upon receipt of the fingerprints and the appropriate fees, the Washington State Patrol will compare the subject’s fingerprints against its criminal database and submit the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a comparison with records. The results of the Washington State Patrol and Federal Bureau of Investigation’s check will be returned to the Moses Lake Police Department.

D. In rendering a fitness determination, the Moses Lake Police Department will decide whether the record subject has been convicted of, or is under pending indictment for, a crime which bears upon his/her ability or fitness to serve in that capacity. Any prior conviction of a felony may be considered, along with other factors, in determining whether a regulatory license should be issued. However, conviction of a felony shall not be the sole reason for denying a license unless such conviction was within the past ten (10) years and directly relates to the specific occupation, trade, vocation, or business for which the application is made. The presence of any outstanding warrant for the applicant, regardless of jurisdiction or severity of offense, is cause for denial of a license under this section.

E. Should the record subject seek to receive a copy of, amend, or correct his/her record, he/she must contact the Washington State Patrol for a Washington State record or the Federal Bureau of Investigation for records from other jurisdictions maintained in its file. (Ord. 3022, 4/11/23; Ord. 2917, 12/11/18)