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Effective January 1st, 2025, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will reduce the fee for fingerprint-based criminal history record checks by $1.25. Therefor the total for criminal history record checks will decrease from $41.25 to $40.00. This will also change the total for a new registration application from $71.25 to $70.00.

With this fee change ND BCI has updated the page 2 application form. The page 1 application form has also been updated to reflect the change in fees. Effective immediately use the new forms that are on the Board's website and the new fee structure.

If agencies/applicants have submitted an application to the Board with the old page 2 application form, the Board will work with agencies/applicant’s via email to update these applications with the current form. 

The 2024 renewal application has been posted to the Board’s website.

Armed officers/investigators may start annual qualifications as of today’s date.  Any qualifications completed after 7-31-2024 will be accepted for this year’s renewal season.  

If you do not intend to renew your license, or have any questions, please contact the Board’s office directly.

ND PISB 2024 Renewal Letter to License Holders

The 2023 renewal application has been posted to the Board’s website.

Armed officers/investigators may start annual qualifications as of today’s date. 

ND PISB 2023 Renewal Letter to License Holders

The Board has revised its current application forms, and developed a new form, to allow for applications for course/instructor certification for the Armed First Responder in School or Ambulance or Firefighter Crew Training Program.  The application forms can be found on the Board’s website found here:  https://www.pisb.nd.gov/licensing/application-forms.  Those forms went “live” on the Board’s website today. 

It is anticipated that once courses/instructors apply and are approved by the Board, those courses/instructors will be listed on the Board’s website, along with their contact information.

The Board has revised application form pages 1, 2A, 4, and 6.  The revised forms are also available on the Board’s website.  The Board will continue to accept the "old" forms until July 31, 2023, after that date if old forms are submitted they will be returned to the agency and/or applicant as incomplete. 

Minor revisions occurred to application form pages 2A, 4, and 6.  A number of revisions occurred to application form page 1:

• Removal of “appeal” under status of application
• Addition of question 2A.
• Changes to questions 11, 14, 16, 23
• Addition of question 23A
• Removal of notary requirement
• Changes to fees and the addition of the fee for the Armed First Responder in School or Ambulance or Firefighter Crew Training Program Course Certification.

The Board also developed a new application form, page 7.  This application form is specifically related to the Armed First Responder in School or Ambulance or Firefighter Crew Training Program Course Certification. 

The revisions and new form were implemented based on feedback from the industry, to (hopefully) alleviate some common issues the Board sees on submitted applications, due to changes to fees, and to allow applications for the Armed First Responder in School or Ambulance or Firefighter Crew Training Program Course Certification to be submitted.