Record Checks for Industrial Hemp

• Who needs a background check?

  Each individual applying for, or listed on, a research license application must submit to the required fingerprint-based state and national criminal history record check. 

• What needs to be submitted?

  Completed fingerprint cards, waivers to submit to the state and national criminal history record check, and a fee of $47 per person must all have been sent along with the license application by the March 1 deadline. KDA will submit them to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) on behalf of all applicants, and the KBI will conduct the background check.

• When are they due?

  All required fingerprint-based state and national criminal history record checks completed by the KBI must have been received by March 1, and they will be reviewed by KDA before your application will be considered. A state and national criminal history record check must be provided to KDA from the KBI; a state and national criminal history record check submitted by an applicant directly to KDA will not be accepted.