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What is NYC RCNY § 1-01?

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(a) The Department may require applicants to appear in person at the Department or a location designated by the Department to be fingerprinted. This requirement applies to: an individual, if the applicant is an individual; the general partners, if the applicant is a partnership; the officers, directors and stockholders

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Effective: 3/25/2020Last amended: 3/25/2020

§ 1-01 Fingerprinting.

RCNY § 1-01

(a)The Department may require applicants to appear in person at the Department or a location designated by the Department to be fingerprinted. This requirement applies to: an individual, if the applicant is an individual; the general partners, if the applicant is a partnership; the officers, directors and stockholders owning more than ten percent of the stock of the corporation ("principal stockholders"), if the applicant is a corporation; and the members, if the applicant is a limited liability company.

(b)The Commissioner may, in his or her discretion, waive the fingerprint requirement if a person required to be fingerprinted is unavailable, or for other good cause shown. (Amended City Record 2/24/2020, eff. 3/25/2020)

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