Automated Fingerprint Identification System Law and Legal Definition
Automated fingerprint identification (AFIS) is the process of automatically matching one or many unknown fingerprints against a database of known and unknown prints. Automated fingerprint identification systems is used mostly by law enforcement agencies for criminal identification initiatives like identifying a person suspected of committing a crime or linking a suspect to other unsolved crimes. However, at present the system is used in civil identification projects to prevent multiple enrollments in an electoral, welfare, driver licensing, or similar system. It is also used for conducting background searches of job applicants for highly sensitive posts.
In the U.S. Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System holds all fingerprint sets collected in the country, and is managed by the FBI. Many states also have their own AFIS.
Legal Definition list
- Automated External Defibrillators
- Automated Export System Trade Interface Requirements
- Automated Export System Participant Application
- Automated Export System Downtime Filing Citation
- Automated Export System Direct
- Automated Fingerprint Identification System
- Automated Foreign Trade Zone Reporting Program
- Automated Guided Vehicle
- Automated Guideway Transit System
- Automated Quotation System
- Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems
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- Administrative Governor [Federal Reserve System]
- Admissibility of Fingerprints
- Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS)
- Adoption Tax Identification Number
