Criminal History Background Checks conducted by the Office of Human Resources for employment, volunteer service, or vendor/contractor work are reconciled with the hiring department via Auxiliary AR/Billing Purchase Orders. To create a Purchase Order for your department for Background Checks, please see this Office of the Controller’s Auxiliary AR/Billing Training Guide. To update an existing Purchase Order please complete an Internal Purchase Order Change Request Form.
Background Check costs are subject to change due to fee changes from the FBI, FDLE, or fees incurred from other local city, county, state, or federal laws. The Office of Human Resources does not profit from the background check process.
Pursuant to University Policy 4-OP-D-1.II.C.2.b costs charged to sponsored contracts & grants apply to a separate rate schedule; however, any additional fees associated with these individual screenings will be included. For additional information please see the Sponsored Regulations Page.
Listed “Standard Rate” becomes effective for all background checks conducted after July 1, 2025. Until then “Previous Rate” is in effect.
| FSU Office of Human Resources Background Check Costs to Hiring Departments | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| PACKAGE | STANDARD RATE | SPONSORED RESEARCH RATE |
PREVIOUS RATE |
| Standard Level Background Check | $59 | $58.31 | $57 |
| Level 2 Background Check to include Standard-On-Campus Fingerprinting | $71 | $70.06 | $71 |
| Level 2 Background Check to include Standard – Out of Town Fingerprinting | $81 | $80.12 | $79 |
| Level 2 Background Check to include Standard – Volunteers (non-Summer Camp) | $58 | $57.81 | $59 |
| Level 2 Background Check to include Standard – Volunteers (non-Summer Camp) – Out of Town Fingerprinting | $68 | $67.87 | $67 |
| Level 2 DCF Summer Camp Background Check – On-Campus Fingerprinting | $62.50 | $62.33 | $58 |
| Level 2 DCF Summer Camp Background Check – Out of Town Fingerprinting | $79 | $78.36 | $75 |
| Level 2 DCF Summer Camp – FBI Resubmission | $28 | $29.04 | $25 |
* Any additional statutory fees applied to the candidates' background checks will be charged to the department in addition to the listed Standard Rate.
Required statutory fees vary by location and are unique to each candidate’s address history. Previous package rates included an estimate for these fees; however, the unpredictability of this variable created the need to adjust our package prices. The new rate structure may result in varying fees for each candidate’s background check at the department level; however, the changes will also lead to lower departmental costs for close to 70% of packages processed where statutory fees do not apply. Please see the current list of applicable statutory and county fees* for reference.
* FL statewide searches are run in all packages, and fees are integrated into the package price and not passed through to departments. NY statewide is applied only with NY address history, and fees are applied for each alias searched. Other statewide searches are run only on an as-needed basis to confirm data from other sources. MVR fees are not applicable.
Questions concerning background check payment or costs can be directed to:
Christie Fraser, Accounting Specialist
cfraser2@fsu.edu | 850-644-5457
OR
Andrew Kapec, University Background Check & HR Records Manager
akapec@fsu.edu | 850-644-7938
