Department of Defense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 5505.11
July 21, 2014
Incorporating Change 2, March 30, 2017
IG DOD
SUBJECT: Fingerprint Card and Final Disposition Report Submission Requirements
References: See Enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE. This instruction:
a. Reissues DoD Instruction (DoDI) 5505.11 (Reference (a)) in accordance with the
authority in DoD Directive 5106.01 (Reference (b)).
b. Updates established policy, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures in
accordance with part 20 of Title 28, Code of Federal Regulations and section 534 of Title 28,
United States Code (U.S.C.) (References (c) and (d)) for defense criminal investigative
organizations (DCIOs) and other DoD law enforcement organizations to report offender criminal
history data to the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation (FBI) for inclusion in the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) criminal
history database.
2. APPLICABILITY. This instruction:
a. Applies to OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the
Department of Defense (IG DoD), the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other
organizational entities within the DoD (referred to collectively in this instruction as the “DoD
Components”).
b. Is not intended to eliminate other requirements to provide criminal history data, including
those concerning the Defense Incident Based Reporting System.
c. Does not apply to the collection of fingerprints for other than law enforcement activities,
to include fingerprints collected in support of wartime activities.
3. POLICY. It is DoD policy that the DCIOs and other DoD law enforcement organizations
