Clear Every License in Your Real Estate and Escrow Office
We bring DOJ-certified Live Scan to your brokerage or escrow company and capture agents, escrow officers, and lending staff on the right agency form, billed to you so a new hire is cleared before they start.
Every Licensed Role, On the Right Form
Agents, escrow staff, lending control persons, and property-management employees — each routed to the agency that licenses them.
DRE license Live Scan
Agents and brokers captured on the DRE RE 237 form to the DOJ and FBI, the step before a real estate license is issued.
Escrow officers & assistants
Under the Escrow Law, every officer and employee clears a DOJ check — and a new hire’s prints are due by the tenth day of employment.
Finance-lender control persons
Lender control persons captured on the DFPI-CFL 8018 form to the DOJ and FBI — prints that cannot be sent directly to NMLS.
Property-management staff
Employees who hold keys and access tenant data, screened by Live Scan so access is granted on a documented background check.
Onsite for the office
A DOJ-certified technician captures a whole brokerage, escrow company, or portfolio in one visit, billed to the office.
Documented for your files
A completion record per person for licensing applications and personnel files, ready for a DRE or DFPI examination.
One Vendor Who Knows Which Form Each Role Needs
A real estate office touches three regulators, and each wants its own form. Send the wrong one and the filing stalls, so we map each person to the right submission:
- DRE agents and brokers on RE 237
- Escrow staff under the Escrow Law
- Finance lenders on DFPI-CFL 8018
- Property staff screened by Live Scan
- Onsite, billed to the office
- Documented for every file
It all runs on electronic Live Scan, and our employer fingerprinting service covers support staff. Licensed producers in the same office? Our insurance agency clearance handles those.
Request a Quote →The Costly Ways a License Clearance Stalls
Across DRE, DFPI, and NMLS, the wrong form or wrong channel means a license that does not issue. Each risk below names the rule and the consequence.
No license until the report is screened
The DRE will not issue a real estate license until the DOJ and FBI report is received and screened. A missing or wrong-form Live Scan leaves an agent unable to start, with the brokerage carrying an unproductive hire.
An escrow hire working before clearance
An escrow agent must file a new employee’s fingerprints by the tenth day of employment, and clearance must transmit to the DFPI. Holding someone out as an escrow officer without it has cost companies their license.
Lender prints sent to the wrong place
Finance-lender control persons must submit Live Scan to the DOJ on the DFPI-CFL 8018 form; those prints cannot go directly to NMLS. Use the wrong channel and the company filing stalls until it is redone.
An MLO sent to the wrong process
The individual mortgage loan originator print goes through NMLS, and a DRE Live Scan is not accepted for the endorsement. We tell you that up front, so an MLO is not delayed by being sent to the wrong process.
Fingerscan Digital provides fingerprinting, not legal advice — confirm current forms, fees, and timelines with the DRE, DFPI, and NMLS. The individual MLO SAFE Act fingerprint is submitted through NMLS, not as a Fingerscan Live Scan; we handle the DRE license Live Scan and office screening.
From Quote to Cleared Staff in Five Steps
Request a quote
Tell us each person’s role and license — agent, escrow officer, lender, or support staff. We map each one to the correct agency form and set up billing.
Schedule
Book our San Jose office or onsite dispatch to your brokerage or escrow company across Northern California, including last-minute requests.
Capture prints
A DOJ-certified technician captures each person on the right form — RE 237, the escrow employment package, or DFPI-CFL 8018.
Submit to DOJ & FBI
Prints transmit electronically the same visit, coded so each agency receives the result for its determination.
Documented record
You receive a completion record per person for the licensing application and personnel file, on one invoice to the office.
Quote-Based, Billed to the Office
Pricing depends on how many people, which forms, and whether we travel, so we quote it rather than publish a fixed rate.
Per-person, lower with volume
A flat per-person rate that decreases as the count grows. The DOJ and FBI fee is passed through at cost and quoted at order, never marked up.
Onsite by headcount & distance
For onsite work, a dispatch fee plus the per-person rate, quoted by headcount and travel distance anywhere in Northern California — the whole team in one visit.
Net-30 for the office
Brokerages and escrow companies onboarding on a recurring basis bill on 30-day net terms under a standing account, so the individual never pays at the kiosk.
Forming a brokerage or escrow entity, or filing a fictitious business name? Our office partner TruPoint Legal handles California entity formation and document preparation in the same San Jose office.
Quinnie Do
Quinnie founded Fingerscan Digital to give California real estate, escrow, and lending teams one accountable vendor that captures every licensed role on the right agency form. She runs onsite events for brokerages and escrow companies, maps each person to the DRE, DFPI, or NMLS path, and hands back a record for the licensing and personnel file.
You can confirm Fingerscan Digital’s California DOJ-certified Live Scan provider status on the California Attorney General’s directory before you book.
What Brokerage and Escrow Offices Ask Us
The individual mortgage loan originator print goes through NMLS, not a standard DRE Live Scan, because the SAFE Act requires it be submitted through NMLS for the FBI check, and prints taken for a real estate license are not accepted for the MLO endorsement. We handle the DRE real estate license Live Scan for your agents and brokers and the screening of your office staff, and we tell you up front which step belongs with NMLS so nothing is sent to the wrong place.
Yes. Under the California Escrow Law, every officer, manager, and employee of an escrow agent must clear a DOJ background check, and a new employee’s fingerprints must be filed by the tenth day of employment. The employment application is not complete until the clearance transmits to the DFPI, so we capture an escrow hire’s prints early in onboarding to keep that clock from running out.
Finance-lender control persons under the California Financing Law submit Live Scan to the DOJ and FBI on the DFPI-CFL 8018 form. Those fingerprints cannot be submitted directly to NMLS; they go to the DOJ through a California Live Scan location. We capture the control persons on that form so the company filing is not held up by prints sent to the wrong channel.
Yes. Every California real estate license applicant completes Live Scan fingerprinting through the Department of Real Estate on the RE 237 form, which sends the prints to the DOJ and FBI. The DRE will not issue the license until that report is received and screened, so the Live Scan is a step to complete early rather than leave to the end of the application.
Yes. A DOJ-certified technician brings Live Scan to your brokerage, escrow company, or property-management office and captures the whole office in one visit across Northern California, with no minimum and last-minute dispatch available. Headcount and roles are captured on the quote form so we bring the right forms and bill the office.
Property managers commonly screen employees who hold keys and access tenant financial and personal data. We capture those staff by Live Scan so access to units and records is granted on a documented background check, which supports your duty of care to residents and owners. It is the same onsite visit as your licensed staff.
Yes. We bill the office on a standing net-30 account so an agent or escrow hire never pays at the kiosk, and the government fee is passed through at cost. You get one record back per person for the file instead of reimbursing individual receipts.
Yes. You receive a completion record per person showing the submission was made, ready for the licensing application and the personnel file. Both the DRE and the DFPI can examine a licensee’s records, so a clean record for every submission keeps the office prepared for a review.
Tell Us About Your Office
We will send a quote and map each person to the right form. Agents, escrow officers, lending staff, and support — onsite and billed to the office.
Clear Your Whole Office — On the Right Form
Tell us the roles and we map each one to the DRE, DFPI, or NMLS path. We capture onsite, submit to the DOJ and FBI, and document every person for the file.