LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Sheriff’s Office has issued an update on costs for cannabis-related background checks.

The fees associated with background checks for Lake County Commercial Cannabis permits have increased in the amount of $17, the agency reported.

This increase is due to the sheriff’s office completing the process of coordinating nationwide FBI background checks in addition to the California only checks that we have been performing.

Upon the commencement of the application process, the sheriff’s office did not have the ability/authorization to perform the FBI checks.

“We did not want to delay the processing of applications any further when we implemented this process,” said Lt. Corey Paulich in a Wednesday statement.

Paulich said people who have previously obtained fingerprint checks will not have to pay the increased fee. Should someone need a subsequent fingerprint check, the fee will be applied.

The current fees for a background check are now:

– $32.00 to CA DOJ for their fee;
– $17 to FBI for their fee;
– $20 fingerprint rolling fee;
– $100 processing fee for clearance check, research, and return of approval or denial.

If you have any questions regarding the commercial cannabis process you can contact the Community Development Department at 707-263-2221 or visit www.lakecountyca.gov/Government/Directory/Community_Development/Planning/Cannabis.