---
kind: "unit"
title: "34"
title_heading: "Crime Control and Law Enforcement"
key: "stIV/ch409"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 409"
heading: "National Instant Criminal Background Check System"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/34/stIV-ch409"
sections_count: 12
---

# Chapter 409 — National Instant Criminal Background Check System

Title 34 — Crime Control and Law Enforcement › Subtitle IV — Criminal Records and Information

## Sections

- [§40901. Establishment](/usc/34/40901.md)
- [§40902. Findings](/usc/34/40902.md)
- [§40903. Definitions](/usc/34/40903.md)

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — Transmittal of Records](/usc/34/stIV-ch409-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Focusing Federal Assistance on the Improvement of Relevant Records](/usc/34/stIV-ch409-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — Grants to State Court Systems for the Improvement in Automation and Transmittal of Disposition Records](/usc/34/stIV-ch409-schIII.md)