The budget, which still requires the governor's signature, included the fee increase as a means to improve contributions to the state's legal services fund.
The fee increase will go into effect once the governor signs the budget.
UPDATE – April 12, 2019
Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the 2019-2020 New York State budget into law on Friday, April 12, 2019.
Beginning April 13, 2019 at 12:01 a.m., all New York criminal history record searches will incur a fee of $96 per search.
If you have any questions regarding this change, please contact your sales executive, account manager or our customer service team.
Posted: April 4, 2019