6.1.3 Correcting Inaccurate Records

La. R.S. 15:588 gives a right to access and seek correction of state criminal history information retained by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety’s Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information. Tools for helping clients with these problems may also be found in the Fair Credit Reporting Act1  and applicable state law. If the information provider is not a consumer reporting agency or governmental body, you may have to be creative in seeking relief in other ways, e.g., under tort provisions or anti-discrimination laws. Your assistance in correcting reports can help clients find or keep jobs.

• 115 U.S.C. § 1681, et seq.