The bumpy road to legal adult-use marijuana businesses in Delaware hit another roadblock.
The FBI denied the Delaware Office of the Marijuana Commissioner's request for a service code to complete legally required fingerprinting for everyone who was selected for a marijuana business license. The state office said the FBI denied the request because it wants the law to lay out exactly who requires a background check.
The FBI service code is necessary to conduct the fingerprinting part of the background check. Without it, no one can move on to the next steps of their remaining applications. The state marijuana office said it is working to propose new legislation to amend Title 4 of Delaware's code "expeditiously" to add the necessary wording that would make the FBI happy. It has not found a legislator to introduce a bill with these changes yet.
The Delaware Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Enforcement is still working through its background checks, which include income tax transcripts, long-term debt obligations, bankruptcies, civil litigation and more for every licensee. The key missing piece is the FBI fingerprinting, which produces the criminal part of the background check.
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