FOIA Request Instructions

• If your request is for information concerning an organization, business, investigation, historical event, or incident, you may submit your request online
• FOIPA Request Form
  By clicking on "send", your request will be submitted to foiparequest@ic.fbi.gov

• Provide your complete name and mailing address.

  
  (Telephone, fax, and e-mail addresses are optional.)

  
  
• If your request is for information about a third party, you must submit his/her notarized authorization, or you may use:
• Privacy Waiver and Certification of Identity Form
  
  

  Provide the complete name, date and place of birth, social security number, and any other identifying data that will help locate the information concerning the subject of your request.
  
  

  Mail your request to the address listed below.
  
  
• If your request is for information concerning a deceased individual, you must provide his/her proof of death in the form of an obituary or Social Security Index page. You should also provide his/her complete name, date and place of birth, social security number, and any other identifying data that will help locate the information.
  
  

  This request may be mailed or sent by facsimile (fax) to (540) 868-4995.
  
  
• State how much you are willing to pay for duplication fees if any are assessed.
• Mail your request to: Federal Bureau of Investigation