### Question
How is the "positive identification" defined?


### Answer
The term **positive identification** is defined in *42 U.S.C. § 14616* as follows -

> a determination, based upon a comparison of fingerprints or other equally reliable biometric identification techniques, that the subject of a record search is the same person as the subject of a criminal history record or records indexed in the III System

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 14616*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 140-CRIMINAL JUSTICE IDENTIFICATION, INFORMATION, AND COMMUNICATION > SUBCHAPTER II-EXCHANGE OF CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS FOR NONCRIMINAL JUSTICE PURPOSES**

