Flag of the country where ECRIS provides the German criminal record check.German criminal record check

Source of information: Federal Central Criminal Register
Local name: Bundeszentralregister
International information exchange department name:
(name appearing in the certificate)
Unspecified (Germany)

Information revealed in the certificate:

Type of conviction

  • Several offences, felonies
  • Minor offences, misdemeanors
  • Juvenal punishemnt convictions

Information on the penalty

  • Type of penalty
  • Penalty suspension, probation or parole

Covarage: Nationwide
Time scope: Up to 20 years back
Certificate format: EU template
(Original certificate issued in Polish and its English translation)
Turnaround time (based on data from the last three months): 5 - 14 (average 9) business days
Price: 79 GBP
Comments: Only 'clean' criminal record certificates are issued for non-German citizens. Applications concerning non-German citizens with criminal history in Germany are usually rejected (full refund applies).
German criminal record check provided by European Criminal Record Information Services.