Additional information

Relevant document: ‘Police Clearance Certificate’ (Zadost o vypis z rejstriku trestu).
Residents: Applications for an excerpt from the Penal Register can be filed with any of the following:

• a local authority, a municipal authority, a city authority, a district authority
• the local authority in Prague, or in territorially segmented statutory cities by the city office or the city section office which keeps the register
• at the Penal Register in Prague 4, Soudní 1 (Pražského povstání metro station on the “C” line)
• at the branch office of the Penal Register in Brno, Husova 15 (building of Regional Court Brno)
• at the branch office of the Penal Register in Ostrava, Sokolská třída 16 (building B of Regional Court Ostrava)
• at the branch office of the Penal Register in Plzeň, Stehlíkova 3/1148 (building of District Court Plzeň - sever)
• at the branch office of the Penal Register in Karlovy Vary, Moskevská 17 (building of District Court Karlovy Vary).

You can also give authority to another person to act on your behalf.
Residents provide: an application form, and Czech ID or birth certificate.
Non-residents: Apply in person to the nearest Czech embassy, or you can give authority to another person to act on your behalf.
Non-residents provide: passport or original birth certificate together with a Czech translation.
Fee: payable.
Processing time: is from one day to three weeks.
Complete information (in Czech and English) and application forms are available from the website above.