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How do I get the criminal-record extract Czech offices want?

There are two different documents behind one name. The Czech extract (výpis z Rejstříku trestů) is issued on the spot at any Czech POINT counter for 100 CZK with your ID. The one from your home country (and countries you lived in) is that state’s own document, which then needs legalisation and a sworn Czech translation, and it ages fast against the deadlines.

Who this is for: Applicants whose Czech application asks for criminal-history evidence: long-stay visas, some residence permits, citizenship, and the trade licence.

Not for: Employers’ background checks and other private uses, which follow their own rules on what may be asked.

The Czech extract: minutes, not weeks

Any Czech POINT counter (post offices, municipal offices, some banks and notaries) issues the extract on the spot: a written request made for you at the counter, a valid identity document, and the 100 CZK administrative fee, regardless of page count, as the service’s official site states. Foreigners can be issued one too. From abroad, a Czech embassy can obtain it, for the consular fee on its schedule.

Czech criminal record extract (výpis z Rejstříku trestů) at a Czech POINT counter

100 CZK

Anyone requesting their own Czech extract in person at a Czech POINT counter (post offices, municipal offices and other contact points), with a valid identity document. Issued on the spot; the fee does not depend on the number of pages. Obtaining it through a Czech embassy abroad is a separate, higher consular fee.

Show the Czech text

The wording the rule above was read from. It is the authoritative text, and it is in Czech.

“správní poplatek ve výši 100 Kč ... bez ohledu na počet stran”

Read from czechpoint.gov.cz on 14 October 2026Check it yourself

Czech criminal record extract (výpis z Rejstříku trestů) obtained through a Czech embassy

400 CZK

Requesting a Czech criminal record extract at a Czech embassy or consulate. Obtaining one inside the Czech Republic at Czech POINT is a different, separately set fee we have not verified.

Show the Czech text

The wording the rule above was read from. It is the authoritative text, and it is in Czech.

“Act 634/2004, Sazebník, Položka 162: "b) Přijetí žádosti o vydání výpisu z evidence Rejstříku trestů Kč 400"”

Read from e-sbirka.gov.cz on 13 September 2026Check it yourself

The foreign extract: plan the pipeline

Where an application asks for the equivalent document from your country of citizenship, and sometimes from countries where you lived beyond a threshold the specific application states, that document is foreign paper like any other: legalisation per the issuing country’s treaty position, then sworn Czech translation, see the documents answer.

Maximum age of the supporting documents you attach to an application — and which documents are EXEMPT from that limit

Not older than 180 days, EXCEPT the travel document, civil-registry documents (birth, marriage, death certificates) and your photograph, which have NO age limit under this rule

Long-stay (D) visa applications, and — because § 46 applies § 55 obdobně — long-term residence permits generally (§ 46(1)), family reunification and scientific research (§ 46(3)), EU long-term residents and their family (§ 46(4)), study (§ 46(5)), the EMPLOYEE CARD (§ 46(6)), investment (§ 46(8)), and extensions of long-term residence (§ 44a(3)), ICT cards (§ 44b(2)) and investment permits (§ 44c(5)). EXEMPT from the limit: the travel document, civil-registry documents (birth, marriage and death certificates), and your photograph if it still looks like you.

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The wording the rule above was read from. It is the authoritative text, and it is in Czech.

“§ 55(1): "(1) Náležitosti k žádosti o udělení dlouhodobého víza nesmí být starší 180 dnů, s výjimkou cestovního dokladu, matričních dokladů a fotografie cizince, pokud odpovídá jeho skutečné podobě."”

Read from e-sbirka.gov.cz on 13 September 2026Check it yourself

Tax and customs arrears confirmations for a citizenship application — how recent they must be

Not older than 30 days

Applicants for Czech citizenship by grant. This is a specific 30-day limit in the citizenship act, NOT the general 180-day supporting-document rule in § 55(1) of the Aliens Act, which does not apply to citizenship applications.

Show the Czech text

The wording the rule above was read from. It is the authoritative text, and it is in Czech.

“§ 20 odst. 1 písm. b): "b) potvrzení, která nejsou starší než 30 dnů, že nemá v evidenci daní u orgánů Finanční správy České republiky ani orgánů Celní správy České republiky evidován nedoplatek s výjimkou nedoplatku, u kterého je povoleno posečkání jeho úhrady nebo rozložení jeho úhrady na splátky."”

Read from e-sbirka.gov.cz on 13 September 2026Check it yourself

Citizenship runs on tighter clocks than the general 180 days, the 30-day rule above being the sharpest. Order the foreign extract LAST in your gathering sequence, not first, or it will expire while the rest of the file catches up.

Which applications ask for what

  • Long-stay visas: an equivalent extract from your country of citizenship, and on request from longer stays elsewhere; the visa form pages state the split.
  • Citizenship by grant: extracts tied to the clean-record condition, with the aggressive document ages above, see the citizenship guide.
  • Trade licence: the responsible person’s record, see the trade licence guide.
  • Citizenship by declaration: notably NOT a good-character route, no extract hurdle, see citizenship by descent.

Quick questions

Is there an English version of the Czech extract?
The extract is a Czech document; multilingual EU forms exist for some uses abroad. For Czech immigration filings you need it in Czech anyway, which is its native state.
My country issues police certificates only to residents. I live in Prague. Deadlock?
Most states have a consular or postal route for citizens abroad; your embassy in Prague is the counter to ask. Offices here see this constantly, and a documented attempt plus the embassy’s answer is worth having if delays loom.
Do juvenile or expunged records appear?
What appears is the issuing register’s business, each country draws its own lines. Do not guess; order the document early enough to read it before the office does.

Official sources, and when we read them

A summary to help you act in time, not legal advice. Rules change; the dates above say when each source was actually read, and the fact boxes carry their own.

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