Who is the source of criminal check data in Greece?
Ministry of Justice Division of Criminal Records.
What is the process in Greece?
The requesting party will request the check from the ATS or their Zinc account.
- Automated instructions are delivered to provide some personal details, a copy of their ID and an Specific Authorisation Form in a dynamic web form.
- Zinc submits the request to the authorities.
- Zinc receives the results (digitally) and provides a signed digital report.
- The candidate receives a text to say the process is complete.
What details are required from the candidate to submit the check?
- First Name.
- Last Name.
- Birth Date.
- Address in Greece.
- Mother's First and Maiden Name.
- Father's First and Last Name.
- Purpose of the request.
- Country of use of the record extract.
- Specific Authorisation Form.
- Consent.
What is covered in the criminal check?
The Copy of the Criminal Record (“αντιγραφο ποινικου μητρωου, για γενικη χρηση”), District
Attorney's Office of the place of birth (for Greek citizens) and the Ministry of Justice (for Greek
individuals born abroad and foreigners). has nationwide coverage, including citizens and
foreigners over 18 years of age.
The issuance of the certificate is subject to the candidate’s explicit consent and is intended to
serve one particular purpose indicated during the application process.
The District Attorney's Office and the Ministry of Justice reserve the right to issue or reject the
issuance of the certificate after careful assessment and scrutiny of the nature of the request.
The certificate contains information for all the following criminal convictions of offenses,
except those deleted by rehabilitation laws or considered spent:
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- Final convicting court decisions for felonies and misdemeanours.
- Final convicting bills of indictment for felonies and misdemeanours.
- Secondary penalties such as incarceration in a mental institution.
- Convicting court decisions of foreign courts.
- Length petty offenses.
- Imprisonment up to 6 months.
- Sentences of imprisonment superior to 6 months after 8 years have passed.
- Sentences of imprisonment from 5 to 20 years after 20 years have passed.
- Suspended convictions.
- Final convicting court decisions for felonies and misdemeanours.
- Final convicting bills of indictment for felonies and misdemeanours.
- Secondary penalties such as incarceration in a mental institution.
- Convicting court decisions of foreign courts.
- Length petty offenses imprisonment up to 6 months.
- Sentences of imprisonment superior to 6 months after 8 years have passed.
- Sentences of imprisonment from 5 to 20 years after 20 years have passed.
- Suspended conviction.
- Being a member of the European Union, ECRIS is applicable.
The legal prescription of a sentence varies, depending on the type of offense committed and the sentence pronounced.
The certificate doesn’t have a specific validity and depends on the institutions who request this type of certificate that the document is issued no more than 3 months prior to its deposit and is issued in the Greek language.
What is the expected turnaround time?
Period covered by the check:
The records are kept based on the legal prescription and rehabilitation periods applicable for each type of conviction provided by the local regulations in Greece. All the records are maintained by The District Attorney's Office and the Ministry of Justice. The authority receives the request conducts a detailed review and issues the certificate based on the above.
Privacy statement:
The details contained in this report should not be used as the sole reason for making a decision. Zinc Work Ltd is not liable for any inaccuracies or incompleteness in the information appearing in this report since it is provided to Zinc Work Ltd by third parties. This report has been produced for the purchaser of the report and Zinc Work Ltd will have no liability to loss.
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