What is checked on the Poland criminal check?

When complete, you will either be sent a ‘clear’ result, or a ‘match’ result emailed to you.
This criminal certificate check has nationwide coverage and it covers citizens and foreigners over 18
years of age. The certificate of criminal records contains information for all of the following criminal
convictions of offenses, except those deleted by rehabilitation laws or considered spent:
• offenses against peace, and humanity, and war crimes
• offenses against the republic of Poland
• offenses against defense capability
• offenses against life and health
• offenses against public safety
• offenses against safety in traffic
• offenses against the environment
• offenses against liberty
• offenses against freedom of conscience and religion
• offenses against sexual liberty and decency
• offenses against the family and guardianship
• offenses against honor and personal inviolability

• offenses against the rights of the persons pursuing paid work
• offenses against the functioning of the state and local government institutions
• offenses against the administration of justice
• offenses against elections and referenda
• offenses against public order
• offenses against the protection of information
• offenses against the credibility of documents
• offenses against property
• offenses against business transactions
• offenses against the circulation of money and securities
• public sex offenders registry listing the most dangerous sex offenders in Poland
Pursuant to Article 106 of the Polish Criminal Code, from the moment of its deletion, the sentence is
considered non-existent, the record of the sentence is deleted from the criminal register except for
pronounced against pedophiles, which are not deleted.
• Records on sentences for criminal or fiscal offenses are kept in the register for:5 years from the end of
a period of probation or payment of a fine
• 15 years in case of imprisonment of up to 5 years
• 30 years in case of imprisonment of more than 5 years;
• records on a person committed to a psychiatric institution are retained for 5 years after the person is
released
• records on a juvenile person placed in a remand center are deleted after the person is released
• National register of sex offenders