Slovakia Criminal Record Check

## Who is the source of criminal check data in Slovakia? Criminal Register of General Prosecutor's office ## What is the process in Slovakia? 1. Request the check from the ATS or your Zinc account. 2. Follow the automated instructions to provide some personal details in a dynamic web form. 3. Mail your ID copy and your notarised Power of Attorney document to the address listed below. 4. Zinc submits the request to the authorities. 5. Zinc receives the results (digitally) and provides a signed digital report. 6. You receive a notification to say the process is complete. ## What details are required from you to submit the check? - First Name - Last Name - Birth Date - Consent - Current or last registered address in Slovakia - For candidates providing a Slovakian ID document, the address listed in the Proof of Attorney must match the address in the ID document provided - **Passport/ID Copy** - For citizens: valid Slovak ID Card or valid Slovak Passport - For foreigners: valid foreign Passport - A colour copy of a valid identity document must also be sent by postal mail to the following address: **SKS Sever; JUDr. Vladimír Mitrík. Nábrežie armádneho generála Ludvíka Svobody 4305/36, 811 02 Bratislava - Staré Mesto, Slovakia** - **Power of Attorney** - Notarised PoA scan copy provided to Zinc in Slovak/English language. It can be filled out by hand or digitally, but the signature must be handwritten (wet with a pen) - The Original Notarised PoA must be sent to the following address: **SKS Sever; JUDr. Vladimír Mitrík. Nábrežie armádneho generála Ludvíka Svobody 4305/36, 811 02 Bratislava - Staré Mesto, Slovakia** - For candidates out of Slovakia, the PoA must be apostilled and translated by a certified translator in case if Notary’s seal is in a language other than Slovak. Notarization from the honorary consulate is also acceptable ## What is covered in the criminal check? The Criminal Record (Výpis z registra trestov) issued by the Criminal Register of General Prosecutors office, has nationwide coverage, including citizens and foreigners over 18 years of age. This criminal certificate check, subject to your explicit consent and Power of Attorney is performed through a local Partner duly vetted following our highest compliance standards. The in-country Partner checks with the Criminal Register of General Prosecutors office, using your Consent and Power of Attorney. The Criminal Register of General Prosecutors office reserves the right to issue or reject the issuance of the certificate after careful assessment and scrutiny of the nature of the request. The Criminal Record is valid for one month from the issuance date and is issued in Slovak language. The Criminal Record contains information for all the following criminal convictions or offences, except those deleted by rehabilitation laws or considered spent: - Offences against the constitution (e.g., electoral offences, corruption, trespass, etc.) - Misuse of public force - Offences committed by public servants - Offences against the public interest - Offences against the private interest - Offences against the public authority, influence, and fraud, perversion of justice, refusal to assist justice - Disobedience to judicial orders - Obstruction of public service - Offences against state guarantees - Usurpation - Guarantee of the national economy - Felonies and misdemeanours against the general interest (e.g., public safety, offences against the public peace, public economy, public health, public decency; public worship) - Felonies and misdemeanours against the private interest (e.g., killing, harm, intentional force, private liberty, sexual offences, personal tranquillity, confidence, property, insolvency, children, and family) - Simple offences The legal prescription of a sentence varies, depending on the type of offence committed and the sentence pronounced. ## What is the expected turnaround time? [Here.](https://zincwork.com/turnaround-times) ## Period covered by the check The period covered by the check is all unspent or non rehabilitated convictions. ## 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. *Last updated: 2025-07-18*