Romanian citizens abroad and the criminal record
Romanian citizens abroad can obtain the criminal record certificate:
- through diplomatic missions or consular offices of Romania. simultaneously, diplomatic missions and consular offices can issue, upon request, certificates with the legal value of a criminal record certificate, which can be used exclusively abroad, provided that this type of document is recognized by the authorities in the state of residence.
For situations in which the application is submitted through diplomatic missions or consular offices of Romania, the criminal record certificate is issued at the latest 30 days from the date of submission, and in the case of certificates within 10 days from the date of request.
The certificate of criminal record/certificate of criminal record is requested in person or by proxy with a special power of attorney.
- from Romania through attorneys with notarial power of attorney or through a lawyer with power of attorney
The criminal record certificate for the natural person can be requested by proxy on the basis of a notarial power of attorney authenticated by a public notary and submitted in copy - the copy will be accompanied by the original power of attorney, which will be returned after the confrontation.
The power of attorney concluded abroad can be authenticated by diplomatic missions or consular offices of Romania or by a notary, in compliance with the requirements of the legalization of foreign official documents. States that have acceded to the Hague Convention of 05.11.1961 must have the apostille applied (with the exception of the countries with which Romania has concluded conventions, treaties or agreements on legal assistance in civil matters, which provide for exemption from any legalization: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czechia, Croatia, Russian Federation, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Mongolia, Montenegro, Poland, R.P. Chinese, Republic of Moldova, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine and Hungary).
The power of attorney concluded abroad in a language other than Romanian must be translated by an authorized translator from Romania.
At the counter, the authorized representative will present the power of attorney in the original, accompanied by its copy, and when appropriate, it will also present the authorized translation.
The authorized translation is attached to the request together with the copy of the power of attorney on which the appointed worker will write "according to the original", will put the date, will sign, will apply the stamp and return the original after confrontation.
Conform art. 2015 The new Civil Code, the validity of the power of attorney is 3 years from the date of termination, if the parties have not stipulated another term.
The criminal record certificate for the natural person can be requested from the country and through an authorized lawyer, in which case the lawyer will appear at the police counter with the power of attorney issued in compliance with the provisions of Law no.. 51/1995 for the organization and operation of the lawyer profession, republish, with subsequent amendments and additions, and the Statute of the lawyer profession, adopted by the Decision of the Council of the National Union of Bar Associations from Romania no. 64/2011, with subsequent amendments and additions.
The power of attorney is the document that has the legal meaning of power of attorney, by which the lawyer is empowered by the client, based on the ersonae assistance contract concluded, to assist/represent him before the courts of the judicial authority and other jurisdictional bodies, of the criminal prosecution bodies, of public authorities and institutions, as well as in front of other physical or legal entities and/or to carry out other activities that are the subject of this contract.