Judicial Record (Courthouse) Documents Translation

Which documents does the courthouse / judicial record issue?

It runs the judicial-record records and the court decisions. The most-translated courthouse-sourced documents for Italian applications:

• The criminal record and the archive record
• Court decisions (divorce, custody, name change)

How is it used in an Italian application?

Courthouse documents are used to prove the criminal past is clean in long-stay residence and certain work/education procedures, and to document legal situations like divorce/custody. For the full set of document types, see the document translations section.

How do you get the documents?

You obtain the criminal record via e-Devlet or from the nearest courthouse with the “for an official institution” option; the court decisions from the court that issued them, with the finality annotation.

The apostille and certification process

The apostille on judicial documents is taken not from the governorate but through the relevant Justice Commission Presidency / Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office (the courthouse). This is the most-confused point of the process.

What to watch

The documents must be current-dated and the court decisions finalised; an “archive record” can be separately requested for the criminal record.

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