Criminal records assistance and validation (SAR)

In France, there are three types of criminal record certificates:

- bulletin n ° 1: issued only to the courts,
- bulletin n ° 2: issued only to administrations and certain authorized bodies,
- bulletin n ° 3: the only document issued to individuals.

This check covers France, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, Reunion Island, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin or Saint Pierre and Miquelon. For French territories Wallis and Futuna, New Caledonia or French Polynesia, there are separate local checks. 

The categories of criminal conviction listed on a Bulletin 3 are:

• Custodial sentences of longer than 2 years without suspension or where the suspension of a sentence was revoked
• Custodial sentences of less than 2 years where the tribunal has ordered its disclosure in the CJN
• Active bans and disqualifications on the individual (for example restraining orders, directorship disqualifications, licence disqualifications)
• Judicial control orders or any bans on exercising a particular profession or activity involving regular contact with minors

The types of criminal conviction in France are:

• Violence against the person (agression sur les personnes)
• Sexual offences (agression sexuelle)
• Burglary (vol avec effraction, cambriolage)
• Robbery (vol)
• Theft and handling stolen goods (vol et recel)
• Fraud and forgery (fraude et contrefaçon)
• Criminal damage (préjudice sur les biens matériels)
• Drug offences (infractions a la législation sur lesstupéfiants)
• Motoring offences (infractions au code de la route)

Criminal records are deleted when the rehabilitation period is ended.