Criminal records assistance and validation (SAR)

This check provides what is referred to as a Criminal Record Certificate or Uvjerenje iz kaznene evidencije. Criminal records in Montenegro contain the following details: • Individual personal details • Details of any convictions, suspended sentences or caution • Information on the criminal offence • Information on penalties and other measures • Information on changes of convictions • If there are convictions, a tick will be placed in the relevant box Criminal convictions are removed if the individual is rehabilitated. Legal rehabilitation shall be granted solely to persons who, prior to the conviction the rehabilitation is related to, had no prior convictions or who were deemed by law to have had no prior convictions. Legal rehabilitation shall be granted in the following instances: • If a person convicted but remitted of a penalty, or pronounced to whom is a judicial admonition, does not commit any new criminal offence within one year of the sentence coming into effect; • If a person on whom a suspended sentence is imposed, does not commit any new criminal offence during the testing period and within one year of expiration of the term of testing; • If a person sentenced to a fine, a penalty of community service or penalty of imprisonment in the duration of no longer than six months, does not commit any new criminal offence within three years of the day of execution, barring by limitation or remission of the penalty thereof; • If a person, sentenced to imprisonment exceeding six months to one year, does not commit any new criminal offence within five years of the day of execution, barring by limitation or remission of the penalty thereof. Legal rehabilitation shall not commence if an accessory penalty has not yet been executed or if security measures are still in force.