Police certificatesLast checked October 20, 2026
Police certificate for Costa Rica
Criminal Record CertificateCertificación de Antecedentes Penales (hoja de delincuencia)Embassy or consulateOfficial page(opens in a new tab)
- Local name
- Certificación de Antecedentes Penales (hoja de delincuencia)
- Issued by
- Poder Judicial de Costa Rica, Registro Judicial
- How to apply
- Issued by the Registro Judicial of the Poder Judicial in Costa Rica. From abroad, the applicant signs an authorisation at a Costa Rican consulate so a third person can collect the certificate from the Poder Judicial in Costa Rica.
- From abroad
- Book a consular appointment, email the consulate the personal details listed (names, ID, parents, dates in Costa Rica, addresses, collector details), and sign the authorisation in person. The consulate only authenticates the signature; it does not issue the certificate.
- Notes
- The consulate page asks the applicant to state the purpose; a nominated person in Costa Rica collects and forwards the certificate.
Not confirmed
We couldn’t confirm these on an official page. Check the official page.
- Poder Judicial site (poder-judicial.go.cr) returned 404 to automated fetch; its online request service (Tramites en Linea > Solicitud hoja de delincuencia, credentials obtained once in person) could not be read directly
- Consular page read is from the Costa Rican consulate in Colombia; other consulates may differ
- Fee and processing time not stated on the page read
Official sources
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