A criminal record certificate, an investigation and a conviction are not the same thing
Questions about a 'criminal record' can concern an ongoing investigation, an accusation, a final conviction, the period during which a conviction is legally treated as outstanding, an official certificate or information held in law-enforcement systems. The purpose and requested document must be identified first.
Mandate in a criminal case
The current judgment, finality, sentence completion, later court decisions and applicable Criminal Code rules determine the legal effect of a conviction. A certificate issued for employment, immigration or a foreign authority may follow its own format and data rules and should not be interpreted beyond what it states.
What this page must not imply
An arrest, summons, police contact or closed investigation is not automatically a conviction. Conversely, an empty or limited certificate does not prove that no authority holds any operational or procedural data. Expungement, rehabilitation, sealing and certificate terminology from another country should not be imported into Georgian law without verification.
Questions and actions that organise the file
Documents to request or preserve
- Official criminal record certificate
- Final judgment and appellate decisions
- Sentence-completion or probation records
- Pardon, amnesty or review decision
- Request from the employer, consulate or foreign authority
Counsel can explain what a Georgian document does and does not certify, correct factual inconsistencies through the proper authority and analyse disclosure or collateral consequences. The advice must be purpose-specific rather than based on the phrase 'clean record.'
Primary sources for this guide
Institutional structures, consolidated legislation and procedures can change. Verify the responsible body, current Georgian text and the actual document served before relying on this guide.
Criminal Code of Georgia↗︎Criminal Procedure Code of Georgia↗︎Ministry of Internal Affairs Service Agency↗︎