How to order

There are two options for ordering an extract:

Ordering online

Ordering at the post office
Requirements:
  • You have a credit card, PostFinance card or can use TWINT.
  • You must provide a copy of an ID document (passport, identity card or foreign national identity card); the ID document is submitted with the printed and signed application form.
Requirements:
  • You must go to the post office in person and prove your identity by means of a valid ID document (passport, identity card or foreign national identity card).
  • You can pay in cash or by card at the counter.
  • If you are in any doubt, the Swiss Post website can provide information on whether your local post office can accept orders.
    Swiss Post website
Order an extract

Important information

Due to the currently very high demand for excerpt from criminal records, delivery times will be extended accordingly.
We thank you for your understanding.

Important information about ordering criminal record extracts online
The Federal Office of Justice (FOJ) is receiving an increasing number of reports about misleading or expensive offers online in connection with ordering criminal record extracts.

  Misleading websites

The following websites do not offer criminal record extracts, but only chargeable instructions on how to order them:
  • www.strafregisterauszug.info
  • www.strafregister-online.info

  More expensive offers

The following private providers offer a service for ordering criminal record extracts from the federal government on behalf of their customers. This service incurs additional costs. Furthermore, the federal government cannot guarantee the order and cannot process any direct support requests:
  • www.auszugsdienst.ch
  • www.meinauszug.ch

  Official ordering options

A criminal record extract can only be requested at the statutory price via the following channels:
  • Directly online from the Federal Office of Justice: www.records.admin.ch
  • Or in person at any post office counter in Switzerland

Our advice: Before placing an order, check carefully that you are on an official website. This will help you avoid unnecessary additional costs.


New law on criminal records 23.01.2023
On 23 January 2023, the new law on criminal records came into force and VOSTRA, the new criminal records information system, went into operation. This results in several changes:
  • The standard private extract and special extract have a new design.
  • Ordering a standard private extract or a special private extract now costs CHF 17.
  • The new statutory provisions affect how long a judgment is visible on a standard private extract and how long it remains stored in VOSTRA. In addition, the requirements for registering foreign judgments against Swiss nationals were changed.