Our Contact Centre will be closed from 5pm on 24 December 2024, reopening at 8am on 3 January 2025. National Office (Aitken Street, Wellington) reception will be closed from 5pm on Friday 20 December, reopening at 8am on Monday 6 January 2025. For more information, see Court and Tribunal hours
If you are a registered third party you can apply for someone else’s criminal record (also known as a criminal conviction history) online.
To get a criminal record for someone else, you will need to register for the online service. To register, you must:
Credit card is the preferred payment method. Payment by credit card and is a ‘pay as you go system’ – you’ll pay for the number of requests you submit at the time of submission.
Please refer to the Frequently asked questions for more information about the online service.
If you’d like to register, please contact us at CCHonline@justice.govt.nz.
The third party customer user guides for the new online service can be found below:
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