Editing Criminal record (section)

==Austria==
In [[Austria]], criminal records and "Strafregisterbescheinigungen" (criminal record certificate) are maintained by the Register Division ("Strafregisteramt") of the Federal Police Directorate of Vienna ("Bundespolizeidirektion Wien").<ref name="Criminal record certificate - oesterreich.gv.at">{{cite web|url=https://www.oesterreich.gv.at/en/themen/persoenliche_dokumente_und_bestaetigungen/strafregister/Seite.300020.html |title=Criminal Record Certificate |website=oesterreich.gv.at |date=28 March 2025 |access-date=30 March 2025}}</ref>
In order to access a criminal record in Austria, a person must complete a form with relevant identification and pay a fee (the fee is dependent on the specific criminal record certificate requested and whether or not the application is done online). Requests for a criminal record certificate can be taken to police stations and will be processed and provided to the applicant immediately, when requested at most main state police departments. If requested at an office that does not have direct access to the register of criminal records then this may take longer and the certificate will be sent to the applicant by official government post (RSa-Brief<ref name="RSa-Brief - oesterreich.gv.at">{{cite web|url=https://www.oesterreich.gv.at/de/lexicon/R/Seite.991271.html |title=RSa Brief |website=oesterreich.gv.at |date=4 March 2025 |access-date=30 March 2025}}</ref>). The application must be made in person by the applicant. A regular criminal record can also be applied for, and received digitally signed, online using the ID Austria electronic identification service.

In Austria, a request for a criminal record certificate can come in two forms – restricted and unrestricted disclosure. An application at the request of a future employer will be issued a restricted disclosure, which only contains unexpunged convictions and may not include less serious convictions. An unrestricted disclosure certificate is exclusively for specific state agencies (for example, firearms licensing bodies, military and law enforcement agencies), and, even then, is only issued in specific circumstances. This type of criminal record certificate contains details of all convictions.
All criminal offences are recorded on the Criminal Register. Convictions are removed from the Criminal Register upon expiry of the penalty, which generally occurs when the penalty ends, but can extend to up fifteen years after the penalty has been completed. The only exception is life sentences which are not removed from the Criminal Register.<ref>section 7, Criminal Records Act 1968</ref>
Austria maintains a sex offender registry; however, this is mainly for law enforcement and intelligence purposes.

There are special criminal records that can be applied for at the request of an employer for work in the following three areas:
* child and youth welfare
* care and support of vulnerable individuals
* critical infrastructure, arms manufacture and trade, and security industry
The former two show any record of convictions against the sexual integrity and/or self-determination and/or court bans that have been entered into the criminal record. The latter includes any convictions for terrorist offences, genocide, crimes against humanity and more. For these special criminal records the expungement of convictions is delayed.<ref name="Tilgungsfrist - oesterreich.gv.at">{{cite web|url=https://www.oesterreich.gv.at/themen/persoenliche_dokumente_und_bestaetigungen/strafregister/Seite.300030.html |title=Tilgungsfrist |website=oesterreich.gv.at |date=29 April 2025 |access-date=30 April 2025}}</ref>