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Cancellation of criminal records

Meaning and relationship to your legal situation.

What it means

Cancellation of conviction entries when the Criminal Code’s requirements are met, including the relevant period without further offending. Calculation requires checking the penalty and when it was extinguished.

Legal reference

Spanish Criminal Code · art. 136

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