How to get a police certificate - Honduras

Name of the document you need

Constancia de Antecedentes Policiales and Constancia de Antecedentes Penales

How to apply

For the Constancia de Antecedentes Policiales

• You must apply at the Dirección Policial de Investigaciones (DPI)
  • in person
  • online or
  • through a representative with a power of attorney

When you apply for the Constancia de Antecedentes Policiales, you must submit

• the original and a copy of your national ID document or resident carné
• the applicable fees, which can be paid at any bank
• an original power of attorney (only if applying through a representative)

For the Constancia de Antecedentes Penales (court certificates)

• You must apply at the Poder Judicial (available in Spanish only)
  • in person
  • online or
  • through a representative with a power of attorney

When you apply for the Constancia de Antecedentes Penales, you must bring

• an original and a copy of your national Id document or resident carné
• proof of payment of the applicable fees (payable at Banco Atlántida)
• an original power of attorney (only if applying through a representative)

Contact information

Dirección Policial de Investigaciones

(for Constancia de Antecedentes Policiales)

Tegucigalpa (certificates issued at this location cover the whole country)
Edificio de la UNPH
Sector Sur, Anillo Periférico, antes de la entrada a la Colonia La Cañada
Frente a las bodegas de Walmart y de la UTH
Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.
Tel. (504) 2246-5789 ó 2246-5797

Poder judicial (available in Spanish only) (for Constancia de Antecedentes Penales)
Tegucigalpa
Ventanilla Sótano, Edificio Principal del Poder Judicial (Banco Atlantida office in the same building), Palacio de Justicia
Blvd. Kuwait, Colonia Miraflores Sur, Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.