P.R. Laws tit. 34, § 1725
The Puerto Rico Police Department is hereby authorized to issue a certificate denominated “Criminal Record Certificate,” containing a list of the guilty verdicts found in the record of every person who, for having been sentenced in any Court of Justice of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or in any other local, state, or Federal jurisdiction, already has an open record in said agency or in any other similar agency or official data system in any other local, state, or Federal jurisdiction of the United States of America.
In the case of persons with criminal history and/or that do not comply with the five (5)-year term in the case of felonies, and six (6) months in the case of misdemeanors, as provided in §§ 1725a-1 and 1725a-2 of this title, they may obtain a Certificate of Rehabilitation and Job Training that may substitute the Criminal Record Certificate. The evaluation process to obtain the same shall be determined by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, which may use the guidelines in effect for the issuance of the rehabilitation certificate established in § 4732 of Title 33. The employer reserves the right to require the Criminal Record Certificate in addition to the certificate of rehabilitation and job training.
The possible issuance of the certificate of rehabilitation and job training herein provided shall not apply to persons who are registered in the Registry of Persons Convicted of Violent Sexual Crimes and Child Abuse or the Registry of Persons Convicted of Corruption.
History —July 27, 1974, No. 254, Part 2, p. 255, § 1; Sept. 15, 2004, No. 314, § 1; Aug. 9, 2008, No. 224, § 1; Nov. 9, 2011, No. 174, § 1.