A Certificate of Good Conduct

A Certificate of Good Conduct is a police records check. Certificate or Good Conduct can be considered evidence that you are rehabilitated. It is very important for an employer or licensing agency.  Adoption, school attendance, employment, etc. are the main reasons when the residents of U.S. may be asked to present a Certificate of Good Conduct. However, a certificate of good conduct may be required in a number of situations, mostly in connection with employment. But you will also be asked to supply one if you wish to join a rifle club, for example. Even if you have a Certificate, you still must list your convictions on job applications that ask for them.
There are some cases when you can apply for a Certificate of Good Conduct. If you are applying for a certificate of good conduct in connection with a visa, emigration, immigration, a work permit, the swearing in of a lawyer or in order to set up a child minding agency, it may not always be possible to submit a fully completed and signed application form. You can apply for a Certificate of Relief from Disabilities if you have been convicted of one or zero felonies or you can apply for a Certificate of Good Conduct if you were convicted of two or more felonies (the number of misdemeanors does not matter).  For that you just need to apply for one Certificate of Good Conduct, which will cover all your felony and misdemeanor convictions. For applying you need to submit a fully completed application form and a clearly legible copy of your identity document. Another person may submit the application on your behalf if you authorize them to do so. In addition, you need to pay a fee.
You must qualify to receive a Certificate of Good Conduct. It is possible if your most serious crime was a misdemeanor and you have a one year of good conduct, or if your most serious crime was a felony and you have had 3 years of good conduct and you meet such criteria as:

-    No more than one felony conviction on your record
-    No conviction for a crime of violence under the Crime Victims Compensation Act
-    No conviction for a Class X or a non-probationable offense; and
-    No conviction under Article 11 or Article 12 of the Criminal Code of 1961
And you don’t qualify for a Certificate of Good Conduct, if  you have more than one felony conviction on your record, or you were convicted of a crime of violence under the Crime Victim’s Compensation Act, or you were convicted of a Class X or non-probationable offense, or you were convicted under Article 11 or Article 12 of the Criminal Code of 1961, or your most serious crime was a Misdemeanor and you have not had 1 year of good conduct, or your most serious crime was a Felony and you have not had 3 years of good conduct. If you happen to meet one of the specified criteria, you can’t qualify for a certificate.

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