Form 790-006 — criminal record, last wills and death insurance certificates

Modelo 790 código 006 is the Spanish Ministry of Justice form used both to request a certificate and to pay its fee (autoliquidación). It covers three certificates: criminal record (antecedentes penales), last wills of a deceased person (últimas voluntades — whether a will was made and before which notary) and life insurance contracts covering death (seguros de cobertura de fallecimiento).

The form is in Spanish and has three identical copies: for the administration, for the applicant and for the bank. Several certificates can be requested on one form, but only about the same person.

• criminal record: the person concerned or their representative; last wills and insurance: a relative, heir or other interested party after the death;
• first the fee is paid at a collecting bank (entidad colaboradora), which returns the copies “para la Administración” and “para el interesado” stamped as paid;
• in person — at a Gerencia Territorial de Justicia or the Oficina Central de Atención al Ciudadano in Madrid;
• by post: criminal record — to the nearest Gerencia Territorial de Justicia or the Oficina Central (Sección de penales, Madrid); last wills and insurance — to the Registro de Actos de Última Voluntad, Plaza de Jacinto Benavente, 3, 28012 Madrid;
• last wills and insurance certificates can be requested only after 15 working days from the death (the day of death, weekends and holidays are not counted);
• the criminal record certificate can also be requested online at sede.mjusticia.gob.es with electronic ID (Cl@ve, DNIe or an electronic certificate); this paper form is for submission in person or by post.

• section 1: ID, surnames and name of the applicant, address for notices, optionally mobile and e-mail to receive the criminal record certificate by SMS or e-mail with a download code;
• which certificates (17, 18, 19) and, if it is for use abroad, the country and authority;
• section B (criminal record): ID, surnames, name, date and place of birth, nationality, parents’ names and purpose;
• section C (deceased): ID, surnames and name of the deceased, date and place of death, date and place of birth; for last wills — what is known about the will and spouses;
• place and date, consent to postal delivery of the criminal record certificate, fee amount and payment method; signature by hand.

• all three copies to the bank; after payment the “Ejemplar para la Administración” goes to the Ministry;
• criminal record: a valid ID of the person concerned (DNI, residence card, passport or Spanish driving licence); through a representative — also the ID of the represented person and proof of representation;
• certificates on a deceased person: the death certificate is mandatory if the death was before 2 April 2009 or is registered at a juzgado de paz; for a death abroad — legalised and translated;
• for use abroad the certificate must be legalised or apostilled, except negative criminal record certificates of Spanish citizens used in other EU states.

1. Download your own form 790-006 from sede.mjusticia.gob.es: it carries a unique number (Nº de Justificante) that the chat asks for.
2. Tell the chat in any language which certificate you need and about whom; the assistant fills in the fields in capitals and ticks the boxes on all three copies.
3. Download the PDF, check it, print, sign, pay the fee at the bank and submit in person or by post.

Spanish Ministry of Justice e-office: sede.mjusticia.gob.es — Descarga del formulario 790. Checked 2026-10-09. This is not legal advice.