Criminal History Processing (Taj)
Verified 30 January 2026 - Public Service / Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister), Ministry of Justice
What is the Taj: titleContent ? This is a criminal investigation file used in criminal investigations (search for perpetrators of infringements), administrative (e.g. recruitment to sensitive employment) and certain intelligence investigations. It contains information on persons involved, victims or wanted. Persons registered with the Taj may request the communication of data concerning them, their rectification and erasure. Here is the information you need to know.
In legal proceedings, the Taj: titleContent is used to facilitate the determination of a infringement, the gathering of evidence of this offense and the search for its perpetrator (and/or an accomplice).
The information stored in the file is collected in the following situations:
- Investigations or statement for one crime, one offense or some tickets of 5e class (contraventions that sanction a disturbance to public security or tranquility or an attack on persons, property or security of the State)
- Investigation of causes of death, serious injury or disappearance of concern.
FYI
The Taj is also used in administrative investigations, particularly for recruitment to certain positions (example: SNCF or RATP agent). It may also be used in the context of a french naturalization.
The Taj: titleContent contains information about the following people:
- People questioning like perpetrators or accomplices of a crime, of a offense or some tickets of 5e class (for example, violence that resulted in ITT less than 8 days, damage to property belonging to a third party, wearing a uniform representing a former criminal organization)
- Victims of these infringements
- Persons under investigation or investigation statement for the investigation of causes of death, serious injury or disappearance.
Personal data stored on the Taj: titleContent depend on the status of the person registered on this file:
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Person charged as an offender or accomplice in an offense
- Identity (surname, first names, gender, etc.)
- Nicknames, aka
- Date and place of birth
- Family situation
- Parentage
- Nationality
- Mailing addresses
- Email addresses
- Phone numbers
- Profession
- State of the person (e.g. unaccompanied minor without a fixed address)
- Reporting
- Front face photo and other photos
Warning
He is impossible to oppose the recording of his personal data in the Taj.
Victim of an offense
- Identity (surname, first names, gender, etc.)
- Date and place of birth
- Family situation
- Nationality
- Mailing addresses
- Email addresses
- Phone numbers
- Profession
- State of the person (e.g. unaccompanied minor without a fixed address)
Person linked to the search for the suspicious cause of death or disappearance
- Identity (surname, first names, gender, etc.)
- Date and place of birth
- Family situation
- Nationality
- Mailing addresses
- Email addresses
- Phone numbers
- Profession
- State of the person
- Reporting (missing persons and unidentified bodies)
- Photo of the face of missing persons and unidentified bodies and other photos
FYI
Other information shall be recorded, in particular, the acts committed, the subject matter of the investigation, the dates and places of the offense, the means used by the perpetrator to commit the offense, etc.
Authorities who can access the Taj: titleContent depend on the nature of the procedure that led to an entry in this file:
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Judicial procedure
The following persons, individually designated and specially empowered, may have access at Taj: titleContent to a greater or lesser extent:
- National Police Officer
- National Gendarmerie military
- National Anti-Fraud Office (ONAF) Officer
- Magistrates of the parquet
- Judicial services officer responsible for informing the referring magistrate Taj court decisions resulting in an update or erasure of the data recorded in this file
- Magistrate and judicial officers in charge of the Taj.
Please note
Officials of the judicial customs services, tax services and environmental inspectors (e.g. official of the French Office for Biodiversity) can also access the information recorded in the Taj.
The information can be communicated to the following persons and services:
- Other public official with a judicial police mission
- Investigating Judge
- International cooperation body on judicial police (e.g. Interpol)
- Foreigners Police Service.
Administrative inquiry
The following persons, individually designated and specially empowered, may access at Taj: titleContent :
- Police and gendarmerie personnel
- Intelligence Officer
- National Administrative Security Investigation Service (NAESI) Officer
- Nuclear Security Command (CoSSeN) Officer
- Prefecture staff
- Agent of the National Council for Private Security Activities (Cnaps).
However, it is not possible to consult information on a victim or accused person who has benefited from a final decision of filing without follow-up, dismissal, relaxed or of acquittal. The same applies in the case of a conviction with dispensation from punishmentof conviction with exemption from the requirement to have a criminal record or of not having a criminal record in the bulletin n°2 of the criminal record.
The information can be communicated to the following services:
- International cooperation body on judicial police (e.g. Interpol)
- Foreigners Police Service.
To access the information stored at Taj: titleContent, the person entered in that file may send a written request to the Ministry of the Interior.
Who shall I contact
Please note
The request must be sent by post (preferably by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt).
The person concerned must specify that his request relates to the Taj file. It must also attach a copy front/back their identity document (national identity card, passport, etc.).
The Ministry of the Interior has 2 months to respond.
If the request is rejected or has not been answered, the person registered in the Taj may appeal to the Cnil: titleContent.
This appeal can be made online or by post.
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Online
To lodge an appeal with the Cnil, the person registered in a police file (Taj, FPR, etc.) can use an online service:
Before filing an online appeal, the Taj registrant must prepare the following documents:
- Duplex/reverse copy of an identity document (national identity card, passport, etc.)
- Application forwarded to the Ministry of the Interior
- Decision of the Ministry of the Interior (if it has responded to the request)
- Any document justifying the appeal.
The Council has 6 months to reply. Depending on the complexity of the case, this period may be longer.
By post
The appeal must be addressed to the Commission.
Who shall I contact
By post
3 Place de Fontenoy
ASD 80715
75334 Paris cedex 07
The CNIL does not receive the public and does not provide any information on the spot.
By phone
+33 1 53 73 22 22
Telephone reception open Monday to Friday from 9:30 am to 5 pm.
Legal information open on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 10am to 12pm.
By email
Access to contact form
In this recourse, the person registered in a police file must specify the following:
- Name of the file concerned or of the files concerned (Taj, FPR, etc.)
- His mailing address.
The appeal must also be accompanied by the following documents:
- Duplex/reverse copy of an identity document (national identity card, passport, etc.)
- Application forwarded to the Ministry of the Interior
- Decision of the Ministry of the Interior (if it has responded to the request)
- Any document justifying the appeal.
The Council has 6 months to reply. Depending on the complexity of your case, this may take longer.
How to request the rectification of the information recorded in the Taj: titleContent depends on the status of the applicant.
FYI
Prior to any request for rectification, it is preferable to have requested access to the information contained in the Taj.
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Person charged with an offense
The request for rectification of the data stored in the Taj: titleContent should be addressed to public prosecutor of the place where the case took place which caused the file to be registered. It must be sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.
Who shall I contact
The person concerned must specify that his request relates to the Taj file. They must also attach a copy of their identity document (national identity card, passport, etc.).
The public prosecutor must make his decision within 2 months of receipt of the request. The person making the request shall be informed by registered letter.
In the absence of a reply or in the event of rejection of his request, the person registered in the Taj may appeal argued with the president of the investigation chamber which depends on the public prosecutor previously seized.
Warning
This appeal may be made in a one month delay following the prosecutor's decision.
Who shall I contact
The President of the Investigative Chamber has 6 months to render his decision. It cannot be the subject of a new appeal.
FYI
When the case took place in several departments, the request for erasure may also be addressed to referent magistrate TAJ.
The request may be forwarded to referring magistrate Taj, by postal mail.
Who shall I contact
By post
Permanent Secretariat of the referring magistrate TAJ
Public Prosecutor's Office at the Paris Court of Appeal
10, Boulevard du Palais
75001 PARIS
The referring magistrate Taj two months to respond.
In the absence of a reply or in the event of rejection of his request, the person registered in the Taj may appeal argued with the president of the investigation chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal.
Warning
This appeal may be made in a one month delay following the prosecutor's decision.
Who shall I contact
The President of the Investigative Chamber has 6 months to render his decision. It cannot be the subject of a new appeal.
Victim of an offense
The request for rectification of the data stored in the Taj: titleContent must be addressed to the Ministry of the Interior, by post (preferably by post) RAR: titleContent).
Who shall I contact
In his letter, the person concerned must specify that his request relates to the TAJ file. They must also attach a copy of their identity document (national identity card, passport, etc.).
The Ministry of the Interior must respond within 2 months of receiving the request.
In the absence of a reply within this period or if the request is rejected, the person registered in the Taj (or the person representing him) may seize the Cnil: titleContent. The appeal is made online or by post.
Online
To lodge an appeal with the Cnil, the person registered in a police file (Taj, FPR, etc.) can use an online service:
Before filing an online appeal, the Taj registrant must prepare the following documents:
- Duplex/reverse copy of an identity document (national identity card, passport, etc.)
- Application forwarded to the Ministry of the Interior
- Decision of the Ministry of the Interior (if it has responded to the request)
- Any document justifying the appeal.
The Council has 6 months to reply. Depending on the complexity of the case, this period may be longer.
By post
The appeal must be addressed to the Commission.
Who shall I contact
By post
3 Place de Fontenoy
ASD 80715
75334 Paris cedex 07
The CNIL does not receive the public and does not provide any information on the spot.
By phone
+33 1 53 73 22 22
Telephone reception open Monday to Friday from 9:30 am to 5 pm.
Legal information open on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 10am to 12pm.
By email
Access to contact form
In this recourse, the person registered in a police file must specify the following:
- The name of the file or files concerned (Taj, FPR, etc.)
- His mailing address.
The appeal must also be accompanied by the following documents:
- Duplex/reverse copy of an identity document (national identity card, passport, etc.)
- Application forwarded to the Ministry of the Interior
- Decision of the Ministry of the Interior (if it has responded to the request)
- Any document justifying the appeal.
The Council has 6 months to reply. Depending on the complexity of your case, this may take longer.
The retention period of the data recorded at Taj: titleContent depends on the status of the person registered in this file.
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Person charged with an offense
The data recorded at the Taj are kept there for at least longer depending on the age of the person involved :
Adult person
Initial data retention periods in the Taj
In principle, the retention period of the data recorded at the Taj is 20 years.
This duration may be reduced to 5 years for some offenses and tickets of 5e class.
Example :
- Manslaughter and unintentional injury
- Theft
- Violence leading to ITT less than 8 days
- Degradation of property belonging to another person.
This period may be extended to 40 years for several infringements (poisoning, murder, torture and acts of barbarism, sexual assault, rape, pimpingetc.).
Deletion of data at the initiative of the public prosecutor
In the event of a final decision of acquittal or relaxed, the information is automatically erased unless the public prosecutor decides to keep them. In this case, the person enrolled in the Taj is informed.
In case of dismissal or filing without follow-up, the information shall be mentioned, unless the public prosecutor orders its erasure.
The public prosecutor decides to maintain or delete the information in other cases: conviction with dispensation from punishment, conviction with exemption from the requirement to have a criminal record, or failure to register a criminal offense bulletin n°2 of the criminal record.
Minor person
Initial data retention periods in the Taj
In principle, the shelf life is 5 years.
This period may be extended to:
- 10 years for some offenses (for example, buying drugs)
- 20 years for the most serious and certain offenses crimes (for example, a flight in organized gang or murder).
Deletion of data at the initiative of the public prosecutor
In the event of a final decision of acquittal or relaxed, the information is automatically erased unless the public prosecutor decides to keep them. In this case, the person enrolled in the Taj is informed.
In case of dismissal or filing without follow-up, the information shall be mentioned, unless the public prosecutor orders its erasure.
The public prosecutor decides to maintain or delete the information in other cases: conviction with dispensation from punishment, conviction with exemption from the requirement to have a criminal record, or failure to register a criminal offense bulletin n°2 of the criminal record.
Person who is the victim of an offense
The retention period of the data recorded at the Taj is 15 years.
A person involved in the investigation of causes of death, serious injury or suspicious disappearance
The data entered in the Taj are kept until the investigation is resolved (missing person found, suspicion of crime or offense discarded).
The conditions and procedure for requesting the erasure of the data stored in the Taj: titleContent depend on the status of the person registered in this file.
FYI
Prior to any request for erasure, it is preferable to have requested access to the information contained in the Taj.
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Person charged with an offense
Conditions for requesting the erasure of the data recorded at the Taj
If the public prosecutor did not order the erasure of the recorded data Taj: titleContent, the person involved has the possibility to request it in the following cases:
- It benefited from a decision of relaxed or of acquittal become definitive
- She was given a dispensation from punishment
- She was given a dismissal
- The case was filed without follow-up
- There is no longer any mention on the bulletin n°2 of his criminal record.
Procedure for requesting the erasure of the data recorded at the Taj
The request to erase the data stored in the Taj must be made to public prosecutor the place where the case that led to the entry in that register took place.
Who shall I contact
The request must be transmitted by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The respondent must specify that the request is for the TAJ file.
The public prosecutor must make his decision within 2 months of receipt of the request. The person making the request shall be informed by registered letter.
In the absence of a reply or in the event of rejection of the request, the respondent may appeal argued in a one month delay following the prosecutor's decision. This appeal must be forwarded to the president of the investigation chamber which depends on the public prosecutor previously seized.
Who shall I contact
The President of the Investigative Chamber has 6 months to render his decision. It cannot be the subject of a new appeal.
FYI
The request may also be addressed to referring magistrate Taj whether the case took place in several departments.
The request may be forwarded to referring magistrate Taj, by postal mail.
Who shall I contact
By post
Permanent Secretariat of the referring magistrate TAJ
Public Prosecutor's Office at the Paris Court of Appeal
10, Boulevard du Palais
75001 PARIS
The referring magistrate Taj two months to respond.
In the absence of a reply or in the event of rejection of his request, the person registered in the Taj may appeal argued with the president of the investigation chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal.
Warning
This appeal may be made in a one month delay following the prosecutor's decision.
Who shall I contact
The President of the Investigative Chamber has 6 months to render his decision. It cannot be the subject of a new appeal.
Victim of an offense
Once the perpetrator definitively convicted, the victim of a infringement may request the erasure of the data concerning it.
The request to erase the data stored in the Taj: titleContent must be addressed to the Ministry of the Interior, by post (preferably by post) RAR: titleContent).
Who shall I contact
In his letter, the person concerned must specify that his request relates to the TAJ file. They must also attach a copy of their identity document (national identity card, passport, etc.).
The Ministry of the Interior must respond within 2 months of receiving the request.
In the absence of a reply within that period or if the request is rejected, the person registered in the Taj may bring the matter before the Cnil: titleContent online or by post.
Online
To lodge an appeal with the Cnil, the person registered in a police file (Taj, FPR, etc.) can use an online service:
Before filing an online appeal, the Taj registrant must prepare the following documents:
- Duplex/reverse copy of an identity document (national identity card, passport, etc.)
- Application forwarded to the Ministry of the Interior
- Decision of the Ministry of the Interior (if it has responded to the request)
- Any document justifying the appeal.
The Council has 6 months to reply. Depending on the complexity of the case, this period may be longer.
By post
The appeal must be addressed to the Commission.
Who shall I contact
By post
3 Place de Fontenoy
ASD 80715
75334 Paris cedex 07
The CNIL does not receive the public and does not provide any information on the spot.
By phone
+33 1 53 73 22 22
Telephone reception open Monday to Friday from 9:30 am to 5 pm.
Legal information open on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 10am to 12pm.
By email
Access to contact form
In this recourse, the person registered in a police file must specify the following:
- The name of the file or files concerned (Taj, FPR, etc.)
- His mailing address.
The appeal must also be accompanied by the following documents:
- Duplex/reverse copy of an identity document (national identity card, passport, etc.)
- Application forwarded to the Ministry of the Interior
- Decision of the Ministry of the Interior (if it has responded to the request)
- Any document justifying the appeal.
The Council has 6 months to reply. Depending on the complexity of your case, this may take longer.
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