Arrest Warrant and Court Summons Translation

Arrest warrant translation for the Home Office: what you receive

Warrants and summons are short, formal documents, often with printed legal wording and handwritten details filled in. A small detail, such as whether a warrant is "bailable" or "non-bailable", or the date you were told to appear, can matter to how your solicitor explains your case. We translate every word.

You receive:

1. A full translation of the printed form and every handwritten entry.
2. The court or authority name, case number, file number and dates, copied exactly.
3. Charges and law sections as written, with English titles where the law has an official English text.
4. Every seal, stamp and signature described, and its readable text translated.
5. A certification statement using the GOV.UK wording from certifying a document (opens in a new tab): "true and accurate translation of the original document", the date, and the translator's full name and contact details, with the signature of a qualified translator. We are members of the ITI, CIOL and ATC.
6. A PDF and, on request, a posted copy.

Sample

Certified translation

Arrest warrant issued by a court

Source language as on original → English

Issuing court

redacted court

Warrant number

redacted

Date issued

redacted

Person named

redacted

Alleged offence

redacted

Article of law cited

redacted

Issuing judge

redacted

• [Round stamp: court seal, partly illegible]
• [Handwritten: date in margin, unclear]
• [Signature]

Translator's statement

I confirm that this is a true and accurate translation of the original document.

Date

DD/MM/YYYY

Translator

Full name

Signature

Warrants, summons and wanted notices

The documents we see most often differ by country. The table below shows common types and the details we check most carefully.

Proclaimed offender notice translation

In Pakistan, when a person named in a warrant cannot be found, a court may issue a proclamation requiring them to appear, and may then declare them a "proclaimed offender". These papers may also mention the attachment of property. Our proclaimed offender notice translation keeps the court's wording, the deadline to appear and any list of property exactly as written.

Court summons translation

A summons tells a person to appear before a court or official on a set date. For court summons translation, we give the date both as written and, for Iranian documents, converted from the Solar Hijri calendar. Iran's judiciary also sends notices electronically through its "Sana" system. If you have a printout or screenshot of a Sana notice, we can translate it too.

Wanted notice translation

Wanted notices may be posters, newspaper notices or police circulars. Our wanted notice translation covers every line of text, including the description of the person, and notes any photo or logo. If the notice appeared in a newspaper, see our newspaper article translation for asylum page.

Court seals and case numbers

Seals and reference numbers help a reader connect one document to another, such as a warrant to the FIR or court order behind it. We present them in a consistent way:

• Case and file numbers are copied character for character, including slashes and year codes, such as "123/2024".
• Court seals are shown in square brackets with their readable text translated, for example "[round seal: Court of the Judicial Magistrate, Lahore]".
• Signatures and initials are shown as "[signature]" or "[initials]", with any printed name or rank beside them.
• Parts we cannot read are marked "[illegible]". We never guess.

If the warrant refers to an FIR, you may want that translated too. See our page on FIR translation. Court judgments and orders are covered on our court document translation for asylum page.

Where your translated arrest warrant is used

A certified translation of a warrant or summons is usually sent:

• With your Home Office claim, as evidence supporting your account.
• In a Tribunal appeal bundle, because the Tribunal rules require an English translation of any document not in English.
• With further submissions, where new documents arrive after a refusal.

It is for the Home Office or the judge to decide how much weight a document gets. We translate; we do not advise on your claim. Please speak to a solicitor or an IAA-regulated adviser. Our main police report translation for asylum page explains the wider set of police evidence.

Languages for arrest warrant translation

• Urdu: Pakistani warrants, summons and proclamations. See Urdu asylum document translation.
• Farsi: Iranian summons and court notices, with Solar Hijri dates converted. See Farsi asylum document translation.
• Bengali: Bangladeshi warrants and case papers. See Bengali asylum document translation.
• Arabic, Kurdish, Pashto, Dari and others: ask us for a quote.

Arrest warrant translation price and delivery time

Most warrants and summons are one or two pages, and certified translation starts from £18 per page. A proclamation with a property list may be longer. We confirm a fixed price first.

• Standard delivery: 1 working day for a short warrant or summons, 2–3 working days for longer documents
• Urgent delivery: same day or within 24 hours, from £10 extra per document

Prices shown are starting prices and include VAT. We confirm your exact price in a written quote before any work starts.

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