Petition letter to a Korean court or police — fill in and print
A petition letter to a Korean court, police station or prosecutors' office gives the petitioner's details, the case number and office, the person the case is about and the letter itself, and ends with the date and the petitioner's signature.
Fill it in here and the A4 letter is drawn as you type; save it as a PDF or a Word file, or print a blank one to write by hand. The letter is a Korean document, so write it in Korean. What a petition changes is for the court or office to decide; this page promises no outcome.
A letter form, not legal advice, and no promise about any outcome. For a case, the Korea Legal Aid Corporation (132) or a lawyer can advise.
What the letter holds and how it is madeHow this works
What a petition letter is in Korea
In Korea, family, friends, colleagues or others affected by a case sometimes write a petition letter (탄원서) to the court, the police or the prosecutors' office handling it. Most ask for leniency for someone; some ask for the opposite. It is the writer's own letter to the office, with their details so the office knows who wrote it.
How a petition is weighed is for the court or office to decide. This page makes the sheet; it does not say what to ask for, and it promises nothing about what a petition will change.
What goes on the sheet
The title, a case table (case number and the person the case is about), a petitioner table (name, date of birth, address, phone and relationship to that person), the letter, a closing line, the date, and your name with a place to sign or stamp. If you list attached papers they print after the signature, and if you name the office it prints at the bottom, addressed to that office.
Everything typed prints exactly as typed. The sheet is a Korean document, so write the letter, the relationship and the office name in Korean. Empty fields are listed under Check as you type; they never stop you printing.
Writing the letter
A clear order helps the reader: a greeting and who you are, how you know the person, the reasons for writing with things you saw or went through yourself, and what you ask. The Korean version of this page inserts an outline in that order, with the names and relationship already filled in and brackets for the rest, and lists any brackets left unfilled.
Which papers to attach, such as a copy of an ID card, differs by office and was not confirmed for this page, so it prints only what you list. Ask the office you are submitting to.
Preview, PDF, Word and the blank form
The preview is the A4 sheet itself, drawn by the same code that prints it and writes the Word file. “Save as PDF / Print” opens the print dialog; choose Save as PDF to keep a file. “Word .docx” saves a Word file made in your browser, for editing before printing. Sign or stamp beside your name after printing.
For a letter written by pen, “Print a blank form” and “Blank .docx” give the same sheet with empty boxes and ruled lines for the letter.
Your data
Everything is made in your browser. Nothing you type is sent and nothing is stored: closing the page clears the letter. As on every tool page here, one count is sent when you print or download: which tool was used and in which language, with nothing from the letter in it.
This is a letter form, not legal advice. For advice on a case, the Korea Legal Aid Corporation (132) or a lawyer can help.
What should a petition letter to a Korean court include?
Your details (name, date of birth, address, phone and relationship to the person), the case number and the person the case is about if you know them, the letter, the date and your signature. A clear order helps: who you are, how you know the person, your reasons from what you saw yourself, and what you ask. This page lays all of that out on A4.
Do I need to attach a copy of my ID?
It depends on the office; this page could not confirm one rule from an official source. List what you attach under “Papers attached, optional” and it prints on the letter, and ask the office you are submitting to what it needs.
Will a petition change the outcome of the case?
That is for the court or the investigating office to decide; no petition comes with a promised result, and this page makes none. For advice on a case, the Korea Legal Aid Corporation (132) or a lawyer can help.