(8) ألا يكون، ولم يكن، موظفا مسؤولا في دوائر الأمن، أو دوائر الاستخبارات أو دوائر الاستخبارات المضادة في اتحاد الجمهوريات الاشتراكية السوفياتية، أو جمهورية لاتفيا الاشتراكية السوفياتية أو بلد أجنبي؛
the person must be a citizen of the Republic of Latvia; must have a perfect command of the Latvian language; must have highest education; has not yet reached the retirement age established by law; has not been sentenced for intentional criminal offence, or has been rehabilitated or the person's criminal record has been removed or deleted; has not been dismissed from the post of a civil servant following a court judgement in a criminal case; the person's incapacity has not been recognised in compliance with the procedure prescribed by law; is not and has not been a staff official of the security services, intelligence services or counterintelligence services of the USSR, the LSSR or a foreign country; is not and has not been a member of organisations prohibited by laws or court judgements; is not a relative of the manager of an institution or the direct superior (a person who is married to a civil servant, who is an in-law or a relative of the first degree as well as brothers and sisters).