Introduction. Both long and short forms of questionnaires are needed in scientific and practical activities. In recent years, the scientific direction of psychology of personal corruption has been actively developing. But the variety of psychodiagnostic tools in this area is small. The objective of this work was to develop a short form of the questionnaire of moral and legal reliability of a person by E. Yu. Strizhov. Its main drawback is its large volume: 108 questions with a 6-point answer scale. Theoretical analysis.