Apply for a copy or printout of the land register and have it certified

Prerequisites

• Application

You can apply for a land register extract on site (not by telephone!) at the land registry office during business hours or in writing.

• Legitimate interest: If you need to demonstrate your legitimate interest, explain and demonstrate why you need the land register extract. Reasons include, for example, that you:
  • have a claim against the owner arising from an enforcement title (court judgment) and want to enforce this by means of enforcement against the property
  • want to grant the owner a loan
  • You are a tenant and want to find out who the actual landlord is.

Documents required

written application

• Please submit your application in writing by post or fax. Processing via email is not possible.
• It is possible to fill out the application on site.
• The indication of the leaf name and district is helpful for quick information.
• Please indicate:
  • Property name (land registry district and sheet number, at least street and house number)
  • if known: information about the property owner

Power of attorney
If you have been authorized to inspect the land register, the original power of attorney must be presented.

Further evidence

• identity card or passport with registration certificate
• If you are not the owner yourself, you must provide a power of attorney or rental agreement or other proof of entitlement to inspect the property or to receive a copy.

Further documents that you can use to prove your legitimate interest include

• an enforcement title (court decision)
• a statement of claim against the owner.

Please note

Legal advice is not available at the district court. Please contact the persons authorized to provide legal advice. These are lawyers or notaries.
Affordable legal advice for people with low incomes is provided by the   Public Legal Advice (ÖRA).

Deadlines

No

Procedure

• You can submit an application for a land register copy to the land registry office.
• Submit the application in writing. It is possible to fill out this application on site.
• You can also have another person represent you when submitting your application.
• The land registry office checks the requirements, in particular the existence of the necessary factual reasons (legitimate interest).
• The land registry office will certify the copy if you request it.
• You pay the cost invoice.
• For data protection reasons, the land registry office usually sends the land register printout by post and not unencrypted over the Internet.

You can also request a copy of the land register from a notary. If the notary is authorized to use the automated retrieval process for data from the machine-maintained land register, you can also request a copy of the land register from this notary.

Processing time

The processing time depends on the workload of the respective land registry office.

Fees

Costs at the land registry office:

• Printout or uncertified copy (copy) from the land register: EUR 10.00


• official printout or certified copy (copy) from the land register: EUR 20.00

Attention : If private service providers offer to obtain land register printouts on the Internet, this may involve considerable additional costs.

Legal remedies

Memory

Legal basis

• § 12 of the Land Register Act (GBO)


• § 12c Land Register Act (GBO) Jurisdiction and Reminder


• § 46 Land Register Order (GBO)


• KV No. 17000 Law on Costs of Voluntary Jurisdiction for Courts and Notaries


• § 71 Land Register Act (GBO) Complaint


• § 131 Land Register Act (GBO) Printout and official printout


• § 132 of the German Land Register Act (GBO) other than the locally competent land registry office


• § 133a Land Register Act (GBO) Issuance of land register copies by notaries