Register your main residence

Prerequisites

• You have moved into an apartment as your main residence.

Documents required

Please note

• There are no hints or special features.
• From the age of 16 you can register without the consent of the legal guardians.

Deadlines

You are obliged to register with the registration office at your place of residence within two weeks of moving in. Late registrations can be punished with a fine.

Procedure

• If you have several apartments in Germany, one of these apartments is your main residence.
• You must register your place of residence within 2 weeks of moving into the new apartment.

Processing time

• Registration takes about 12 minutes

Fees

Fees may apply. Further information can be found in the "Links" section.

Legal remedies

none

Legal basis

• § 17 Paragraph 1 and 3 of the Federal Registration Act (BMG)
  
  
  https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/__17.html


• § 21 Paragraph 4 of the Federal Registration Act (BMG)
  
  
  https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/__21.html


• § 22 Federal Registration Act (BMG)
  
  
  http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/__22.html


• § 23 Federal Registration Act (BMG)
  
  
  https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/__23.html


• § 24 para. 1 Federal Registration Act (BMG)
  
  
  https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/__24.html


• Numbers 17.1, 17.3, 22 and 23 General Administrative Regulation for the Implementation of the Federal Registration Act (BMGVwV)
  
  
  https://www.verwaltungsgesetze-im-internet.de/bsvwvbund_28102015_VII22010414012.htm


• Fee schedule for registration and ID matters (MeldeGebO​​​​​​) ​ https://Fee schedule for registration and ID matters https://www.landesrecht-hamburg.de/bsha/document/jlr-MeldeGebOHA2015rahmen/format/xsl?oi=w4n72Uy5qY&sourceP=%7B%22source%22%3A%22TOC%22%7D&docAcc=true