Inspection of land register
In the land register, for example, you will receive information about who is the owner of a property, whether and what rights third parties have to a property, for example mortgages or easements or whether there are reservations or certain restrictions...
In the land register, for example, you will receive information about
- who is the owner of a property,
- whether and what rights third parties have to a property, for example mortgages or easements or
- whether there are reservations or certain restrictions on disposal. A priority notice secures a right to transfer of ownership from a purchase contract or another agreement.
If you only want to view the land register once or occasionally, you can apply to the land registry for inspection. You can
- inspection free of charge on site at the land registry office or the land registry inspection office of a municipality,
- have an excerpt from the land register sent to you for a fee
- can be inspected by a notary for a fee.
Persons or bodies that typically require a large number of land register inspections or are particularly urgent can be admitted to the restricted retrieval procedure, in which a legitimate interest must be assured for each online retrieval. Such persons or bodies can be, for example:
- Lawyers who operate the foreclosure
- insurances
- banks or
- utilities
Important notes
Prerequisites
Documents required
Important documents, please bring:
- passport or identity card
- if you do not own the property: documents that show your legitimate interest (e.g. declaration of consent from the owner)
- To be requested by email or fax, see also serviceportal.hamburg.de
Please note
Although it is a public register, it is not easy to inspect it. To protect the owner, one may only inspect the land register if there is a legitimate interest. For example, the owner of the property or a creditor who wants to pursue foreclosure can inspect it (proof required). As a prospective buyer, you should have the owner confirm in writing for submission to the land registry that the owner consents to inspection by the prospective buyer. Anyone who has the right of inspection can also request a copy of the land register (subject to a fee). Written inquiries can only be made by post or fax. Processing by email is not possible.
Deadlines
Please inquire about this at the competent court.
Procedure & Fees
Procedure
If you only want to inspect the land register once, you can apply for this at the land registry office or a notary. You can inquire about the form of the application (orally, in writing or electronically by e-mail) from the relevant office.
If you want to consult more than once, you can apply for access to the land register portal. Please note that the available retrieval procedures (restricted or unrestricted) are only open to certain (government) bodies and persons, but not to individual citizens. Submit the application as follows:
Open the land register portal in the federal and state justice portal
Select the state where the property is located
Select "Admission" and follow the instructions on the page that opens to gain access to the portal
As soon as you have the access data, click again on the relevant federal state and select “Access”
Enter your login information
Log in with your access data
You can now:
look at a specific land register page,
print out the contents of the land register,
search for an unknown land register page based on information about the plot or owner,
determine when the last entry in the land register was made,
determine whether there are pending registration applications for a specific land register sheet at the land registry office
Processing time
Please inquire about this at the competent court.
Fees
- Inspection of the land register at the land registry office: free of charge
- Issue of a printout from the land register by the land registry office: EUR 10.00
- Issue of an official printout: EUR 20.00
- Imprint from the land register by a notary: EUR 10.00
- certified copy: EUR 15.00 plus expenses of the notary, in particular the retrieval fee of EUR 8.00 (per land register page)
- To be requested by email or fax, see also serviceportal.hamburg.de
Legal notes
Legal remedies
Please inquire about this at the competent court.
Legal basis
§ 12 paragraph 1 land register regulations (GBO)
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gbo/__12.html
Downloads & Links
Links on hamburg.de
Links on the Internet
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Last updated: 28.03.2024