Hamburg District Court, administration
Point of single contact professional recognition, debt collection service provider for temporary and occasional legal services in Germany
If you are legally established as a debt collection service provider in another member state of the European Union, in another state party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or in Switzerland, you may practice this profession temporarily and...
If you are legally established as a debt collection service provider in another member state of the European Union, in another state party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or in Switzerland, you may practice this profession temporarily and occasionally in the Federal Republic of Germany. You are subject to the same rights and obligations as collection service providers registered in Germany.
If neither the profession nor the training for this profession are regulated in the country of establishment, this only applies if you practice the profession in the member state of the European Union, in another contracting state of the Agreement on the European Economic Area or in Switzerland, where you are established, have exercised at least one year during the previous ten years.
Whether legal services are provided temporarily and occasionally must be assessed in particular on the basis of their duration, frequency, regular recurrence and continuity.
Temporary legal services are only permitted if you notify the relevant registration authority in text form before the first provision of services in Germany.
Important notes
Prerequisites
- Theoretical and practical expertise
- personal suitability and reliability
- if necessary, professional liability insurance with a minimum insured sum of EUR 250,000 for each insured event
Documents required
The notification of temporary legal services must include:
1. Proof of identity - your surname and first name or your company, in the case of legal persons including the legal representatives as well as the registration court and the registration number under which the legal person is entered in the commercial, partnership, cooperative or association register,
2. Proof of the year of foundation, if it is a legal entity,
3. Proof of business address including the addresses of all branches,
4. Proof of a certificate stating that you are legally established in a member state of the European Union, in another contracting state of the Agreement on the European Economic Area or in Switzerland to exercise the profession of debt collection service provider and that you are exercising this activity at the time the submission of the certificate is not prohibited, not even temporarily,
5. Proof that you have lawfully practiced the profession in a member state of the European Union, in another state party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or in Switzerland for at least one year during the previous ten years if the profession is not regulated there ,
6. If the profession is exercised in the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany, proof of the existence of professional liability insurance or information as to why it is not possible or unreasonable to take out such insurance; otherwise a declaration that the profession is practiced exclusively from the country of domicile,
7. Specification of the job title under which the activity is to be performed in Germany.
The notification must be repeated annually if you wish to provide temporary legal services in Germany again after a year has elapsed.
Deadlines
No
Procedure & Fees
Processing time
Approx. 4 weeks from receipt of the complete documents
Fees
No
Legal notes
Legal basis
Section 15 Law on Extrajudicial Legal Services
(Legal Services Act – RDG)
Downloads & Links
Links on the Internet
Address and contact information
Address
Hamburg District Court, administration
Sievekingplatz 1 20355 Hamburg
Opening hours
Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-12 p.m., only by prior arrangement
Facility info
| Accessible |
A night mailbox is at the main entrance to the civil justice building (AG and LG Hamburg only). The mailbox is outside d. Working hours d. Common acceptance point available and at the end of work d. Collection point open at 4 p.m. (Fri 3 p.m.). At midnight, the separating flap in the mailbox automatically falls due to a timer. On the next working day the mailbox will be emptied and the contents will be stamped accordingly.
Public transport
U2 exhibition halls, buses 3 / X35 / 112 Johannes-Brahms-Platz, buses 3 / X35 Sievekingplatz