Inkassodienstleistung - Erlaubnis

Anyone wishing to provide debt collection services on a business basis must register this activity in the Legal Services Register.

If you wish to provide debt collection services on a commercial basis, you must register this activity in the Legal Services Register.

You can be registered if you are personally suitable and reliable to carry out the activity and also have special expertise and can prove this accordingly. Important criteria for the required reliability are

• previous experience (in particular any criminal offenses) and
• the financial circumstances.

Registration can be made subject to conditions or linked to requirements. Conditions can be imposed or changed at any time.

Legal services that are ancillary services in connection with another activity (e.g. collection of customer receivables assigned to a workshop on account of performance) are exempt from licensing. Registration in the legal services register is not required for these services.

In particular, the following must be submitted with the application

• a summary of the professional training course and the previous professional practice
• Certificate of good conduct
• Declaration as to whether insolvency proceedings are pending or whether an entry has been made in the debtors' register within the last three years prior to the application being submitted
• Declaration as to whether registration or admission to the bar has been refused, withdrawn or revoked in the last three years or whether there has been an exclusion from the bar, if applicable a copy of the decision
• Documents proving theoretical and practical expertise (e.g. certificates)
• Proof of professional liability insurance

Permits to provide legal services to third parties under the former Legal Services Act (Alterlaubnisse) expired on January 1, 2009, unless you submitted an "Application for Registration under the Legal Services Act for Alterlaubnis Holders" by December 31, 2008 at the latest.

Anyone established in the European Economic Area (EEA) for the purpose of practicing a profession related to the provision of legal services may, under certain conditions, temporarily and occasionally practice this profession in Germany.

• Anyone wishing to provide debt collection services on a business basis must register this activity in the Legal Services Register.
• Anyone who is personally suitable and reliable for carrying out the activity and who also has special expertise and can prove this accordingly can be registered.
• Responsible: the Regional Court of Erfurt

Contact the Regional Court of Erfurt.