Rechtsdienstleistungen aufgrund besonderer Sachkunde Registrierung von Personen die Inkassodienstleistungen erbringen

If you wish to provide debt collection services, you must register and be entered in the legal services register.

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

Anyone who is personally suitable for the exercise of the activity and also reliable and also has special expertise and can prove this can be registered. Important benchmarks for the required reliability are
• previous life (in particular any criminal offences) and
• the economic situation.

Registration can be made dependent on conditions or attached to conditions. Conditions can be ordered or changed at any time. In the area of debt collection services, the condition can be ordered to immediately forward third-party funds to an authorized recipient or to pay them into a separate account.
Legal services that are ancillary services in connection with another activity (e.g. collection of customer claims that have been assigned to a workshop on account of performance) do not require a permit. Registration in the legal services register is not required for these services.

The following documents are required for the registration of natural persons:
1. a completed application form
2. a summary of the vocational training course and previous professional practice of the person to be registered
3. Documents proving the theoretical and practical expertise of the person to be registered
4. A certificate of good conduct to be presented to the authority in accordance with Section 30 Paragraph 5 of the Federal Central Register Act (Please apply for this from the responsible authority. The certificate of good conduct will then be sent directly to the Hamburg District Court.)
5. Proof of professional liability insurance for the person to be registered (can be submitted upon separate request)
6. information from the central trade register for submission to the authority in accordance with Section 150 Paragraph 5 of the Trade Code
7. a description of the content of the intended activities (in particular information on which legal areas the debt collection activity is to be carried out and whether and, if so, which other activities are to be carried out as ancillary services)

The following documents are required for the registration of legal entities and companies without legal personality:
1. a completed application form
2. Documents proving that a qualified person is acting for the person to be registered under the following conditions:
- permanent employment in the company
- Independence from instructions and authority to give instructions
- Right of representation in external relationships
3. a summary of the qualified person's vocational training course and previous professional practice
4. Declaration as to whether insolvency proceedings are ongoing against the person applying or whether an entry has been made in a list of debtors in the last three years before the application was submitted? If necessary, adjust the consecutive numbering.
5. Documents proving the theoretical (see § 2 RDV ) and practical (see § 3 RDV ) expertise of the qualified person
6. A certificate of good conduct for presentation to the authority in accordance with Section 30 Paragraph 5 of the Federal Central Register Act for the qualified person (Please apply for this from the responsible authority. The certificate of good conduct will then be sent directly to the Hamburg District Court.)
7. Proof of professional liability insurance for the person to be registered (can be submitted upon separate request)
8. information from the central trade register for submission to the authority in accordance with the Trade Code Section 150 Paragraph 5 for both the person to be registered and the qualified person
9. a description of the content of the intended activities (in particular information on which legal areas the debt collection activity is to be carried out and whether and, if so, which other activities are to be carried out as additional services)

The fees for matters under the Legal Services Act are determined according to Section 1 Paragraph 2 No. 3 of the Judicial Administration Costs Act No. 1110 Registration under the RDG. When registering a legal person or a company without legal personality, the fee also covers the registration of a qualified person in the Legal Services Register.
€150.00

No. 1111 entry
Entry of a qualified person in the legal services register if the entry is not covered by fee 1110, per person:
€150.00

No. 1112 Revocation or Withdrawal of Registration
€75.00

A decision on the application must be made within a period of three months

In principle, an activity according to the RDG may only be carried out after registration. There are no application deadlines for registration.

There are the following hints:

Prohibition:
Persons or associations according to § 6 RDG , § 7 para. 1 and § 8 para. 1 no. 4 and 5 RDG can be prohibited from providing legal services for a maximum of five years if unqualified legal services are provided permanently to the detriment of the person seeking justice.
Legal services register and public notice:
According to § 16 RDG, a transnational register of legal services will be set up. This serves to provide free information to those seeking legal advice, to persons offering legal services, to legal transactions and to other public bodies. The legal services register lists persons who are permitted to provide legal services in one or more of the areas or sub-areas specified in Section 10 (1) RDG (debt collection services, pension advice and legal services under foreign law), and persons or associations who are permitted to provide legal services in accordance with Section 9 Para. 1 RDG has been definitively prohibited, made public.
The public announcement according to § 16 paragraph 3 sentence 1 RDG takes place several times a day through a central publication of all registration authorities on these pages. The publicly disclosed data will be deleted if the requirements of § 17 RDG are met.

Hamburg District Court