Wild- und Jagdschaden: Feststellung des Ersatzes beantragen

If a property that belongs to a communal hunting district or is attached to a communal hunting district is damaged by hoofed game, wild rabbits or pheasants, the hunting cooperative must compensate the injured party for the damage caused by the game.

If a property that belongs to a communal hunting district or is attached to a communal hunting district is damaged by hoofed game, wild rabbits or pheasants, the hunting cooperative must compensate the injured party for the damage caused by the game. The compensation paid from the cooperative treasury shall be borne by the individual hunting members in proportion to the area of their participating properties. If the tenant hunter has assumed the compensation of the game damage in whole or in part, the obligation to pay compensation shall be borne by the tenant hunter. The hunting cooperative's obligation to pay compensation shall remain in force if the injured party is unable to obtain compensation from the tenant.

The owner or usufructuary of the hunting district is liable for compensation for damage caused by game to land that is part of a hunting district. In the case of a lease, the leaseholder is liable if he has undertaken to compensate for game damage in the lease agreement. In this case, the owner or usufructuary is only liable if the injured party cannot obtain compensation from the leaseholder.

In the case of land belonging to a private hunting district, the obligation to pay compensation for damage caused by game (paragraph 1) shall be governed by the legal relationship between the injured party and the person authorized to hunt, except in the cases specified in paragraph 2. Unless otherwise stipulated, the person authorized to hunt is liable to pay compensation if he is responsible for the damage due to inadequate shooting.

In order to assert claims for compensation, the damage caused by game must be reported to the local regulatory authorities of the offices and district-free towns. Field damage must be reported 1 week after becoming aware of it, forest damage by May 1 or October 1 of the year after becoming aware of it.

Payments to compensate for game damage are made after notification and assessment of the damage by the responsible game damage compensation funds.

Informal application:
- Name of the party liable for damages
- Date and time of the damage assessment
- Municipality, district, parcel and parcel of land
- Extract from the cadastral map with the marked damaged area
- Cultivated or overgrown with?
- Species of game (perpetrator of damage)
- Estimated amount of damage in €

- Timely application to the local regulatory authority
- Proof of the damage

Fees are charged for the following official acts:

• Issuing a preliminary decision without an on-site visit: EUR 45.00

Bringing about an amicable agreement after

• the first on-site visit: EUR 90.00
• the second on-site visit: EUR 155.00
• the fee increases by EUR 45.00 for each additional on-site visit

Issuing a preliminary decision after

• the first on-site visit: EUR 130.00
• the second on-site visit: EUR 200.00
• the fee is increased by EUR 45.00 for each additional on-site visit

In the event of an amicable settlement, the costs shall be borne equally by the party liable to pay compensation and the injured party.

When issuing a preliminary decision, the regulatory authority decides who bears the costs. Costs that would not have been incurred if the matter had been handled properly are to be charged to the party who caused them.

1. Request
2. Invitation to an on-site visit
3. Site visit with damage assessment
4. Termination of the proceedings by valid agreement
5. If no amicable settlement: Preparation of an expert opinion
6. Termination of the proceedings by pre-litigation notice

one week to half a year

• for field damage: 1 week after knowledge
• for forest damage: by May 1 or October 1 after knowledge

If a property that belongs to a communal hunting district or is attached to a communal hunting district is damaged by hoofed game, wild rabbits or pheasants, the hunting cooperative must compensate the injured party for the damage caused by the game.

Payments to compensate for game damage are made after notification and assessment of the damage by the responsible game damage compensation funds.

The local regulatory authorities of the local authorities and independent cities are responsible for processing applications.