Meldepflicht in Beherbergungsstätten - Pflichten des Beherbergungsbetriebes

• §§ Sections 29, 30 of the Federal Registration Act (BMG)
• Registration Certificate Ordinance (MsVO)
• § Section 3 of the Federal Registration Act (BMG) (Data protection notice)

As the manager of an accommodation facility, a tent or camping site or a port, you are obliged to keep special registration forms. You must encourage every guest who wishes to stay overnight to comply with their legal obligation to register and to complete a registration form on the day of arrival. The registration forms must be completed by hand and signed by the guest. Foreign guests must prove their identity by presenting a valid identification document (passport or passport substitute).

The registration forms must contain the following data

• the date of arrival and expected departure
• the surname
• the first name
• the date of birth
• the nationality(ies)
• the address
• number of fellow travelers and their nationality in the cases of Section 29 (2) sentence 2
• serial number of the recognized and valid passport or passport replacement document in the case of foreign persons. If they do not present any or no valid document, this must be noted on the registration form.

If the stay in an accommodation facility lasts longer than six months, the guest must then register with the registration office within two weeks. This only applies to guests staying at campsites and harbors,

• if they are not already registered in the Federal Republic of Germany
• if the stay exceeds three months.

These obligations do not apply to

1. facilities with residential accommodation that are used for youth and adult education, training or further education, insofar as persons are accommodated for the purposes mentioned,
2. company or club homes if only company or club members and their family members are accommodated there,
3. youth hostels and mountain huts, temporarily occupied facilities of public or publicly recognized youth work organizations and
4. facilities of religious organizations under public law.

The registration forms must be obtained at your own expense.

The registration forms must be kept until the end of the calendar year following the day of arrival. They must be kept available for inspection by the police and the competent registration authority.

It must be ensured that unauthorized persons do not gain access to the registration forms. After the retention period has expired, they must be destroyed within three months.

Violations of the obligations under §§ 29, 30 of the Federal Registration Act can be punished by the competent registration authority as an administrative offense with a fine.

If you have any queries, you can contact the registration authorities in whose area the accommodation establishment is located.

In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the responsible registration authorities are the mayors of the independent towns, the mayors of the large towns belonging to the district and the independent municipalities and the heads of the local authorities as local registration authorities.