Besondere Meldepflicht in Krankenhäusern, Heimen und ähnlichen Einrichtungen Auskunft

Do you have to stay in hospital for longer than three months and have no home in Germany? Only then do you have to register your place of residence with the registration authorities.

If you are admitted to hospitals, nursing homes or other facilities that are used to care for people in need of care or disabled people or for home education, you do not have to register as long as you are registered for another residence in Germany. However, if you are admitted permanently, you must register within two weeks because you have moved out of your previous home or homes in Germany. Moving out means the actual, final departure from an apartment. As a rule, you are considered to have moved out if you expect to be away for longer than one year. If you are not registered for an apartment in Germany, you must register as soon as your stay exceeds three months.

If you are unable to comply with your obligation to register in person (e.g. due to frailty) and no carer or guardian has been appointed for you who can determine your residence, the managers of the facilities must notify the registration authority responsible for the location of the facility of your admission within two weeks. You will be informed of this.

If a guardian has been appointed for you who can determine your whereabouts, the obligation to notify is incumbent on the guardian.

If an authority determines that it is necessary in individual cases to avert a serious and present danger, to prosecute criminal offenses or to clarify the fate of missing persons and accident victims, hospitals, homes and similar institutions must provide the competent authority with information from their records. The information includes surnames, first names, date and place of birth and, in the case of births abroad, also the country, nationalities, addresses and date of admission and date of discharge.

Proof of identity in the event of registration

in hospital, nursing home or similar for longer than three months and no home in Germany available

none

as long as you are registered for a residence in Germany: none

otherwise: two weeks after three months of residence in the facility

• Special obligation to register in hospitals, homes and similar facilities Information
• Anyone who is admitted to hospitals, nursing homes or other facilities for the care of people in need of care or disabled people or for home education does not need to register as long as they are registered for another residence in Germany.
• Anyone who is not registered for a residence in Germany must register within two weeks as soon as their stay exceeds three months.
• Documents required: Proof of identity
• Responsible: Registration office

Registration authority in whose jurisdiction the facility is located

Hospitals, nursing homes, similar facilities and the persons receiving medical treatment, care or staying in the educational facilities (not staff), the registration authority in whose jurisdiction the facility is located