Schuldnerverzeichnis Auskunft

If you have a legitimate interest, you can obtain information about individual entries via the central debtor directory and can also view your own data records.

You may only use personal information from the debtor register for the purpose you have specified. Information may be provided

• for the purposes of enforcement
• to fulfill legal obligations to check economic reliability
• to check the requirements for the granting of public benefits
• to avert economic disadvantages that may result from debtors failing to meet their payment obligations or
  to the extent necessary for the prosecution of criminal offenses
• if you would like to receive information about any entries concerning yourself

The retrieval of debtor data is subject to a fee for non-exempt bodies. The fees specified in the state laws on judicial costs apply.

The central debtor register can only be viewed online via the joint enforcement portal of the federal states:

• Register online and state your legitimate interest in the inspection.
• After receiving the access data, you can start the query (subject to a fee).
• Enter at least the following search criteria:
• Surname and first name or the company of the debtor and
• the seat of the competent central enforcement court or the debtor's place of residence or date of birth or the place where the debtor is domiciled.

If you do not have Internet access, you can inspect the central debtor register electronically at any local court.

Entries in the debtor register are deleted ex officio after three years. Deletion can also take place prematurely if the reason for the entry no longer exists.

The previous debtor directories in accordance with Section 915 of the German Code of Civil Procedure (ZPO) will be continued for a transitional period after January 1, 2013. Entries from the debtor register under the old law will not be transferred to the new debtor register.

Entries under the old law can be found via the enforcement court with local jurisdiction.

If you have a legitimate interest, you can obtain information about individual entries via the central debtor directory and can also view your own data records.

The central enforcement court of the country in which the debtor resided or was domiciled at the time of registration.