Akteneinsicht und Auskunft aus archivierten Bauakten

We can provide you with access to and information from archived construction files. Copies can also be made from the documents.

The Administrative Department of the Building Code Office provides inspection and information from archived building files.

• valid identification document
• Credentials

  1. as owner of a property: extract from the land register (not older than 1 year!) or property tax assessment (current land tax assessment)

  2. as buyer of a property (if the transfer of ownership has not yet been recorded in the land register): notarial purchase agreement or notice of land transfer tax

  3. as tenant of an allotment garden plot: lease

  4. as property manager: management contract and the minutes of the last owners' meeting

  5. as heirs or the community of heirs (if the transfer of ownership in the land register and identification document has not yet taken place) Certificate of inheritance

• Written power of attorney with copy of identity card

  If you are represented by a lawyer, notary or other person, please issue an informal written power of attorney and attach a photocopy of your identity document for signature verification.

• if necessary, power of attorney

  If the neighbouring building file is to be inspected due to a dispute in the neighbourhood, the inspection of the files is only granted to a notary or lawyer with power of attorney.

  Other persons are not permitted to inspect neighbouring files that have been closed.

  Documents relating to ongoing proceedings can be inspected by the responsible clerk of the building regulations.

In principle, the inspection of files can only be made possible for the owner of the property or an authorized representative of the owner.

For a variety of reasons, construction files may no longer be available in the archives, so it may be that your request to view a particular construction file cannot be fulfilled.