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Legal services based on special expertise: Registration - in the Legal Services Register
Anyone wishing to provide out-of-court legal services in the following areas must register with the competent authority:
- Debt collection services
- Pension advice
- Legal services in a foreign law
Without registration in the Legal Services Register, legal services in connection with another activity are permitted if they are part of the profession or activity profile as an ancillary service. Permitted ancillary services are legal services provided in connection with one of the following activities:
- Execution of wills,
- Property and apartment management,
- Funding advice.
Further information can be found on the announcement platform for out-of-court legal services.
Jurisdiction lies with the Regional Court and the larger District Court (so-called Presidential Office Court).
This procedure can also be handled through a "point of single contact". The "Point of Single Contact" is a special service offered by the municipalities and the state for service providers.
- personal suitability and reliability of the applicant
- Important criteria for the required reliability are the past life (in particular any criminal offences) and the economic circumstances.
- Proof of special expertise (theoretical and practical) in the relevant areas of law
- Eligible to apply: natural or legal persons and companies without legal personality
The application may be limited to one or more of the above-mentioned sub-areas.
Registration may be made subject to conditions or subject to conditions if this is necessary for the protection of legal seekers or legal transactions.
- Summary of the vocational training course and the previous exercise of the profession
- Certificate of good conduct for authorities (document type O)
- Declaration of whether insolvency proceedings are pending or whether an entry in a debtor register in accordance with § 26 paragraph 2 of the Insolvency Code (InsO) has been made in the last three years before the application was filed
- Declaration as to whether registration or admission to the bar has been refused, withdrawn or revoked or whether an exclusion from the legal profession has taken place in the three years preceding the application and, if so, a copy of the decision
- Documents proving practical competence:
- Job references/other certificates of previous practical activity or qualification as a judge in accordance with the German Judges Act (DRiG)
- Documents proving theoretical expertise:
- Certificate of successfully completed competence course, written supervisory work and evaluation as well as a detailed description of the contents and course of the course
- Proof of professional indemnity insurance
Fees of EUR 150.00 apply in accordance with No. 1110 of the List of Costs (Annex) to the Judicial Administration Costs Regulations Act (JVKostG).
Deadlines may have to be observed. Please contact the competent authority.
Processing Time: 3 Months
- § 10 paragraph 1 no. 1 Legal Services Act (RDG)
- § 13 paragraph 1 sentence 3, para. 2 sentence 1 Legal Services Act (RDG)
- § 19 Legal Services Act (RDG)
- § 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 Legal Services Ordinance (RDV)
- § 32 Ordinance on the Regulation of Jurisdiction in the Jurisdiction and the Administration of Justice (ZustVO-Justiz)
Anyone established in the European Economic Area (EEA) for the purpose of practising a profession related to the provision of legal services may, under certain conditions, exercise this profession occasionally and as a temporary legal service in Germany.
Lower Saxony Ministry of Justice
Source: Serviceportal Niedersachsen (Portalverbund des Bundes und der Länder)