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IMPORTANT: Select a location.To obtain application forms, location-specific information and contacts, select a town or zip code.

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Which place to enter?

The location is used to determine the responsible office for the selected administrative service. In most cases you can enter your place of residence to find the competent authority. However, there are also cases in which a different location must be specified. Here are some examples:

Birth certificateYou want to get married and need a birth certificate. You live in Hanover, but you were born in Celle. You must therefore state your place of birth, i.e. Celle.

Business registrationYou would like to register a business in Braunschweig. Your place of residence is Hanover. You must therefore state the location of your future business, i.e. Braunschweig.

Apply for a building permitYou would like to build a house in Wunstorf and therefore apply for a building permit. Her place of residence is currently Hanover. You must indicate the place where the house is to be built. In this case it is Wunstorf.

Notification of suspected money laundering or terrorist financing


Terrorist financing is used to finance terrorist organizations through legal sources and funds acquired through criminal acts, e.g. money laundering. Money laundering is used to smuggle illegally obtained money into the legal financial and economic cycle.

On the basis of the Money Laundering Act (GwG), special obligations are imposed on so-called "obliged entities", including those in the non-financial sector, i.e. companies and individuals, to make their business relationships and business activities transparent. The aim is to prevent transactions with a criminal background and to uncover these with the help of the obliged entities.

Further information can be obtained from the responsible office or the Lower Saxony Ministry of Finance

Who should I contact?

Responsibility lies with the district and the independent city.

Which documents are required?

No documents are required

What are the fees?

There are no fees.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

No deadlines need to be observed.

What else should I know?

The Lower Saxony Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labor and Transport provides information on the prevention of money laundering as well as leaflets and documentation.

Source: Serviceportal Niedersachsen (Portalverbund des Bundes und der Länder)