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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.

Exceptions to the prescribed minimum viewing period of the auctioned goods in the auctioneering business Admission

The auctioneer must give the auctioneer the opportunity to inspect the auctioned item for a period of at least 2 hours. The competent authority may allow exceptions if the bidders are given sufficient opportunity to assess the auctioned goods in some other way.

The alternative opportunity for the bidders to assess the auctioned goods can be provided by providing a catalogue documenting the auctioned goods.

The responsibility lies with the county, the independent city, the large independent city and the independent municipality in whose area of responsibility the event is located.

This procedure can also be carried out 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.

Find your point of single contact

only for a single auction
- in the event of a particular risk of theft
- the creation of sufficient security measures cannot be expected of the auctioneer
  - e.g. at the auction of a large number of smaller items

If applicable, identity card or passport
Auctioneer's Permit
If applicable, notification of the auction
If applicable, documents proving the "alternative visit" (catalogues)

Appendix 1 to § 1 paragraph 1 of the General Schedule of Fees (AllGO) - Cost tariff, fees and flat-rate expense rates

Deadlines may have to be observed. Please contact the competent authority.

§ 4 sentence 2 Auctioneer Ordinance (VerstV)

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

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