Service Portal Niedersachsen Startseite
Please enter a search term.
IMPORTANT: Select a location.To obtain application forms, location-specific information and contacts, select a town or zip code.

For an area outside of Lower Saxony and foreign languages, some menu items and functions are not available. Please go to the service page of the respective country.

Please specify an area.

Your selected location: Twist (497...)

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.

Broadcasting fee in the private sector Registration

Read aloud

In the private sector, the broadcasting fee is charged per home and does not depend on the type and number of broadcasting devices. The rule is: one home - one contribution.
The broadcasting fee covers all

  • broadcasting devices,
  • smartphones and
  • computers

within your home and in the private cars of all residents. If a resident pays the broadcasting fee, this covers the obligation to pay the fee for all persons living in the apartment.
Are you a student living in a student hall of residence? In this case, it depends on the exact spatial conditions on site. You must pay a broadcasting fee if you have your own entrance to your room directly

  • from the stairwell or
  • an anteroom or
  • from the outside.

You do not have to pay a contribution if you can only enter your room via another apartment.
People with disabilities and recipients of state benefits can receive relief.
Special regulations apply to companies, institutions and the self-employed.

Who should I contact?

Responsible authorities

Read aloud

ARD ZDF Deutschlandradio Beitragsservice
Address: 50656 Köln, Stadt
Timetable
Telephone: +49 185 9995-0100
Remark: (6,5 Cent/Min. aus dem deutschen Festnetz, Mobilfunk teurer)
Fax: +49 185 9995-0105
Remark: (6,5 Cent/Min. aus dem deutschen Festnetz, Mobilfunk teuer)

Requirements

  • if you are of legal age (18 years or older) and
  • if you or another person do not yet pay a license fee for your home.

Applications / forms

What are the fees?

You must pay the license fee for 3 months at a time. The Beitragsservice collects it in the middle of a three-month period.

Contribution: 18,36 EUR
Payment in advance: no
monthly per apartment

Emission: 18,36 EUR
Payment in advance: no
monthly each additional apartment

Emission: 6,12 EUR
Payment in advance: no
monthly reduced broadcasting fee

Process flow

Registration with the competent authority is unsolicited. As soon as you move into an apartment, you must register this with the responsible office.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

The obligation to pay contributions begins on the first day of the month in which you first occupy an apartment. This means that you

  • live there,
  • are registered there or
  • are named as a tenant in the rental agreement.

What else should I know?

There is no obligation to pay contributions for a vacant apartment. The prerequisite is

  • it is not occupied by anyone,
  • there is no tenancy agreement for it and
  • no person is registered at the residents' registration office.

Further information

Legal basis

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

Further Links

Read aloud

Single points of contact of the state of Lower Saxony, Single points of contact of the countries of Europe, advice and assistance for EU citizens and their families.
Access information on the single point of contact for the state of Lower Saxony opens in a new tabvisit Website Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs opens in a new tabVisit advice and assistance for EU citizens and their families opens in a new tab