Information from the central trade register - natural person

Description

The central trade register is kept at the Federal Office of Justice. It contains data on tradespeople who have been found to have violated the law, including

• Administrative decisions (trade bans, withdrawal of licences)
• Decisions on fines for administrative offences in connection with the exercise of the trade
• criminal convictions

You must submit the application in person and cannot be represented by an authorised representative, such as a lawyer or spouse. This ensures that no other person can apply for information from the Central Trade Register without your knowledge and without authorisation.

We will forward your application to the Federal Office of Justice in Bonn. The information will be issued here and sent either to you or to the named authority.

If you are not resident in Germany, you must submit the application directly to the Federal Office of Justice in Bonn.

Recipient of the information: The information can generally only be sent to the applicant (not to an authorised person). The information can only be sent directly to an authority in the following three cases:

• for the preparation of a decision on an application for authorisation for a trade or other economic enterprise
• for the preparation of a decision on the issue of a certificate of competence in accordance with Section 20 of the Explosives Act and
• for the preparation of the decision on the verification of reliability according to §38 GewO.

Prerequisites

• You are registered with your main or secondary residence in Munich.
• You can submit an application in person at any citizens' office. You will need an appointment for this.
• You can also apply for information from the central trade register in writing at the Citizens Office.
• If you are in possession of an electronic identity card or electronic residence permit with online ID function, you can also apply online at the Federal Office of Justice.

Required documents

• Application in person: identity card or passport
• Application by post: Fully completed application form with your notarised signature (notarisation by a notary or an authority with a seal), proof of payment for the bank transfer