Residence deregistration

To the registration office of the municipality or town of your previous place of residence.

In the case of persons under the age of 16, care must be taken to ensure that they are deregistered by the person from whose home they are moving out.

• Identity card or passport if the person required to register has reached the age of 16
• Identity documents of family members who are deregistered together on one deregistration form
  • for children: Children's passport or birth certificate

The responsible office may request the submission of further documents to verify the information (e.g. marriage certificate).
If you send the completed registration form for deregistration by post to the responsible office, enclose a copy of the identity documents for yourself and all family members to be deregistered.

None.

If you do not comply with your obligation to deregister or do not do so on time, you are committing an administrative offense that can be punished with a fine.

You must deregister within 2 weeks of moving out of the apartment. You can deregister in the week before you move out of the apartment.

• § Section 2 (1) of the Federal Registration Act
• § Section 17 (2) of the Federal Registration Act
• § Section 21 (4) of the Federal Registration Act
• Numbers 17.2 and 21.4 General Administrative Regulation on the Implementation of the Federal Registration Act (BMGVwV)

You can deregister either in person (by visiting the Citizens' Office) or in writing. You will receive a confirmation of deregistration once you have deregistered.