Apply for registration of persons offering debt collection services

Every legal service is a responsible activity for which you must meet various requirements. This serves to protect those seeking legal advice from unqualified legal services.

If you offer debt collection services, you collect outstanding debts such as unpaid invoices for others. If you wish to provide this as a business, you must prove your personal suitability and expertise and register with the Legal Services Register.

You can apply for registration as

• a natural person
• a legal entity
• a partnership with legal capacity

Legal entities include, for example

• Limited liability company (GmbH)
• associations
• foundations

Partnerships with legal capacity include, for example

• Civil law partnership (GbR)
• General partnership (oHG)

As a legal entity or partnership with legal capacity, you must appoint a natural person to represent you externally and who meets the professional requirements.

Registration in the legal services register only allows you to work in the extrajudicial area and in judicial dunning procedures.

When registering, you may be subject to conditions that can be imposed or changed at any time.

If you are established in another country of the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA) to practice a comparable profession, you can apply for temporary registration.

You can register via the Single Point of Contact (SPC) in your federal state.

Once you have been registered, the competent registration authority will arrange for your registration to be publicly announced in the Legal Services Register.