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Data transfers to public bodies pursuant to §§ 34 ff. Federal Registration Act (BMG)

  • Recht und Verbraucherschutz

As a public body, do you need reporting data? You can retrieve this information nationwide from the central office of your federal state.

  • Basic information

    The new regulation of § 34 BMG from 01.05.2022 stipulates that data transfers to other public bodies are generally carried out by the registration authority by making the data available for subsequent automated retrieval. Data can only be transmitted in written form in exceptional cases.

    The Bremen information portal ("Landesmelderegister" - OLMERA) https://www.landesmelderegister.bremen.de (see "Online Service" on the right) is intended for nationwide automated retrieval by public authorities of the federal state and the city of Bremen.

    Registration for the Bremen state register of residents must be applied for at the Senator for the Interior and Sport, Department 21 ("Citizenship and Regulatory Law").

    Public authorities in other federal states must contact the relevant central office in their federal state. You can download an overview of the central offices of the federal states on the right under "Where can I find out more?"

    Pursuant to Section 34 para. 2 sentence 5 BMG, written data transmissions are only to be issued if data transmission by means of automated retrieval is not available (e.g. due to a technical fault in the state register of residents), is not permitted (e.g. due to a block on information (AS)) or is not possible (e.g. due to a block on information (AS)). information blocking (ASP) in accordance with § 51 BMG or a blocking notice (SPV) in accordance with § 52 BMG) or would be available and permissible, but the receiving body claims special circumstances to deviate from data transmission by means of automated retrieval.

  • Procedure

    • The Bremen information portal ("Landesmelderegister" - OLMERA) https:\\www.landesmelderegister.bremen.de is intended for public authorities of the state and city of Bremen for nationwide automated retrieval. After registration, the state register of residents can be used to retrieve the data.
    • Bremen authorities wishing to register should contact the Senator for the Interior and Sport, Department 21, Citizenship and Regulatory Law.
    • A decision on the application will be made there. If necessary, the Senator for the Interior and Sport issues a written order (e-mail) to the Specialist Procedure Management (FVM) for OLMERA at Dataport. The FVM carries out the registration.
    • Public authorities in other federal states must contact the relevant central office in their federal state.

    More information

    In the case of automated retrieval, the following data may be transmitted to you if this is necessary for the performance of a public task for which you are responsible:

    1. family name,

    2. former names,

    3. first names, indicating the common first name,

    4. doctoral degree,

    5. religious name, stage name

    6. date and place of birth and, if born abroad, also the country of birth

    7. gender,

    8. current nationalities, including the data stored in accordance with Section 3 (2) (5)

    9. current and previous addresses, categorized according to main and secondary residence. In the case of moving in from abroad, the country; in the case of moving out abroad, the move-in address abroad and the country,

    10. date of moving in, date of moving out, date of last moving out of a home in Switzerland and date of last moving in from abroad,

    11. for the legal representative:
    a) surname,
    b) first names,
    c) doctor's degree,
    d) address,
    e) date of birth,
    f) gender,
    g) date of death and
    h) information blocks in accordance with § 51 and conditional blocking notices in accordance with § 52,

    12. marital status, in the case of married persons or civil partners additionally the date, place and country of marriage or the country in which the civil partnership was established abroad,

    13. for the spouse or civil partner
    a) Family name
    b) First names,
    c) Name at birth,
    d) Degree of doctor,
    e) Date of birth,
    f) Gender,
    g) Current addresses and address of departure,
    h) Date of death and
    i) Information blocks in accordance with Section 52 and conditional blocking notices in accordance with Section 52,

    14. information on minor children
    a) surname,
    b) first names,
    c) date of birth,
    d) gender,
    e) address in Germany,
    f) date of death and
    g) information blocks pursuant to § 51 and conditional blocking notices pursuant to § 52,

    15. information blocks according to § 51 and conditional blocking notices according to § 52 and

    16. date and place of death and, in the case of death abroad, the country.

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  • Online Services

  • Fees / Costs

    Data transmissions to other public bodies in Germany concerning the holding of data by the registration authority for subsequent automated retrieval are free of charge.

    However, in the case of the written provision of information due to the fact that automated retrieval is not available, this only applies if the registration authority is responsible for the reasons for the lack of use of automated retrieval. A corresponding legal basis for charging fees for such written data transmissions is therefore currently being prepared.

  • Deadlines & processing time

    How long does it take to process

    The automated retrieval is available to you at any time after registration. Your request will be answered synchronously, which means that the requested data - if available in the population register and if transmission is legally permissible - will be transmitted to you immediately. In the case of written requests for information, a processing time of several weeks must be expected.

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The official information in German is complete and correct. 11.12.2025

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