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Registration in the legal services register of persons wishing to provide debt collection services

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If you wish to provide debt collection services, you must register and be entered in the legal services register.

		    


                					    

						    

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If you wish to provide debt collection services on a commercial basis, you must register this activity in the legal services register.  

You can be registered if you are personally suitable and reliable to carry out the activity and also have special expertise and can prove this accordingly. Important criteria for the required reliability are previous experience (in particular any criminal offenses) and financial circumstances. 

Registration can be made subject to conditions or linked to requirements. Conditions can be imposed or changed at any time. In the area of debt collection services, a requirement may be imposed to forward third-party funds immediately to a person authorized to receive them or to pay them into a separate account. Legal services that are ancillary to another activity (e.g. collection of customer receivables assigned to a garage on account of performance) are exempt from licensing. Registration in the legal services register is not required for these services.

								    

									    Requirements
  • Personal suitability and reliability.
  • Theoretical and practical expertise in the area or sub-area of Section 10 of the Legal Services Act (RDG) in which the legal services are to be provided.
  • Professional liability insurance.
  • Legal entities and companies without legal personality must appoint at least one natural person who meets all the necessary requirements (qualified person). The qualified person must be permanently employed by the company, be independent of instructions and authorized to issue instructions in all matters relating to the company's legal services and be authorized to represent the company externally.