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Melderegister (registration register) - transmission of data to public authorities (official inquiries)

Melderegister - Datenübermittlung an öffentliche Stellen (Behördenauskünfte)
Machine translation of the German page, 2026-09-15. The German original is binding.
The Meldebehörde (registration authority) may transmit data from the Melderegister (register of residents) to public bodies (authorities, corporations under public law, etc.) within the meaning of § 2 (1) to (3) and (4) sentence 2 of the Bundesdatenschutzgesetz (Federal Data Protection Act), within Germany, for the performance of their duties. These data transmissions generally take place in automated form. Transmission of data in written form or by sending it on data carriers in secured form is permitted only in exceptional cases. In such cases, fees may apply. Processing of requests for information from authorities by telephone is not permitted. When data is retrieved, both the file reference number (Aktenzeichen) of the requesting authority and the reason for the retrieval must be stated.

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Requirements

• Technical requirements Requests for information from the Berlin Melderegister (register of residents) must be routed through the central offices in the respective federal states; in all federal states, the technical and infrastructural requirements for retrieval via the central offices have already been put in place. • In written form By way of exception, data is transmitted in written form pursuant to § 34 para. 2 sentence 5 no. 1 BMG (Bundesmeldegesetz, Federal Registration Act) only in cases where data transmission by automated procedure or by electronic data transmission is not available to the requesting body. In these cases, the data transmissions are subject to an administrative fee (Verwaltungsgebühr) pursuant to § 34 para. 2 sentence 2 BMG.

Documents you need

• No documents required

Fees

• Data transmissions from Meldebehörden (registration authorities) to other domestic public bodies are generally free of charge (gebührenfrei). • This does not apply to Sondervermögen (special assets) and enterprises of the State of Berlin that draw up a Wirtschaftsplan (business plan), nor to similarly commercially oriented institutions of legal entities under public law, nor to credit institutions within the meaning of the Gesetz über das Kreditwesen (Banking Act) (§ 2 para. 2 Verwaltungsgebührenordnung [Administrative Fees Ordinance]) • Data transmissions in written form or by sending on data carriers in secured form are only free of charge if the Meldebehörde (registration authority) is responsible for the reasons why automated retrieval was not used.

Legal basis

• Bundesmeldegesetz (BMG) (Federal Registration Act) § 34 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/__34.html • Bundesmeldegesetz (BMG) § 34 a www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/__34a.html • Bundesmeldegesetz (BMG) § 38 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/__38.html • Bundesmeldegesetz (BMG) § 39 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/__39.html • Bundesmeldegesetz (BMG) § 40 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bmg/__40.html

Who is responsible

Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) (State Office for Citizens' and Regulatory Affairs), as the central authority for the State of Berlin.

Responsible for you

Choose a location; the appointment itself is booked on the original page.

Original

German original

Service number 320303 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/320303/