Land Register (Grundbuch) - Registration of Judicial Mortgage (Zwangshypothek)

• Application The compulsory registered mortgage (Zwangssicherungshypothek) is only entered upon application. • Minimum amount of the claim EUR 750.01. Enforcement may be based on several enforcement titles (Vollstreckungstitel), e.g. a judgment and a cost assessment decision (Kostenfestsetzungsbeschluss). Enforcement costs incurred so far may be added. • Prior registration service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/326740/ The debtor must be entered in the land register (Grundbuch) as owner or co-owner. • Enforcement title (Vollstreckungstitel) This means a court decision (e.g. judgments, orders, enforcement orders) or a declaration with enforceable content (e.g. settlements and notarial deeds). • Enforcement clause (Vollstreckungsklausel) The enforcement clause is a legally required text on the enforcement title and reads, for example: "This certified copy is issued to the plaintiff for the purpose of compulsory enforcement." As a rule, this text may only be added by the body that created the enforcement title, in most cases the court (referred to as an enforceable certified copy, vollstreckbare Ausfertigung). Enforcement orders (Vollstreckungsbescheide) do not require such a clause. • Service The enforcement title must be served on the debtor before compulsory enforcement begins. Note: For many judgments and orders, the court must serve them without an application being required. The enforcement clause therefore also certifies service. You must arrange service of other enforcement titles yourself. Contact the distribution office for bailiff assignments (Verteilerstelle für Gerichtsvollzieheraufträge) at the competent local court (Amtsgericht) at the debtor's place of residence. • Due date In individual cases (e.g. for cost assessment decisions and notarial deeds), you may only begin compulsory enforcement once two weeks have passed since service on the debtor. • No further obstacles to enforcement For example, the land register must not contain an entry regarding the opening of insolvency proceedings.

• Written application Your application must contain the following information: • Property designation (Grundbuch [land register] or location designation) • Information about you (name, address or company name and registered office, date of birth) • if there are several creditors, the community relationship (e.g. in fractional shares of 1/2 or joint creditorship pursuant to § 428 BGB [German Civil Code]) • Information about the debtor (name, address or company name and registered office) • Enforcement title (Vollstreckungstitel) Enclose with your application: • the enforceable copy or the enforcement order (Vollstreckungsbescheid) in the original • a simple or certified copy of the title is not sufficient You will receive the documents back after the entry is made. • List of claims Please prepare a list of all claims you wish to assert. The list must also include payments already made by the debtor. For any interest, you must state the interest rate and the date interest began accruing. The interest itself does not need to be calculated. If you are claiming enforcement costs, you must submit the supporting receipts.

Full fee based on the right to be registered, i.e. the total amount of the claim asserted. The amount of the fee is set out in § 34 GNotKG (Gerichts- und Notarkostengesetz — Court and Notary Costs Act) (Table B) and the associated Anlage 2 (Annex 2).

• Section 720a ZPO (Zivilprozessordnung, Code of Civil Procedure) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/zpo/__720a.html • Section 724 ZPO www.gesetze-im-internet.de/zpo/__724.html • Section 725 ZPO www.gesetze-im-internet.de/zpo/__725.html • Section 750 ZPO www.gesetze-im-internet.de/zpo/__750.html • Section 751 ZPO www.gesetze-im-internet.de/zpo/__751.html • Section 765 ZPO www.gesetze-im-internet.de/zpo/__765.html • Section 866 ZPO www.gesetze-im-internet.de/zpo/__866.html • Section 867 ZPO www.gesetze-im-internet.de/zpo/__867.html • Section 39 GBO (Grundbuchordnung, Land Register Code) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gbo/__39.html • Section 47 GBO www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gbo/__47.html • Section 13 GBO www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gbo/__13.html • Section 34 GNotKG (Gerichts- und Notarkostengesetz, Court and Notary Fees Act) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gnotkg/__34.html • Annex 1 to the GNotKG www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gnotkg/anlage_1.html • Annex 2 to the GNotKG www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gnotkg/anlage_2.html • Section 428 BGB (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, Civil Code) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bgb/__428.html

Responsibility (Zuständigkeit) lies exclusively with the Grundbuchamt (land registry office) that keeps the land register (Grundbuch) in question. You can find the responsible Grundbuchamt via the following link: https://www.berlin.de/gerichte/_assets/was-moechten-sie-erledigen/zustaendigkeit-in-grundbuchsachen.pdf www.berlin.de/gerichte/_assets/was-moechten-sie-erledigen/zu