Insolvency proceedings - Regelinsolvenz (standard insolvency proceedings) - natural person - Conducting the proceedings
Insolvenzverfahren - Regelinsolvenz - natürliche Person - Durchführung
Machine translation of the German page, 2026-09-15. The German original is binding.
The Regelinsolvenzverfahren (standard insolvency proceedings) serves to discharge the debts of natural persons (individuals) who
• are self-employed, or
• were self-employed and, from that self-employment, still have outstanding claims arising from the employment of staff, or
• were self-employed and have unclear financial circumstances (20 creditors or more).
Discharge of debts means settling the debts as far as possible in the proceedings and being released from the remainder by court decision.
Book an appointment
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Requirements
• Abtretungserklärung (assignment declaration)
You must submit an assignment declaration for the attachable part of your income together with your application to open insolvency proceedings. If you use the forms offered here, this declaration is included.
• other necessary declarations
The purpose of these declarations is to check whether you have already been granted or refused discharge of residual debt (Restschuldbefreiung), and for what period this applied. If you use the forms offered here, this declaration is included.
Documents you need
• Antrag auf Eröffnung des Regelinsolvenzverfahrens und Erteilung der Restschuldbefreiung (application for the opening of standard insolvency proceedings and for a discharge of residual debt)
If you use the forms provided here, all required declarations are included.
Forms
• Application to open insolvency proceedings, attachments and information sheets (Justizportal-NRW, North Rhine-Westphalia Justice Portal) www.justiz.nrw/BS/formulare/insolvenz/eroeffnung_insolvenzve
• Application for deferral of proceeding costs (Justizportal-NRW) www.justiz.nrw/BS/formulare/insolvenz/verfahrenskostenstundu
Fees
Court fees and expenses, and the remuneration of the insolvency administrator (Insolvenzverwalter), are based on the insolvency estate (Insolvenzmasse). In the case of deferred payment of costs (Kostenstundung), the state treasury (Staatskasse) initially covers the costs.
Legal basis
• Insolvenzordnung (InsO, Insolvency Code) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/inso/
• Zivilprozessordnung (ZPO, Code of Civil Procedure) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/zpo/
• Gerichtskostengesetz (GKG, Court Fees Act) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gkg_2004/
• Insolvenzrechtliche Vergütungsverordnung (InsVV, Insolvency Remuneration Ordinance) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/insvv/
Further information
• Overview of insolvency proceedings www.berlin.de/gerichte/_assets/was-moechten-sie-erledigen/ag
Who is responsible
The Amtsgericht Charlottenburg (local court) has central responsibility in Berlin for processing regular insolvency proceedings.
Responsible for you
Choose a location; the appointment itself is booked on the original page.
- Amtsgericht Charlottenburg
- Amtsgericht Charlottenburg
Original
Service number 327465 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/327465/