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Insolvenzverfahren (insolvency proceedings) - Apply for a Negativbescheinigung (certificate of non-pendency) confirming that no insolvency proceedings are pending

Insolvenzverfahren - Negativbescheinigung über die Anhängigkeit eines Insolvenzverfahrens beantragen
Machine translation of the German page, 2026-09-15. The German original is binding.
The Negativauskunft (negative certificate) confirms that you or a third party have/has no ongoing insolvency proceedings and that in the last 5 years the opening of insolvency proceedings was not rejected for lack of assets.

Book an appointment

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Requirements

• For information about a third party: legal interest If you want to obtain information about a third party, you must explain why you need the information. The information can only be provided if there is a legal interest.

Documents you need

• Application for the issuance of a Negativbescheinigung (negative certificate) Please submit the application in writing by post or in person. Information is provided only upon application. • Proof of identity Please show your Personalausweis (identity card) or passport for a verbal application. If the application is made in writing, you must enclose a copy of your ID card/passport. • For third-party inquiries: proof of legal interest If you wish to obtain information about a third party, you must submit or present documents proving your legal interest.

Fees

15.00 euros

Legal basis

• Justizverwaltungskostengesetz (JVKostG, Judicial Administration Costs Act) § 4 (1) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/jvkostg/__4.html • Justizverwaltungskostengesetz (JVKostG) Annex (to § 4 (1)) - Schedule of Costs (Kostenverzeichnis) No. 1501 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/jvkostg/anlage.html

Who is responsible

If you are entitled to obtain information about yourself, jurisdiction lies with your local district court (Wohnortgericht) for consumer insolvency proceedings (Verbraucherinsolvenzverfahren), and with the Amtsgericht Charlottenburg (Charlottenburg Local Court) for regular insolvency proceedings (Regelinsolvenzverfahren). If you want to obtain information about another natural person, jurisdiction for information on whether a consumer insolvency proceeding is running lies with that person's local district court (Wohnortgericht). For information concerning a regular insolvency proceeding, the Amtsgericht Charlottenburg has central jurisdiction for Berlin. For information on companies, the Amtsgericht Charlottenburg has central jurisdiction in Berlin.

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Original

German original

Service number 327527 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/327527/