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Exhibition of persons - renew permission

Schaustellung von Personen - Erlaubnis verlängern
Official English page German-only parts machine-translated, 2026-09-15
The extension of a permit for the exhibition of persons (e.g. table dance or striptease event), is possible upon application to the competent authority, if the permit was granted with a time limit, the operation was not started within one year after the granting of the permit or was not exercised during one year.

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Requirements

• Temporary permit for the exhibition of persons service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/327970/ The extension is possible only if there is already a temporary personal permit for the business premises. • Personal reliability Reliability is checked on the basis of various forms of evidence. For this purpose, the applicant must provide information from the Federal Central Register (certificate of good conduct) for submission to an authority and information from the Central Trade Register for submission to an authority. • Suitability of rooms and location The premises used for the event must be suitable for the intended type and extent of use.

Documents you need

• Application for renewal of the permit for the exhibition of persons Possible informally in writing or electronically (for example, by e-mail). Details of the person submitting the application and the event location must be included. • Identity document Identity card or other official identification document with photo. Residence permit if the applicant is not a national of an EU country. • Temporary personal permit for the exhibition of persons The temporary personal permit for the exhibition of persons, from which the time limit as well as the reason for the time limit is evident, must be available. • Certificate of good conduct for presentation to an authority service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/120926/ To verify personal reliability, an extract from the Federal Central Register (certificate of good conduct) is required for submission to an authority (document type O). The information must not be older than three months. • Excerpt from the central business register for presentation to an authority service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/327835/ To verify personal reliability, information from the central business register is required for submission to an authority (document type 9). The information must not be older than three months. • If necessary, current extract from the commercial register www.handelsregister.de/rp_web/welcome.xhtml Registered companies are required to submit an up to date excerpt from the Trade Register when applying. Legal entities that are in the process of being established (GmbH, AG) are required to submit their partnership agreement or statutes. • If necessary, ground plan drawing Floor plans of the entire event premises including service space (ideally on a 1:100 scale) • If necessary, authorization of use under building law Planning permit for the premises for use as an event location.

Fees

EUR 50.00 to EUR 500.00 depending on effort

Legal basis

• Gewerbeordnung (GewO, Trade Regulation Act) § 33a - Exhibitions of persons www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gewo/__33a.html • Gewerbeordnung (GewO, Trade Regulation Act) § 49 (3) - Expiry of permits www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gewo/__49.html • Verwaltungsgebührenordnung (VGebO, Administrative Fees Ordinance) Annex, Schedule of Fees <https://gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/?aiz=1&docId=jlr-VwGebOBE2009rahmen&query=JURISLINK%3A%22VwGebO+BE%22>

Further information

• Data protection information (Ordnungsämter des Landes Berlin [public order offices of the State of Berlin]) www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/ordnungsamt/ste • Schaustellung von Personen (exhibition of persons) - apply for a permit (service) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/327970/

Who is responsible

The extension of the permit must be applied for at the Ordnungsamt (public order office) responsible for the event location (also the original permit-issuing authority).

Responsible for you

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

Original

German originalOfficial English page

Service number 331113 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/331113/