Legal advice - Registration

Source: BUS Rheinland-Pfalz

If you wish to provide extrajudicial legal services in the following areas, you must register with the competent authority:

Debt collection services,
Pension advice in the field of

ostatutory pension and accident insurance,

osocial compensation law,

oother social insurance and disability law with reference to a statutory pension as well as company and occupational pension schemes,

Legal services in a foreign law; if the foreign law is the law of a member state of the European Union or another state party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, advice may also be provided in the area of European Union law and the law of the European Economic Area.

Legal services in connection with another activity are permitted without registration in the legal services register if they are ancillary to the profession or activity. Legal services provided in connection with one of the following activities are deemed to be permitted ancillary services:

Execution of wills,
property and housing management,
subsidy advice.

Summary of professional training and previous professional experience
Certificate of good conduct in accordance with the Federal Central Register Act
Declaration as to whether insolvency proceedings are pending or an entry has been made in a debtor register in the last three years prior to application
Declaration as to whether registration or admission to the bar has been denied, withdrawn or revoked or exclusion from the bar has occurred in the three years preceding the application and - if this is the case - a copy of the decision
Documents proving theoretical and practical expertise
Proof of professional liability insurance

Legal advice - Registration

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