Apply for insolvency information

Insolvency publications

You can obtain generally accessible information on insolvency proceedings via the nationwide internet portal www.insolvenzbekanntmachungen.de. The federal and state justice portal (www.justiz.de) also contains a nationwide directory of the courts with local jurisdiction.

Request for further information

You can apply for further information on individual insolvency proceedings informally in writing or by fax to the competent insolvency court; in addition to your request, state your legal interest in the information in the letter.

Information from the debtor register

Debtors are entered in a central debtor register,

• who have not fulfilled their obligation to submit a list of assets,
• for whom, according to the contents of the list of assets, full satisfaction of the creditor is not to be expected,
• who do not prove to the bailiff that the creditor has been satisfied in full within one month of submitting the list of assets, or
• for whom an application to open insolvency proceedings has been rejected due to lack of assets.

The central debtor register can only be accessed via the Internet.

• Insolvency announcements

To the insolvency court.

You can find the competent court in the local and court directory, which is maintained jointly by the federal government and the federal states.

• Local/court directory

For individual insolvency information: informal application.

The information is free of charge for you as a party to the proceedings. If you are a third party not involved in the proceedings, fees of at least €15.00 will be charged, depending on state law. These fees also apply in the event of negative information. (Status: January 2019)

• § Section 9 of the Insolvency Code (InsO) - Public announcement
• Regulation on public announcements in insolvency proceedings on the internet
• § Section 299 (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure (ZPO) - Inspection of files
• No. 1401 Judicial Administration Costs Act (JVKostG)