Anyone may inspect the register of associations and the documents submitted by the associations. There is no requirement to demonstrate a legitimate interest in accessing this information. This allows even non-members to obtain information about the factual and legal circumstances of registered associations (e. V.). 

In Bavaria, the maintenance of the Register of Associations is centralized at the local courts that are also responsible for maintaining the Commercial Register. The local court—the registry court—with jurisdiction is the one in whose district the registered association has its registered office. These are the following courts:

• Amberg Local Court (for the local court districts of Amberg and Schwandorf)
• Ansbach Local Court (for the local court districts of Ansbach and Weißenburg i.Bay.)
• Aschaffenburg Local Court (for the local court districts of Aschaffenburg and Obernburg a.Main)
• Augsburg Local Court (for the local court districts of Aichach, Augsburg, Dillingen on the Danube, Landsberg am Lech, and Nördlingen)
• Bamberg Local Court (for the Bamberg, Forchheim, and Haßfurt local court districts)
• Bayreuth Local Court (for the local court districts of Bayreuth and Kulmbach)
• Coburg Local Court (for the local court districts of Coburg, Kronach, and Lichtenfels)
• Deggendorf Local Court (for the local court districts of Deggendorf and Viechtach)
• Fürth Local Court (for the judicial districts of Erlangen, Fürth, and Neustadt an der Aisch)
• Hof Local Court (for the judicial districts of Hof and Wunsiedel)
• Ingolstadt Local Court (for the local court districts of Ingolstadt, Neuburg an der Donau, and Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm)
• Kempten/Allgäu Local Court (for the judicial districts of Kaufbeuren, Kempten/Allgäu, Lindau/Lake Constance, and Sonthofen)
• Landshut Local Court (for the local court districts of Eggenfelden, Landau on the Isar, and Landshut)
• Memmingen Local Court (for the local court districts of Günzburg, Memmingen, and Neu-Ulm)
• Munich Local Court (for the local court districts of Dachau, Ebersberg, Erding, Freising, Fürstenfeldbruck, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Miesbach, Starnberg, Weilheim i. OB, Wolfratshausen, and Munich)
• Nuremberg Local Court (for the local court districts of Hersbruck, Neumarkt in the Oppedau, Nuremberg, and Schwabach)
• Passau Local Court (for the local court districts of Freyung and Passau)
• Regensburg Local Court (for the local court districts of Cham, Kelheim, and Regensburg)
• Schweinfurt Local Court (for the local court districts of Bad Kissingen, Bad Neustadt an der Saale, and Schweinfurt)
• Straubing Local Court (for the Straubing local court district)
• Traunstein Local Court (for the judicial districts of Altötting, Laufen, Mühldorf am Inn, Rosenheim, and Traunstein)
• Weiden i.d.OPf. Local Court (for the local court districts of Tirschenreuth and Weiden i.d.OPf.)
• Würzburg Local Court (for the local court districts of Gemünden am Main, Kitzingen, and Würzburg)

The registry and the documents filed with it may be inspected during business hours at the registry court’s office. 

In addition, the association registers maintained electronically throughout Bavaria can also be viewed online via the Joint Register Portal of the Federal States. For more information on online register access, see “Online Procedures.” The register portal is also used nationwide for announcements by the register courts.

For more detailed information on associations with legal capacity, please refer to the brochures “The Registered Association” and “Association Law – Everything You Need to Know About Registered Associations (e. V.)” (see “Further Links”), which you can download free of charge.