Within the scope of a simple registration register enquiry, the registration office will provide you with the surname, first names, doctor's degree and current addresses of the person you are looking for. If the person is deceased, you will be informed of this. Whether a registration office gives you information about the data of the person you are looking for is at their discretion. Simple information will not be provided if a block on the provision of information has been entered in the population register or if the registration office has reason to believe that this could pose a risk to the interests of the person concerned or another person that are worthy of protection.Under certain conditions, you can view the debtor register online in the Joint Enforcement Portal of the federal states.You can find the person you are looking for by obtaining information from the civil register of your municipality. There are the following types of information from the civil register: simple information from the civil register extended information from the population register Registration register information for political parties and electoral groups Registration register information vis-à-vis housing providers Self-disclosure Group informationIf you wish to practice a trade and require proof of your personal reliability, you may request information from the Central Trade Register.In order to receive extended information about specific individuals, you must credibly demonstrate a legitimate interest. You will receive information on surname, first name, doctoral degree, current addresses and, if the person is deceased, the reference to this. In addition, you will receive information on previous names, date and place of birth and, if the person was born abroad, also the state, marital status, limited to whether or not the person is married or in a civil partnership, current citizenship, previous addresses, date of moving in and moving out, surname and first names and address of the legal representative, surname and first names and address of the spouse or civil partner, date and place of death and, if the person died abroad, also the state. The registration office informs the person concerned immediately about the granting of the extended registration register information by stating your name as the person making the enquiry. You can prevent this from happening if you credibly demonstrate a legal interest here to the registration authority that the person concerned is not to be informed. A special reason is the assertion of legal claims
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