If you wish to provide debt collection services on a commercial basis, you must register this activity in the Legal Services Register.

You can be registered if you are personally suitable and reliable to carry out the activity and also have special expertise and can prove this accordingly. Important criteria for the required reliability are

• previous experience (in particular any criminal offenses) and
• the financial circumstances.

Legal services that are ancillary services in connection with another activity (e.g. collection of customer claims assigned to a workshop on account of performance) are exempt from licensing. Registration in the legal services register is not required for these services.