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Place of residence - registration of the sole or main residence

Service Description

If you move into an apartment, you are obliged to register with the relevant registration authority (municipality, town or administrative community) within two weeks. This also applies if you move within your municipality or city.

You do not need to deregister with the registration authority in whose jurisdiction your previous home was located.

If you do not register within two weeks, you are acting in violation of the regulations. In this case, you may be fined.

Who should I contact?

Please contact the registration office of the municipality or city.

Requirements

Actual occupation of the new home (this home is used permanently or at least with a certain regularity, primarily for living and sleeping).

In the case of persons under the age of 16, care must be taken to ensure that they are registered by the person into whose home they are moving.

Which documents are required?

  • Completed and signed form for registration with the registration office (registration form)

(Registration form is available from the registration office)

  • Identity card or passport (for change of address or place of residence)Confirmation from the landlord

You can also have someone represent you at the registration office by submitting the required documents (registration documents and power of attorney).

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

You must register with the registration office within two weeks of moving in.

Legal basis

Author

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

Technically approved by

Thuringian Ministry of the Interior and Municipal Affairs

Professionally released on

05.01.2023

Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6Plus)

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