Have the entry of the hereditary building owner corrected

You must apply for the entry at the land registry. If any registration documents are to be certified or notarized by the notary for the entry of the correction, the notary will usually apply for the correction at the land registry.

• The documents required for registration are checked by the responsible judicial officer at the land registry.
• If the documents are not complete or not in the correct form, the competent judicial officer will inform the notary or you in writing and request the submission of the missing documents or the documents in the correct form (publicly certified or notarized form).
• If all the necessary documents have been submitted, the responsible judicial officer will make the correction to the land register entry.
• The notary submitting the application and you will be notified of the completed entry with the registration notification.
• You will generally receive an invoice from the land registry. However, the fee is waived in the case of an application for rectification by the heir(s) as described in more detail in the "Costs" module.

For the correction of the hereditary building register, an application for correction must be submitted by you or the certifying notary. The correction of the entry of the heritable building right holder will be made if all the necessary documents have been submitted in the correct form and there are no obstacles to entry.

• written application for registration, if necessary in publicly notarized or publicly certified form, if the application also contains the consent of the true leaseholder (see below)
• Publicly notarized registration consent of the person wrongly registered as the person entitled to the heritable building right (so-called book beneficiary) or
  Proof of incorrectness by public or publicly notarized deed
• Publicly notarized or publicly certified consent of the true heritable building owner or the true heritable building owner to be registered or
  Proof of inaccuracy by public or publicly notarized deed or
  Application by an enforcement creditor who is the holder of an enforceable title against the true beneficiary, together with submission of the corresponding title and proof of the inaccuracy in the land register by public deed

(as of November 2020)

min. EUR 15 - max. EUR 26,585 (with a maximum transaction value of EUR 60,000,000):
The land registry generally charges a full fee for the corrective entry of a leasehold owner or a leaseholder. The specific amount of the fee depends on the transaction value (value of the heritable building right).

However, the fee for registration is not charged if the heir or heirs of the registered heritable building right holder submit the application for registration to the land registry within two years of the inheritance.

In addition to the costs for the work of the land registry, costs may also be incurred for the work of the notary in accordance with the German Court and Notary Costs Act (GNotKG). Please ask the notary working on your case for the amount of the notary fees. Information and examples of notary fees can also be found on the website of the Federal Chamber of Notaries (link see further information).

individually, depending on the encumbrance situation of the responsible land registry and the time at which all required documents are submitted to the land registry in the correct form

• § Section 22 (2) of the Land Register Regulations (GBO)
• § 13 GBO
• § 19 GBO
• § 29 GBO
• Annex 1 No. 14110 et seq. to Section 3 (2) of the German Court and Notary Costs Act (GNotKG)

23.11.2020