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Registry office supervision; conduct of supervisory examinations.

Supervision of the registry offices is carried out as lower supervisory authorities by the independent municipalities for their registry offices and the district offices as state authorities.

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Landratsamt Oberallgäu - Arbeitsbereich Standesamtsaufsicht/Namensrecht

Procedure details

The civil registry office supervisor exercises professional supervision over the civil registry offices in the district or in the independent city.

Supervisory audits are carried out at regular intervals. The supervisory audit includes the local inspection of the registry offices and here in particular

  • the organizational and personnel situation, including the suitability of the registrars and the
  • the review of the work of the registrars.

The tasks of the registrar's office supervision also include, for example:

  • Examination of civil status registers
  • Registration of subsequent notarizations
  • Pre-certification of documents for use abroad
  • Participation in subsequent certifications of civil status cases involving foreign countries
  • Cooperation in judicial rectification procedures
  • Assistance in checking the legal validity of foreign documents and judgments
Status: 02.08.2023
Editorial responsibility Bayerisches Staatsministerium des Innern, für Sport und Integration
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