Federal Central Register
The Federal Central Register ( BZR ) is a German public register maintained by the Federal Office of Justice in Bonn . The Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (BMJV) is responsible for supervision . The legal basis of the Federal Central Register is the Federal Central Register Act (BZRG) within the framework of register law . In accordance with the requirements of the Berlin / Bonn Act , the seat of the Federal Central Register was relocated from Berlin to Bonn in 1999.
The Federal Central Register (BZR) has been kept exclusively in the form of a database using electronic data processing since 1975 .
Tasks and managed registers
In addition to the federal central register, two other registers are managed:
- Central Trade Register (GZR)
- Central Public Prosecutor's Procedure Register (ZStV)
The education register is part of the federal central register.
Further tasks of the Federal Office of Justice are:
- Central authority under the Foreign Maintenance Act (AUG)
- Central Authority under the Hague Convention (HKÜ)
- Federal Central Agency for Adoption Abroad (BZAA)
- European Judicial Network (EJN)
Information in the register
In accordance with Section 4 of the BZRG, the legally binding decisions with the personal data of the person concerned by which a German court within the scope of the BZRG is due to an illegal act are entered in the register
- recognized under penalty,
- a measure of improvement and security ordered,
- warned someone under Section 59 of the Criminal Code with reservation of punishment or
- has determined the guilt of a young person or adolescent according to Section 27 of the Youth Courts Act.
In addition, according to Section 54 (1) BZRG, foreign convictions are entered in the register under the conditions specified there.
According to § 3 BZRG, the following must be included in the register:
- criminal convictions with the personal data of the convicted person, the file number with the place of the court , the date of the last offense , the date of legal force , the applied criminal provisions and all legal consequences imposed ; independently this applies if it is a punishment i. e. S., a measure of reform and security , a reservation of punishment or the suspension of the youth penalty for probation according to § 27 of the Youth Courts Act .
- Decisions by administrative authorities and other courts.
- Notes on incapacity .
- judicial findings on narcotics dependency and the prohibition of pursuing a trade .
- subsequent decisions, such as remission , parole , guide supervision , probation , the premature removal of a block of the driving , the date of expiry of the loss of eligibility , Official ability or the election and voting .
- Subsequent decisions to remove the flaw , shorten or extend the probationary period ( juvenile criminal law ).
Name changes, communicated by the registration authority , are also indirectly contained in the federal central register . Also content are search phrases ( § 27 BZRG).
information desk
Any person subject to the Federal Central Register Act, who is at least 14 years old, or their legal representative, is allowed on request to view the entries relating to them in the Federal Central Register, as well as the extracts from them, which are described in the law as a certificate of good conduct, official certificate of good conduct, extended certificate of good conduct, to obtain.
An anonymous information for scientific research projects ( criminology ) is also possible without restriction.
The entries in the federal central register are subject to penalties ; the repayment period is determined by the type of conviction or the amount of the penalty.
It would be possible to evaluate the federal central register to generate crime statistics , namely relapse statistics. Convincing results are not yet available.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Federal Central Register. Federal Ministry of Justice, accessed on May 8, 2016 .
- ↑ Which convictions are entered in the central register? In: Frequently asked questions about the Federal Central Register. Federal Office of Justice, accessed on January 20, 2015 .
Web links
- Website of the Federal Central Register ( Memento from July 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (including historical information on the previous Federal Criminal Register BSR)
- Federal Central Register Act (BZRG)
