Deadline mailbox

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Text: Posting letters only for the judicial authorities (regional court and public prosecutor's office) Day and night mailboxes: Post that is posted until midnight has an effect on the deadline. Land register matters with rank effect are to be submitted to the land registry office during office hours to avoid disadvantages.
Night mailbox

A deadline mailbox , also known as a night mailbox , is a special mailbox in which the mail that is dropped in is separated from the mail that is dropped in before midnight. It is used by authorities and courts in order to be able to check upon receipt of documents whether statutory or set deadlines have been observed.

These mailboxes are usually labeled with the word "Nachtbriefkasten" , with the note "For post keeping within the deadline " or the like. The only mailbox in a court is usually this mailbox. This does not always apply to branch offices of courts.

sense

In the case of deadlines, the night mailbox therefore proves to which the legal consequences (legal effects, for example the admissibility or inadmissibility of an appeal such as an appeal or an appeal in civil matters ) are linked, whether the receipt took place on a certain day and thus on time or too late was. Since such legal deadlines cover the entire day - i.e. not just the business hours, as is usually the case with deadlines set by business partners among themselves - they also only end at midnight. This means: every written submission received by 23:59 and 59 seconds has been received on time. What is received after 00:00, however, is late.

functionality

A night mailbox usually works in such a way that a flap is coupled to a clock. At exactly midnight, the clock triggers a mechanism so that a flap falls on the mail that has been received by then. This means that in the morning, when the court guards remove the mail, it can be seen exactly which mail - namely everything that is under the flap - was received the day before. This is then also provided with the receipt stamp of the previous day and thus sorted into the files. Everything that is on top of the flap in the mail is then apparently received after midnight of the new day and receives the receipt stamp of the current day.

See also

  • Faxes can also have a deadline effect if the reception is completed by midnight.
  • A night safe at financial institutions enables cash to be deposited outside of business hours.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Example of the use of the word: The word "Nachtbriefkasten" ( Memento of the original from February 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 25 kB) in the guiding principle of a decision by the Federal Court of Justice , the highest civil court in the Federal Republic of Germany @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / leinemann.org
  2. ↑ Litigation: With court faxes the clocks tick differently on haufe.de from October 31, 2012
  3. ↑ The fax on rechtslupe.de of February 2, 2015, which ended only at 0:04 am
  4. ↑ Hot thing: Compliance with deadlines by fax - opportunities and risks on haufe.de from November 17, 2011
  5. ↑ Sending of written submissions by fax or computer fax from RAin FAinSteuerrecht Ingeborg Haas, Mainz; Source: Kanzleifführung professional - Edition 10/2004, page 176