List of the offenses of the German Criminal Code

Since the list of offenses in the German Criminal Code is an overview of all criminal offenses in the German Criminal Code , sections on topics such as side effects, definitions, etc. are not listed.

Qualifying offenses, special offenses, penalty rules and usually also negligence offenses are explained in the basic offense and are therefore not linked, but instead subordinate to the basic offense and provided with the letters Q, SD, SZ or F.

Criminal offenses of the German Criminal Code

Treason of peace, high treason and endangerment of the democratic constitutional state

• Betrayal of peace
  • Incitement to the crime of aggression ( Section 80a )
• Treason
  • High treason against the federal government ( Section 81 )
  • High treason against a country ( § 82 )
  • Preparation of a Treasonous Company ( Section 83 )
• Endangering the democratic constitutional state
  • Continuation of a party declared unconstitutional ( Section 84 )
  • Violation of an association ban ( Section 85 )
  • Dissemination of propaganda material from unconstitutional organizations ( Section 86 )
  • Use of symbols of unconstitutional organizations ( Section 86a )
  • Agent activity for sabotage purposes ( Section 87 )
  • Anti-constitutional sabotage ( § 88 )
  • Anti-constitutional influence on the Bundeswehr and public security organs ( Section 89 )
  • Preparation of a serious act of violence endangering the state ( Section 89a )
  • Establishing relationships to commit a serious act of violence endangering the state ( Section 89b )
  • Terrorist Financing ( Section 89c )
  • Disparagement of the Federal President ( Section 90 )
  • Denigration of the state and its symbols ( Section 90a )
  • Unconstitutional denigration of constitutional organs ( Section 90b )
  • Denigration of symbols of the European Union ( § 90c )
  • Instructions for the commission of a serious act of violence endangering the state ( Section 91 )

Treason and endangerment of external security

• Treason ( Section 94 )
• Disclosure of state secrets ( Section 95 )
• Treasonous spying; Exploration of state secrets ( Section 96 )
• Disclosure of state secrets ( Section 97 )
• Disclosure of illegal secrets ( Section 97a )
• Treason in the erroneous assumption of an illegal secret ( § 97b )
• Treasonous agent activity ( Section 98 )
• Secret service agent activity ( Section 99 )
• Relationships endangering peace ( § 100 )
• Treasonous forgery ( § 100a )

Crimes against foreign states

• Attack against organs and representatives of foreign states ( Section 102 )
• Violation of flags and emblems of foreign states ( Section 104 )

Offenses against constitutional organs as well as in elections and votes

• Coercion of constitutional organs ( § 105 )
• Coercion of the Federal President and members of a constitutional body ( Section 106 )
• Disruption of the work of a legislative body ( Section 106b )
• Disability to choose ( § 107 )
• Election fraud ( Section 107a )
• Falsification of election documents ( Section 107b )
• Violation of voting secrecy ( Section 107c )
• Coercion of voters ( section 108 )
• Voter deception ( Section 108a )
• Voter bribery ( Section 108b )
• Bribery and bribery of elected officials ( Section 108e )

Offenses against national defense

• Evasion of military service through mutilation ( Section 109 )
• Evasion of military service through deception ( Section 109a )
• Disruptive propaganda against the Bundeswehr ( Section 109d )
• Acts of sabotage against means of defense ( Section 109e )
• Security- endangering intelligence service ( § 109f )
• Depicting security endangering ( § 109g )
• Recruiting for foreign military service ( § 109h )

Resistance to state power

• Public incitement to criminal offenses ( Section 111 )
• Resistance to law enforcement officers ( Section 113 )
• Assault on law enforcement officers ( Section 114 )
• Resistance to and physical assault on persons who are equal to law enforcement officers ( Section 115 )
• Release of prisoners ( Section 120 )
• Prison mutiny ( Section 121 )

Offenses against public order

• Trespassing ( Section 123 )
  • Serious trespassing (Q) ( § 124 )
• Breach of the peace ( § 125 )
  • Particularly serious case of breach of the peace (Q) ( § 125a )
• Disturbing the public peace by threatening criminal offenses ( Section 126 )
• Formation of armed groups ( § 127 )
• Formation of criminal organizations ( § 129 )
• Formation of terrorist organizations ( Section 129a )
• Criminal and terrorist organizations abroad; Extended forfeiture and confiscation ( Section 129b )
• Incitement to hatred ( § 130 )
• Instructions on criminal offenses ( Section 130a )
• Depiction of violence ( § 131 )
• Presumption of office ( Section 132 )
• Misuse of titles, job titles and badges ( Section 132a )
• Breach of custody ( § 133 )
• Violation of official notices ( Section 134 )
• Entanglement break ; Broken seal ( § 136 )
• Failure to report planned criminal offenses ( Section 138 )
• Rewarding and approving criminal offenses ( Section 140 )
• Unauthorized removal from the scene of the accident ( § 142 )
• Misuse of emergency calls and impairment of accident prevention and emergency aids ( Section 145 )
• Violation of instructions during supervision of conduct ( § 145a )
• Violation of the professional ban ( § 145c )
• Faking a criminal offense ( Section 145d )

Counterfeiting of money and stamps

• Counterfeiting of money ( Section 146 )
• Placing counterfeit money on the market ( Section 147 )
• Forgery of stamps ( Section 148 )
• Preparation of counterfeiting of money and stamps ( Section 149 )
• Counterfeiting of payment cards, checks and bills of exchange ( Section 152a )
• Counterfeiting of payment cards with a guarantee function and forms for Euro checks ( § 152b )

False unofficial testimony and perjury

• False unofficial statement ( § 153 )
• Perjury ( § 154 )
• False affidavit in lieu of oath ( Section 156 )
• Attempt to incite false testimony ( Section 159 )
• Temptation to make false statements ( § 160 )
• Negligent wrongdoing; negligent false affirmation in lieu of oath ( § 161 )

Wrong suspicion

• False suspicion ( § 164 )

Offenses related to religion and belief

• Insulting creeds, religious societies and ideological associations ( § 166 )
• Disruption of the practice of religion ( Section 167 )
• Disturbance of a funeral service ( Section 167a )
• Disturbance of the dead rest ( § 168 )

Offenses against civil status, marriage and the family

• Falsification of civil status ( Section 169 )
• Breach of maintenance obligation ( Section 170 )
• Violation of the duty of care or upbringing ( Section 171 )
• Double marriage; double civil partnership ( § 172 )
• Intercourse between relatives ( § 173 )

Offenses against sexual self-determination

• Sexual abuse of wards ( Section 174 )
• Sexual abuse of prisoners, persons in custody or sick persons and those in need in institutions ( Section 174a )
• Sexual abuse taking advantage of an official position ( Section 174b )
• Sexual abuse using a counseling, treatment or care relationship ( Section 174c )
• Sexual abuse of children ( Section 176 )
  • Serious sexual abuse of children (Q) ( § 176a )
  • Sexual abuse of children resulting in death (Q) ( Section 176b )
• Sexual assault ; Sexual coercion ; Rape ( § 177 )
  • Sexual assault, sexual coercion and rape resulting in death (Q) ( § 178 )
• Promotion of sexual acts by minors ( Section 180 )
• Exploitation of prostitutes ( Section 180a )
• Pimping ( § 181a )
• Sexual abuse of young people ( Section 182 )
• Exhibitionistic acts ( § 183 )
• Public nuisance ( § 183a )
• Distribution of pornographic writings ( § 184 )
• Dissemination of violent or animal pornographic writings ( § 184a )
• Distribution, acquisition and possession of child pornography publications ( § 184b )
• Distribution, acquisition and possession of youth pornographic publications ( § 184c )
• Making pornographic content available via radio or telemedia; Retrieval of child and youth pornographic content via telemedia ( § 184d )
• Organization and attendance of child and youth pornography performances ( § 184e )
• Exercising prohibited prostitution ( § 184f )
• Prostitution endangering young people ( Section 184g )
• Sexual harassment ( Section 184i )
• Criminal offenses from groups ( Section 184j )

insult

• Insult ( § 185 )
• Defamation ( § 186 )
• Defamation ( § 187 )
• Defamation and defamation against persons of political life ( § 188 )
• Disparagement of the memory of the deceased ( § 189 )

Violation of personal life and privacy

• Violation of the confidentiality of the word ( § 201 )
• Violation of the highly personal sphere of life through picture taking ( § 201a )
• Violation of the confidentiality of letters ( § 202 )
• Spying out data ( § 202a )
• Interception of data ( § 202b )
• Preparing to spy on and intercept data ( § 202c )
• Data stealing ( § 202d )
• Violation of private secrets ( Section 203 )
• Exploitation of foreign secrets ( Section 204 )
• Breach of postal or telecommunications secrecy ( Section 206 )

Offenses against life

• Murder ( § 211 )
• Manslaughter ( section 212 )
  • Less serious case of manslaughter (SZ) ( § 213 )
• Killing on request ( Section 216 )
• Commercial promotion of suicide ( Section 217 , declared null and void by the Federal Constitutional Court on February 26, 2020 )
• Termination of pregnancy ( § 218 )
• Termination of pregnancy without a medical diagnosis; incorrect medical statement ( § 218b )
• Violation of medical duties in the event of an abortion ( § 218c )
• Advertising for the termination of pregnancy ( § 219a )
• Placing on the market of means for the termination of pregnancy ( § 219b )
• Suspension ( § 221 )
• Negligent homicide (F) ( § 222 )

Offenses against physical integrity

• Bodily harm ( § 223 )
  • Dangerous bodily harm (Q) ( § 224 )
• Abuse of Wards ( Section 225 )
  • Serious bodily harm (Q) ( § 226 )
  • Female genital mutilation ( Section 226a )
  • Bodily harm resulting in death (Q) ( § 227 )
  • Negligent bodily harm (F) ( § 229 )
• Participation in a brawl ( Section 231 )

Offenses against personal freedom

• Human trafficking ( Section 232 )
• Forced prostitution ( Section 232a )
• Forced labor ( Section 232b )
• Exploitation of labor ( § 233 )
  • Exploitation taking advantage of a deprivation of liberty ( Section 233a )
  • Conduct supervision , extended forfeiture ( § 233b )
• Kidnapping ( § 234 )
  • Abduction ( § 234a )
• Deprivation of minors ( Section 235 )
• Child trafficking ( § 236 )
• Forced marriage ( § 237 )
• Readjustment ( § 238 )
• Deprivation of liberty ( Section 239 )
  • Extortionate kidnapping ( Section 239a )
  • Hostage taking ( Section 239b )
  • Management supervision ( § 239c )
• Coercion ( § 240 )
• Threat ( § 241 )
• Political suspicion ( § 241a )

Theft and embezzlement

• Theft ( § 242 )
  • Particularly serious case of theft (SZ) ( § 243 )
  • Theft with weapons; Gang theft; Home burglary (Q) ( § 244 )
  • Serious gang theft (Q) ( § 244a )
• Embezzlement ( section 246 )
• House and family theft ( Section 247 )
• Unauthorized use of a vehicle ( § 248b )
• Withdrawal of electrical energy ( § 248c )

Robbery and extortion

• Robbery ( § 249 )
  • Serious robbery (Q) ( § 250 )
  • Robbery resulting in death (Q) ( § 251 )
• Predatory theft ( Section 252 )
• Extortion ( § 253 )
  • Predatory extortion (Q) ( § 255 )

Favoring and receiving stolen goods

• Beneficiary ( § 257 )
• Thwarting punishment ( § 258 )
  • Prevention of punishment in office (Q) ( § 258a )
• Stealing ( § 259 )
  • Commercial stolen goods; Gang stealing (Q) ( § 260 )
  • Commercial gang stealing (Q) ( § 260a )
• Money laundering ; Concealment of illegally obtained assets ( § 261 )

Fraud and infidelity

• Fraud ( § 263 )
• Computer fraud ( Section 263a )
• Subsidy Fraud ( Section 264 )
• Investment fraud ( Section 264a )
• Insurance abuse ( § 265 )
• Obtaining benefits ( § 265a )
• Credit fraud ( § 265b )
• Sports betting fraud ( Section 265c )
• Manipulation of professional sports competitions ( § 265d )
• Particularly serious cases of sports betting fraud and the manipulation of professional sports competitions (SZ) ( § 265e )
• Infidelity ( § 266 )
• Withholding and embezzling wages ( Section 266a )
• Misuse of check and credit cards ( Section 266b )

Forgery of documents

• Forgery of documents ( § 267 )
• Falsification of technical records ( § 268 )
• Falsification of evidence-relevant data ( Section 269 )
• Deception in legal transactions in data processing ( § 270 )
• Indirect false certification ( § 271 )
• Changing official IDs ( Section 273 )
• Document suppression ; Change of a limit designation ( § 274 )
• Preparation of forgery of official ID cards ( Section 275 )
• Obtaining false official IDs ( Section 276 )
• Falsification of health certificates ( Section 277 )
• Issuing incorrect health certificates ( Section 278 )
• Use of incorrect health certificates ( § 279 )
• Misuse of identification documents ( Section 281 )

Bankruptcy crimes

• Bankruptcy ( Section 283 )
  • Particularly severe case of bankruptcy (SZ) ( § 283a )
• Violation of the accounting obligation ( § 283b )
• Preferential treatment for creditors ( § 283c )
• Debtor Favor ( Section 283d )

Punishable self-interest

• Unauthorized staging of a game of chance ( Section 284 )
• Participation in illegal gambling ( Section 285 )
• Unauthorized organization of a lottery or a draw ( Section 287 )
• Thwarting foreclosure ( Section 288 )
• Return of pledge ( § 289 )
• Unauthorized use of pledged items ( Section 290 )
• Usury ( § 291 )
• Game poaching ( § 292 )
• Fish poaching ( § 293 )
• Endangerment of ships, motor vehicles and aircraft from banned goods ( § 297 )

Offenses against competition

• Agreements restricting competition in tenders ( Section 298 )
• Bribery and bribery in business dealings ( Section 299 )
• Bribery in the healthcare system ( Section 299a )
• Bribery in the healthcare sector ( Section 299b )
  • Particularly serious cases of corruption and bribery in business dealings and in the healthcare sector (Q) ( § 300 )

Property damage

• Damage to property ( Section 303 )
  • Data modification (SD) ( § 303a )
  • Computer sabotage (SD) ( § 303b )
  • Community damage to property (Q) ( § 304 )
  • Destruction of structures (Q) ( § 305 )
  • Destruction of important work equipment (Q) ( § 305a )

Public offenses

• Arson ( section 306 )
• Serious arson ( Section 306a )
  • Particularly serious arson (Q) ( § 306b )
  • Arson resulting in death (Q) ( Section 306c )
• Negligent arson (F) ( § 306d )
• Bringing about a fire risk (specific endangered offense) ( § 306f )
• Causing an explosion using nuclear energy ( Section 307 )
• Causing an explosive explosion ( Section 308 )
• Abuse of ionizing radiation ( § 309 )
• Preparing for an Explosion or Radiation Crime ( Section 310 )
• Release of ionizing radiation ( § 311 )
• Incorrect manufacture of a nuclear facility ( Section 312 )
• Causing a flood ( § 313 )
• Public poisoning ( § 314 )
• Dangerous interference in rail, ship and air traffic ( Section 315 )
• Endangerment of rail, ship and air traffic ( § 315a )
• Dangerous interference with road traffic ( Section 315b )
• Endangering road traffic ( § 315c )
• Prohibited motor vehicle races ( Section 315d )
• Drunkenness in traffic ( Section 316 )
• Predatory attack on drivers ( Section 316a )
• Disruption of public operations ( Section 316b )
• Attacks on air and sea traffic ( Section 316c )
• Disturbance of telecommunications systems ( § 317 )
• Damage to important systems ( Section 318 )
• Building risk ( § 319 )
• Full intoxication ( § 323a )
• Endangerment of an addiction treatment ( § 323b )
• Failure to provide assistance ; Disability of helping persons ( § 323c )

Crimes against the environment

• Water pollution ( § 324 )
• Soil pollution ( § 324a )
• Air pollution ( § 325 )
• Causing noise, vibrations and non-ionizing radiation ( § 325a )
• Unauthorized handling of hazardous waste ( § 326 )
• Unauthorized operation of systems ( Section 327 )
• Unauthorized handling of radioactive substances and other dangerous substances and goods ( § 328 )
• Endangering areas in need of protection ( Section 329 )
• Particularly serious case of an environmental crime ( Section 330 )
• Serious risk from the release of poisons ( Section 330a )

Offenses in office

• Acceptance of benefits ( § 331 )
• Bribery ( Section 332 )
• Granting of benefits ( Section 333 )
• Bribery ( Section 334 )
  • Particularly serious cases of corruption and bribery (Q) ( § 335 )
• Failure to perform official acts ( Section 336 )
• Referee remuneration ( § 337 )
• Perversion of the law ( § 339 )
• Bodily harm in office (Q of bodily harm - official offense ) ( § 340 )
• Extortion of testimony ( § 343 )
• Persecution of innocent persons ( § 344 )
• Enforcement against innocent persons ( Section 345 )
• False authentication in office (official offense) ( § 348 )
• Overhaul of fees (official offense) ( Section 352 )
• Payment of taxes ; Reduction of benefits (official offenses in each case) ( Section 353 )
• Breach of trust in the foreign service ( § 353a )
• Breach of official secrecy and a special duty of confidentiality ( Section 353b )
• Prohibited communications about court hearings ( Section 353d )
• Breach of tax secrecy ( Section 355 )
• Treason ( Section 356 )
• Induction of a subordinate to commit a criminal offense ( Section 357 )