Counselor
Ratschreiber is a functional designation from administrative law.
Germany
In Baden-Württemberg Ratschreiber was until December 31, 2017 the title of a local civil servant in the local government.
Each municipality that is the seat of a land registry office or a land registry inspection office appointed one, in certain cases several, advice writer (§ 31 State Law on the Voluntary Jurisdiction of Baden-Württemberg, LFGG).
Its main tasks consisted of receiving declarations in real estate matters and issuing copies of the land register. In the Baden part of the country he also acted as a clerk and commercial director of the land registry office (Section 32 LFGG). In Baden-Württemberg, he was for public certification of signatures entitled and transcripts.
According to the LFGG, the counselor was not allowed to certify hand signals .
On January 1, 2018, the function was replaced by the deletion of §§ 31 and 32 LFGG Baden-Württ. abolished. A transitional regulation is made in Section 35a of the Rechtspflegergesetz.
Switzerland
In the Swiss cantons of Appenzell Ausserrhoden , Appenzell Innerrhoden and Glarus , Ratschreiber is the name for the head of the central staff unit of the cantonal government and the cantonal parliament . In most other cantons this function is called state clerk , in some cantons land clerk .
literature
- Caroline Schnyder: Landschreiber. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .