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Bundesamt für Justiz (Federal Office of Justice)
Adenauerallee 99 103
53113 Bonn
Germany
The Federal Office of Justice is a higher federal authority of the Federal Republic of Germany and is represented by its President, Veronika Keller-Engels.
Contact details
If you wish to contact us, you can do this using the contact form or the email address stated below. In addition, you can contact us with any questions you may have during the office hours shown below.
- Phone:
- +49 228 99 410-40
- Fax:
- +49 228 410-5050
- Email:
- poststelle
@bfj.bund.de - De-Mail:
- post
@bundesjustizamt.de-mail.de
Office hours:
- Mon - Thu
- 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. CET
- Fri
- 8:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. CET
Legal notices
Exclusions from and restrictions to liability
The Federal Office of Justice has gone to all reasonable efforts to check the veracity of the information provided on this website. However, no liability can be assumed for the information not being up to date, correct, complete, of a certain quality or available at all times.
The Federal Office of Justice and its staff assume no liability for damage caused by the use or non-use of the information provided on the website of the Federal Office of Justice. This shall be without prejudice to liability under Sec. 839 BGB (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch – German Civil Code; "liability in the case of breach of official duty").
No liability shall be assumed for damage caused by computer viruses due to data being displayed or downloaded, nor for damage caused by the installation or use of software.
The Federal Office of Justice expressly retains the right to make alterations or additions or to delete all or individual webpages, or to remove the published information on a temporary or permanent basis, without any prior warning being given for any of the aforementioned.
Disclaimer in relation to links to other websites
The Federal Office of Justice is only responsible for the content it makes available for use, as set out in the relevant legislation. A distinction must be made between this content and that linked to on the websites of other providers.
Such links allow the Federal Office of Justice to give users access to content provided by third parties. Links to third-party websites on this website ("third-party content") have been chosen by the Federal Office of Justice taking all reasonable steps and the greatest level of care to ensure it meets its criteria, the purposes of which is merely to provide access to "third-party content". In doing so, the Federal Office of Justice has paid particular attention to the trustworthiness, correctness and legality of said "third-party content". However, as content on websites is subject to change at any time, it is not possible for the Federal Office of Justice to verify the contents to which each of the links leads in all events. For this reason, it is not possible for the Federal Office of Justice to guarantee that the information provided via hyperlinks is complete or correct. The Federal Office of Justice therefore expressly distances itself from any liability for the contents of third-party websites linked to on its own website.
Liability for any illegal, defective or incomplete content, especially but not limited to, any damage, injury or other loss resulting from the use or non-use of information provided, shall rest solely with the provider of the site to which the link is provided.
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