(1) Where the due date of the claim is contingent on notice of termination being given, the notice is effective in respect of the mortgage only if it is given by the creditor to the owner or by the owner to the creditor. For the benefit of the creditor, the person entered as owner in the Land Register is deemed to be the owner.
(2) If the owner has no residence within the territory of Germany, or if the prerequisites set out in section 132 (2) have been met, the local court within the district of which the plot of land is situated is to appoint, upon application by the creditor, a representative for the owner on whom the notice of the creditor can be served.