(1) A declaration of intent is also deemed to have been received if it is served through a court bailiff as intermediary. The service is effected in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(2) If the declarant is unaware, through no negligence of their own, of the identity of the person to whom the declaration is to be made, or if the whereabouts of this person are unknown, then service may be effected in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to service by publication. In the former case, the local court competent for the approval is the one in the district of which the declarant is resident, or in the absence of a residence within the territory of Germany, in which they have their abode; in the latter case, the local court competent for the approval is the one in the district of which the person to whom service is required to be effected last resided, or, in the absence of a residence within the territory of Germany, in which they had had their last abode.