(1) Unless otherwise stipulated below, the person required to register is required to fill out and sign a registration form and present it to the registration authority together with his or her national identity card, temporary national identity card, substitute national identity card, recognised and valid passport or passport substitute and the confirmation from the supplier of the residence or the reference number as referred to in section 19 (4) sentence 1. If the population register is automated, no registration form is needed if the person required to register appears in person at the registration authority and confirms, by signing a printout, the accuracy and completeness of the data collected by the registration authority.
(2) The registration authority responsible for the new place of residence is obligated to present to the person required to register the data provided by the registration authority responsible for the previous place of residence as required by section 3 (1) nos. 1 to 18 and (2) no. 4 (pre-filled registration form). Data concerning a legal representative, spouse, life partner or minor children relating to whom a block on releasing information within the meaning of section 51 or a conditional block on releasing information within the meaning of section 52 has been entered may not be included in the pre-filled registration form. The person required to register is required to review the transferred information for accuracy, to rectify any inaccurate information and to add any missing information. He or she is required to sign the updated, pre-filled registration form and return it to the registration authority responsible for the new place of residence. In the event that it is not possible to generate a pre-filled registration form, the person required to register is to fill out and sign a registration form.
(3) The person required to register supplies his or her family name, given names, date of birth and previous address for the pre-filled registration form. The registration authority responsible for the new place of residence transfers these data to the registration authority responsible for the previous place of residence in order to request the data as required by section 3 (1) nos. 1 to 18 and (2) no. 4. The registration authority responsible for the previous place of residence transfers the requested data to the registration authority responsible for the new place of residence without delay.
(4) Spouses, life partners and family members having the same moving dates and previous and current addresses are, as a rule, to use the same registration form. Registration by one of the persons required to register suffices. Subsections (2) and (3) apply accordingly if the person required to register provides an assurance that he or she is authorised to receive the data of the other persons required to register. He or she is to be advised that obtaining such data without authorisation is a criminal offence under section 202a of the Criminal Code (Strafgestzbuch).
(5) In derogation from subsection (1), the registration of persons who have moved into a reception centre may be done using an automated procedure by copying the data from the Central Register of Foreigners in accordance with section 18e of the AZR Act.
(6) Deregistration on moving abroad may be done in writing or, applying section 10 (2) and (3) accordingly, electronically. In the case of electronic deregistration, the person required to deregister may confirm his or her identity by providing his or her family name, given name, date of birth and serial number of the national identity card or passport last stored in the population register in accordance with section 3 (1) no. 17.