German graduate court registrars are an independent organ of German justice system. They make independent judicial decisions on their own responsibility on matters of so-called contentious and non-contentious jurisdiction delegated to them.
The areas of responsibilit^y of German graduate court registrars include:
- Land Register matters: decisions on applications for entry of owners of new properties or house-owners and applications for the entry of mortgages, land charges, easements and other charges in the Land Register;
- the compulsory auction of properties;
- insolvency proceedings;
- the Commercial Register: decisions on entries of merchants and trading companies;
- family and guardianship law: the appointment and supervision of guardians, legal carers, those providing nursing care and the issuing
of guardianship and family court approvals;
estate matters: opening of wills, issuing of inheritance certificates; - criminal law matters: execution of matters concerning fines and prison sentences;
- costs: determining court and legal costs after the conclusion of legal proceedings;
- applications for legal aid: acceptance of applications and written statements from those seeking advice, approval of applications for financial assistance from needy persons requiring legal aid;
- court administration: act as general managers of the court, personnel and budget managers, district auditors, controllers or central auditing officials for court bailiffs.