Administrative costs; cost collection in the municipality

Municipalities, counties, districts, special-purpose associations, other local authorities and institutions under public law may charge costs (fees and expenses) for activities within their own sphere of action that are performed in the exercise of sovereign authority (official acts). The levying of costs is to be regulated by a cost statute (Art. 20 Kostengesetz). Administrative fees are a remuneration for the general expenditure of the authorities involved in the performance of official acts. The amount of the administrative fees is determined by the respective cost statutes, which may contain a list of costs as an annex. The expenses are the expenses of the authorities involved that have not already been compensated by the fee (e.g. costs for expert opinions, charges for telecommunications services or postal delivery orders).

You can obtain the relevant cost statutes and the list of costs from your municipality, district office, district, special-purpose association, other local authority or institution under public law.

Official acts performed by municipalities, counties and districts on behalf of the state are subject to the obligation to pay costs pursuant to Art. 1 (1) sentence 3 of the Cost Act.

The amount of the fee here, however, is not specified in the municipal cost statutes, but results from the (state) cost directory, which is issued in accordance with Art. 5 para 1 of the Cost Act by the Bavarian State Ministry of Finance and Home Affairs and published in the Law and Ordinance Gazette (GVBl).