Experts; public appointment and swearing-in by the Chamber of Crafts

Upon request, the Chamber of Skilled Crafts appoints and swears in experts to provide expert opinions on the services and activities of the skilled crafts sector and their value.

Supplement: Handwerkskammer für München und Oberbayern

Online-Übermittlung der Antragsunterlagen im Sachverständigenwesen
You can also conveniently submit your documents electronically. To do so, use the customer portal and the upload function of the Chamber of Skilled Crafts.

Formloser Antrag (mit Unterschrift)
Dieser Assistent unterstützt Sie bei der Erstellung eines formlosen Schreibens, wenn die zuständige Stelle kein Antragsformular zur Verfügung stellt.

This form can be submitted electronically (e.g. via a secure contact form using your user account with login via the electronic ID function or the ELSTER certificate) or handwritten and signed in paper form to the responsible authority.

Handwerkskammer für München und Oberbayern

Sie können die Behörde auf sichere Weise kontaktieren

Secure contact form

Street address

Max-Joseph-Straße 4
80333 München

Postal address

Postfach 340138

80098 München

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The purpose of the public appointment is to provide courts, authorities and the public with particularly knowledgeable and personally suitable experts whose statements are particularly credible.

Public appointment includes the provision of expert opinions and other expert services such as consulting, monitoring, testing, issuing certificates as well as arbitration and arbitration-related activities.

The rights and duties of publicly appointed experts are primarily regulated in the expert regulations of the chambers of crafts and trades.

Publicly appointed and sworn experts can be recognized by the legally protected designation "publicly appointed and sworn". The chambers of crafts and trades award the experts a round stamp and issue an expert certificate.

There must be a general need for expert services. The legal basis is § 91 Para. 1 No. 8 of the Crafts Regulation Act (HWO) in conjunction with § 2 of the Expert Regulations of the respective HWK. § 2 of the expert regulations of the respective HWK

In principle, only those persons may be publicly appointed and sworn in as experts of the Chamber of Skilled Crafts who

fulfills the requirements according to § 2 of the expert regulations (SVO) of the respective chamber.

In particular, this means that the applicant must

a) is entered in the Chamber of Skilled Crafts register as the owner or partner of a partnership or managing director or board member of a legal entity and fulfills the registration requirements or is listed as the manager of the business or

b) is registered as the owner, partner of a partnership or managing director or board member of a legal entity in its register of trades not requiring a license or trades similar to trades. The same applies to partners of legal entities registered there who are active in this company as craftsmen;

have sufficient life and professional experience
is personally suitable, in particular reliable and physically and mentally capable (in accordance with the requirements of the field applied for)
demonstrates special expertise (specialist knowledge and skills that are significantly above average), the necessary practical experience and the ability to provide expert opinions; Section 36 a of the Trade Regulation Act (GewO) applies accordingly; is personally and professionally suitable for the expert activity
has the necessary facilities to carry out the work of an expert witness
lives in orderly financial circumstances;
offers a guarantee of impartiality and independence in the provision of expert opinions and compliance with the obligations of a publicly appointed and sworn expert;
is available at all times and without restriction for expert activities in accordance with the statutory provisions

The requirements of the expert regulations of the respective chambers of crafts and trades must always be observed.

Handwritten curriculum vitae
2 photographs (35 x 45 mm)
Completed questionnaire of the Chamber of Crafts
Testimonials, employer's references

Insofar as they are relevant to your activity as an expert
Master craftsman's certificate or diploma
Certificate of attendance of the basic seminar
Date of entry in the register of craftsmen
Employees: Certificate from your employer confirming that you are free to work as an expert at any time.
Certificate of good conduct

Send a short letter of application to the relevant Chamber of Skilled Crafts, which will then send a letter asking you to submit all the necessary documents.

The fee for the public appointment / swearing-in is between 50 euros and 200 euros. Electronic payment via online banking is possible. Information on this is provided by the relevant Chamber of Skilled Crafts.