Arbitration office, arbitrator

Arbitrator: Mrs. Kötz, Tel. 06784 9816, E-Mail: angelika.koetz@gmx.de

Deputy arbitrator: Mr. Mörtl

Arbitration district: City of Idar-Oberstein

Office hours: Tuesdays from 5.00 to 6.00 p.m.

Location: Stadthaus, Georg-Maus-Str. 2, same entrance as the Outpatient Services, Room II. 019

Telephone during office hours: 64-1390
E-mail: schiedsamt@idar-oberstein.de

Very often, disputes in minor matters are also brought before the courts without the parties in dispute having attempted to settle the dispute beforehand. At the end of such proceedings, in addition to the right obtained, in many cases the result is a failed neighborly relationship, for example.

The arbitration regulations of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate offer the possibility of out-of-court dispute resolution by an arbitrator. The request for a mediation hearing can be made in writing or orally to the local arbitrator. You will need the first name, surname and address of the other party with whom you wish to settle your dispute. Your application should state the exact cause of the dispute and the aim of the arbitration you are seeking. Payment of an advance is due upon submission of the application. All parties involved in the dispute will be personally summoned to the arbitration hearing. Unexcused absences may be punished with a fine. The hearing does not take place in public. The arbitrator is obliged to maintain confidentiality. The arbitrator conducts the hearing with the aim of reaching an amicable agreement between the parties. This always requires mutual accommodation. Through their willingness to listen to the parties involved and respond to their arguments, arbitrators create the conditions for the parties to reach an agreement and restore social peace. A settlement, an agreement accepted by both parties, ends the dispute. The obligations assumed in the settlement can be enforced for thirty years - just like a judgment. By concluding a settlement, both sides contribute to reaching an agreement. Because there is no winner and no loser in a settlement, a settlement is often more pacifying than a judgment. If an agreement cannot be reached or the other party to the dispute does not appear at the scheduled mediation meeting, there is still the option of going to court.

There is an arbitrator in every association municipality, association-free municipality and in every district town and district-free town. They are appointed for a term of 5 years by the director of the local court on the recommendation of the municipal or city council. This honorary office is entrusted to persons who are regularly over 30 years of age and whose personality makes them particularly qualified to mediate disputes.

Arbitrators conduct arbitration proceedings in criminal and civil matters. The arbitrators help with disputes in everyday life, e.g. disputes over monetary claims, for example from contracts for the purchase of goods or with tradesmen. They also help with many disagreements that can arise from living together. This also includes disputes between tenants or between tenants and landlords.

For disputes in the area of criminal law, an arbitrator must be consulted before going to court in the following private prosecution cases:

• Trespassing (§ 123 StGB)
• Insult(§ 185 StGB)
• Violation of the secrecy of correspondence(§ 202 StGB)
• Bodily injury(§ 223 StGB, § 229 StGB)
• Threat(§ 241 StGB)
• Damage to property(§ 303 StGB)

The same applies to an offense under § 323a StGB if the act committed while intoxicated in the aforementioned cases is an oversight.

In these cases, the public prosecutor will only bring charges if he or she is satisfied that it is in the public interest to prosecute. With the entry into force of the State Arbitration Act on December 1, 2008, an arbitrator must be consulted before going to court in the following disputes:

• in pecuniary disputes before the local court concerning claims whose object in money or monetary value does not exceed the sum of EUR 750
• in the event of exposure to gases, vapors, odors, smoke, soot, etc., unless these are the effects of a commercial operation
• in the event of overgrowth(§ 910 BGB) or encroachment(§ 911 BGB)
• due to a boundary tree(§ 923 BGB)
• due to the neighboring rights regulated in the State Neighboring Rights Act, unless the impact is from a commercial operation
• in disputes concerning claims for violations of personal honor that were not committed in the press or on the radio
• in disputes concerning claims under Section 3 of the General Equal Treatment Act.

A fee of 10 euros is charged for the conciliation proceedings. If a settlement is reached, the fee is doubled. In view of the scope or difficulty of the matter, the fee may be increased to a maximum of EUR 40, taking into account the financial circumstances of the debtor.

see also:

• Neighbor law
• Association of German Arbitrators and Women

Special information for - City of Idar-Oberstein

Here are the details of the arbitrator for the town of Idar-Oberstein:

 

Arbitrator: Mrs. Kötz, Tel. 06784 9816, E-Mail: angelika.koetz@gmx.de  

Deputy arbitrator: Mr. Mörtl

Arbitration district: City of Idar-Oberstein

Office hours: Tuesdays from 5.00 to 6.00 p.m.

Location: Stadthaus, Georg-Maus-Str. 2, same entrance as the enforcement service, room II. 019

Telephone during office hours: 64-1390
E-mail: schiedsamt@idar-oberstein.de

 

• Municipal administration
• Municipal administration
• City administration