Parking without permission on private property in Cologne is unlawful interference with possession (§ 858 BGB). Whether a neighbourhood customer car park, a residential complex space or company premises: With FalschParker you report the violation in seconds — scan the number plate, take a photo, confirm the location.
Four steps under German law – you report the violation, we take care of the keeper, the claim and the payment.
A clearly visible sign at the entrance makes your parking terms part of the contract under Sections 305 et seq. BGB. Use its QR code or the app itself to enter the number plate.
Capture the vehicle and its number plate clearly in the frame. The photo relies on legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) and serves as evidence.
The app takes the GPS position and you confirm it with one tap. We then request the keeper details from the Federal Motor Transport Authority (Section 39 StVG).
You assign the claim to ParkGuard (Section 398 BGB). We pursue the contractual penalty, answer questions by phone and handle debt collection where needed.
Supermarkets, practices and shops depend on free customer parking. With the app, staff report outside parkers in seconds, and we handle the rest — without a confrontation at the till.
Report illegal parkers in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Cologne and Frankfurt am Main via FalschParker. Our company seat is in Berlin, Greifswalder Straße 226.
When a customer reports a parking violation in Cologne via the app, we handle the contractual penalty and collection. If the vehicle has to go, request a towing service directly in the app.
Anyone parked without permission on your customer car park takes the space from paying customers. You may defend against it (§ 859 BGB) — and, with clear signage, claim a reasonable contractual penalty (§§ 305 ff., 307 BGB).
For you as a parking-space owner FalschParker is free. The responsible party bears the towing costs at the customary local rate; the costs of general car-park monitoring are not recoverable (BGH, V ZR 229/13).
Parking on private property without permission is unlawful interference with possession (verbotene Eigenmacht, § 858 BGB). In principle you may have the vehicle towed as self-help (§ 859 BGB); the responsible party bears the towing costs at the customary local rate (BGH, V ZR 144/08 and V ZR 229/13).
On public roads, illegal parking is an administrative offence under the StVO. The city of Cologne’s public order authority or the police are responsible there — in emergencies such as a blocked fire lane, call 110. On your private property the authorities are generally not responsible; there you enforce your rights under civil law, for example with FalschParker.
With a clearly visible sign at the entrance stating the terms of use and the amount of the contractual penalty, and a quick report via FalschParker. If a vehicle is permanently in the way, it can be towed.
Put up a clearly visible sign at the entrance stating the terms of use and the amount of the contractual penalty. Only then are the terms effective as standard terms (§§ 305 ff. BGB); the amount must be reasonable (§ 307 BGB).
An illegal parker on your property in Cologne? Report it via FalschParker — we take care of the contractual penalty, collection and, if needed, the towing service.
