Game and hunting damage: Applying for compensation

If a property that belongs to a communal hunting district or is attached to a communal hunting district is damaged by hoofed game, wild rabbits or pheasants, the hunting cooperative must compensate the injured party for the damage caused by the game. The compensation paid from the co-operative treasury shall be borne by the individual hunting members in proportion to the area of their participating properties. If the tenant hunter has assumed the compensation of the game damage in whole or in part, the obligation to pay compensation shall be borne by the tenant hunter. The hunting association's obligation to pay compensation remains in force if the injured party is unable to obtain compensation from the tenant.

The owner or usufructuary of a private hunting district is liable for any damage caused by game to land that is part of the hunting district. In the case of a lease, the leaseholder is liable if he has undertaken to compensate for game damage in the lease agreement. In this case, the owner or usufructuary is only liable if the injured party cannot obtain compensation from the leaseholder.

In the case of land belonging to a private hunting district, the obligation to pay compensation for damage caused by game (paragraph 1) is based on the legal relationship between the injured party and the person authorised to hunt, except in the cases specified in paragraph 2. Unless otherwise stipulated, the person authorised to hunt shall be liable to pay compensation if he is responsible for the damage due to inadequate shooting.

In order to assert claims for compensation, the damage caused by game must be reported to the local regulatory authorities of the offices and district-free towns. Field damage must be reported 1 week after becoming aware of it, forest damage by 1 May or 1 October of the year after becoming aware of it.

Payments to compensate for game damage are made after notification and assessment of the damage by the responsible game damage compensation funds.
 

• §§ 26 ff. Federal Hunting Act (BJagdG)
• § 27 ff. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern State Hunting Act (LJagdG M-V)
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Game and Hunting Damage Ordinance (Wild- und JagdSVO M-V)
• Ordinance on the Model Statutes for Game Damage Compensation Funds in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Game Damage Compensation Fund Ordinance - WAKVO M-V)

Informal application:
- Name of the party liable for damages
- Date and time of the damage assessment
- Municipality, district, parcel and plot
- Extract from the parcel map with the marked damaged area
- Occupied or overgrown with?
- Species of deer (perpetrator of damage)
- Estimated amount of damage in €

- Timely application to the local regulatory authority
- Proof of damage

1. Application
2. Invitation to the on-site meeting
3. On-site visit with damage assessment
4. Termination of the proceedings by valid agreement
5. If no amicable agreement can be reached: Preparation of an expert opinion
6. Termination of the proceedings by pre-trial notice

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The local regulatory authorities of the local authorities and independent cities are responsible for processing applications.