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With the Civil Court Online Procedure pilot project, the state is testing a new, digital way for citizens to resolve their civil law disputes efficiently and quickly. The Minister of Justice and Migration Marion Gentges visited the External: District Court of Nurtingen (Opens in new window) to officially mark the start of the External: Pilot project Civil Court Online Procedure (Opens in new window) in Baden-Wurttemberg announce. In addition to the Nurtingen District Court, the External: Mannheim District Court (opens in new window) is also taking part in testing the online procedure. This innovative procedure offers a new, digital opportunity for citizens to resolve their External: civil law disputes with amounts in dispute of up to 10,000 euros (Opens in new window) and External: claims in connection with air passenger rights (Opens in new window) in the local courts, said Gentges. The civil court online procedure is a modern and citizen-oriented service that enables legal disputes to be processed efficiently and quickly without the parties involved necessarily having to appear in court in person. Making procedures more efficient and modern The law for the development and testing of an online procedure in civil justice came into force at the end of 2025. The online procedure aims to establish a citizen-friendly way of conducting proceedings in the area of low amounts in dispute and to make the work of the courts more efficient and modern through the use of digital technology. Some procedural special features apply. In appropriate cases, the court can decide without an oral hearing. In the case of an oral hearing, this should preferably take place as a video hearing. The court may determine the procedure at its reasonable discretion. In appropriate cases, a simplified determination of facts and taking of evidence are possible (e.g. retrieving information from generally accessible sources, telephone interviews with witnesses). The announcement of the judgment can be replaced by its delivery. Reduced court fees also apply in online proceedings. Citizens can create their lawsuit Externally: low-threshold and digitally (Opens in new window) and submit it to the participating district courts in Nurtingen and Mannheim via the External: My Justice Mailbox (Opens in new window). To do this, citizens are guided step by step in a user-friendly language through a query dialog to determine the responsible court and then to create a lawsuit. At the end, the online service generates a finished lawsuit in PDF format from the entries. The online civil court procedure does not create any specific online courts. The online procedure is available to those seeking legal action as an option (in addition to the traditional filing of a lawsuit).
