Vollmacht (German Power of Attorney)

Generate a legally structured German Vollmacht (power of attorney) as PDF. Each provision is an individual boolean field (default false). Set only the ones you need to true — only the selected provisions appear in the document. Covers: finance, health, housing, inheritance, substitution, guardianship, and liability. Supports base64-encoded signature image. Based on the Verbraucherzentrale NRW template (2025).

Example output

Vollmacht (German Power of Attorney) example

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Fields

Field	Type	Status
`grantor`	`PersonData`	required
`agent`	`PersonData`	required
`date`	`string`	required
`place`	`string`	required
`finance_general`	`boolean`	default: false
`finance_contracts`	`boolean`	default: false
`finance_confidentiality`	`boolean`	default: false
`finance_self_dealing`	`boolean`	default: false
`finance_real_estate`	`boolean`	default: false
`finance_postal`	`boolean`	default: false
`finance_digital`	`boolean`	default: false
`finance_litigation`	`boolean`	default: false
`finance_exclusions`	`string \| null`	optional
`health_general`	`boolean`	default: false
`health_life_threatening`	`boolean`	default: false
`health_end_of_life`	`boolean`	default: false
`health_release_doctors`	`boolean`	default: false
`housing_determine_residence`	`boolean`	default: false
`housing_manage_lease`	`boolean`	default: false
`housing_dissolve_household`	`boolean`	default: false
`housing_involuntary_commitment`	`boolean`	default: false
`housing_restraint_measures`	`boolean`	default: false
`housing_forced_treatment`	`boolean`	default: false
`additional_reject_inheritance`	`boolean`	default: false
`additional_funeral`	`boolean`	default: false
`additional_valid_after_death`	`boolean`	default: false
`additional_custom_items`	`[string]`	optional
`substitution`	`boolean`	default: false
`guardianship`	`boolean`	default: false
`alternative_guardians`	`[PersonData]`	optional
`control_guardian`	`PersonData \| null`	optional
`excluded_guardians`	`[PersonData]`	optional
`liability_gross_negligence`	`boolean`	default: false
`liability_burden_of_proof`	`boolean`	default: false
`witness_name`	`string \| null`	optional
`witness_address`	`string \| null`	optional
`signature`	`string \| null`	optional
`signature_format`	`string`	default: "png"

Example

Request

POST https://api.lobsterpdf.com/render/vollmacht
Authorization: Bearer $LOBSTER_KEY
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "grantor": {
    "name": "Maria Schmidt",
    "birth_date": "15.03.1955",
    "birth_place": "Hamburg",
    "address": "Musterstraße 12, 20095 Hamburg",
    "phone": "+49 40 12345678"
  },
  "agent": {
    "name": "Thomas Schmidt",
    "birth_date": "22.07.1980",
    "birth_place": "Hamburg",
    "address": "Beispielweg 5, 20099 Hamburg",
    "phone": "+49 40 87654321"
  },
  "date": "23. März 2026",
  "place": "Hamburg",
  "finance_general": true,
  "finance_contracts": true,
  "finance_confidentiality": true,
  "finance_self_dealing": true,
  "finance_real_estate": true,
  "finance_postal": true,
  "finance_digital": true,
  "finance_litigation": true,
  "finance_exclusions": "Verkauf der Immobilie Musterstraße 12 nur mit Zustimmung von Dr. Anna Weber.",
  "health_general": true,
  "health_life_threatening": true,
  "health_end_of_life": true,
  "health_release_doctors": true,
  "housing_determine_residence": true,
  "housing_manage_lease": true,
  "housing_dissolve_household": true,
  "housing_involuntary_commitment": true,
  "housing_restraint_measures": true,
  "housing_forced_treatment": true,
  "additional_reject_inheritance": true,
  "additional_funeral": true,
  "additional_valid_after_death": true,
  "substitution": true,
  "guardianship": true,
  "alternative_guardians": [
    {
      "name": "Dr. Anna Weber",
      "birth_date": "10.01.1978",
      "birth_place": "Berlin",
      "address": "Lindenallee 8, 20146 Hamburg"
    }
  ],
  "excluded_guardians": [
    {
      "name": "Klaus Meier",
      "birth_date": "05.12.1960",
      "birth_place": "München",
      "address": "Rosenweg 3, 80331 München"
    }
  ],
  "liability_gross_negligence": true,
  "liability_burden_of_proof": true,
  "witness_name": "Dr. Peter Hoffmann",
  "witness_address": "Praxis für Allgemeinmedizin, Alsterufer 1, 20354 Hamburg"
}

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Response

{"url": "https://api.lobsterpdf.com/pdf/a1b2c3d4e5f6"}

JSON Schema

{
  "$defs": {
    "PersonData": {
      "properties": {
        "name": {
          "title": "Name",
          "type": "string"
        },
        "birth_date": {
          "title": "Birth Date",
          "type": "string"
        },
        "birth_place": {
          "title": "Birth Place",
          "type": "string"
        },
        "address": {
          "title": "Address",
          "type": "string"
        },
        "phone": {
          "anyOf": [
            {
              "type": "string"
            },
            {
              "type": "null"
            }
          ],
          "default": null,
          "title": "Phone"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "name",
        "birth_date",
        "birth_place",
        "address"
      ],
      "title": "PersonData",
      "type": "object"
    }
  },
  "properties": {
    "grantor": {
      "$ref": "#/$defs/PersonData"
    },
    "agent": {
      "$ref": "#/$defs/PersonData"
    },
    "date": {
      "title": "Date",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "place": {
      "title": "Place",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "finance_general": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Vertretung in Vermögens-, Steuer-, Renten- und Rechtsangelegenheiten",
      "title": "Finance General",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "finance_contracts": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Verträge aller Art abschließen oder auflösen",
      "title": "Finance Contracts",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "finance_confidentiality": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Befreiung von Schweigepflicht bei Ämtern, Behörden, Banken, Versicherungen, Krankenkasse",
      "title": "Finance Confidentiality",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "finance_self_dealing": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Insichgeschäfte nach §181 BGB erlauben",
      "title": "Finance Self Dealing",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "finance_real_estate": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Grundstücke und Immobilien verwalten und verkaufen (notarielle Beurkundung nötig)",
      "title": "Finance Real Estate",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "finance_postal": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Post, Einschreiben und eigenhändige Sendungen entgegennehmen und öffnen",
      "title": "Finance Postal",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "finance_digital": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Digitale Angelegenheiten regeln: Passwörter, E-Mails, Konten, Provider-Auskunft",
      "title": "Finance Digital",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "finance_litigation": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Prozessführung als Kläger oder Beklagter",
      "title": "Finance Litigation",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "finance_exclusions": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "default": null,
      "description": "Freitext: Geschäfte, die der Bevollmächtigte NICHT wahrnehmen darf",
      "title": "Finance Exclusions"
    },
    "health_general": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Entscheidung in allen Angelegenheiten der medizinischen Versorgung und Behandlung",
      "title": "Health General",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "health_life_threatening": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Einwilligung in Eingriffe mit Lebens- oder Gesundheitsgefahr (§1829 BGB)",
      "title": "Health Life Threatening",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "health_end_of_life": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Entscheidung über Unterlassen oder Beenden lebenserhaltender Maßnahmen",
      "title": "Health End Of Life",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "health_release_doctors": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Ärzte von Schweigepflicht entbinden und Bevollmächtigten zur Weitergabe ermächtigen",
      "title": "Health Release Doctors",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "housing_determine_residence": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Aufenthaltsort bestimmen, inklusive Umzug ins Heim",
      "title": "Housing Determine Residence",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "housing_manage_lease": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Mietverträge abschließen und kündigen",
      "title": "Housing Manage Lease",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "housing_dissolve_household": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Haushalt auflösen und über Inventar verfügen",
      "title": "Housing Dissolve Household",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "housing_involuntary_commitment": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Freiheitsentziehende Unterbringung in Heim oder Einrichtung (§1831 Abs. 1 BGB)",
      "title": "Housing Involuntary Commitment",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "housing_restraint_measures": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Unterbringungsähnliche Maßnahmen: Fixierung, Bettgitter, Medikamente (§1831 Abs. 4 BGB)",
      "title": "Housing Restraint Measures",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "housing_forced_treatment": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Ärztliche Zwangsmaßnahme bei drohendem Gesundheitsschaden (§1831 BGB)",
      "title": "Housing Forced Treatment",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "additional_reject_inheritance": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Erbschaften im Namen des Vollmachtgebers ausschlagen",
      "title": "Additional Reject Inheritance",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "additional_funeral": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Beerdigungszeremonie und Bestattung regeln",
      "title": "Additional Funeral",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "additional_valid_after_death": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Vollmacht bleibt über den Tod hinaus gültig bis Erben sich ausweisen",
      "title": "Additional Valid After Death",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "additional_custom_items": {
      "description": "Weitere benutzerdefinierte Vollmachtpunkte als Freitext",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "title": "Additional Custom Items",
      "type": "array"
    },
    "substitution": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Bevollmächtigter darf Untervollmachten an Dritte erteilen",
      "title": "Substitution",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "guardianship": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Bevollmächtigten als Betreuer vorschlagen, falls Gericht Betreuung anordnet",
      "title": "Guardianship",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "alternative_guardians": {
      "description": "Ersatz-Betreuer in absteigender Reihenfolge, falls Bevollmächtigter nicht geeignet",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/$defs/PersonData"
      },
      "title": "Alternative Guardians",
      "type": "array"
    },
    "control_guardian": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/PersonData"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "default": null,
      "description": "Person für Kontrollbetreuung, falls vom Gericht angeordnet"
    },
    "excluded_guardians": {
      "description": "Personen, die auf keinen Fall als Betreuer bestellt werden sollen",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/$defs/PersonData"
      },
      "title": "Excluded Guardians",
      "type": "array"
    },
    "liability_gross_negligence": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Bevollmächtigter haftet nur bei Vorsatz und grober Fahrlässigkeit",
      "title": "Liability Gross Negligence",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "liability_burden_of_proof": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Beweislastumkehr: dem Bevollmächtigten muss Fehlverhalten nachgewiesen werden",
      "title": "Liability Burden Of Proof",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "witness_name": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "default": null,
      "title": "Witness Name"
    },
    "witness_address": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "default": null,
      "title": "Witness Address"
    },
    "signature": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "default": null,
      "description": "Unterschrift des Vollmachtgebers als base64-kodiertes Bild (max 500 KB)",
      "title": "Signature"
    },
    "signature_format": {
      "default": "png",
      "enum": [
        "png",
        "jpg",
        "jpeg",
        "svg",
        "gif"
      ],
      "title": "Signature Format",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "grantor",
    "agent",
    "date",
    "place"
  ],
  "title": "VollmachtData",
  "type": "object"
}