Disclosure
Disclosure of data to banks and financial institutions
The Office of Justice discloses the data of legal entities entered in the Register of Beneficial Owners for the purpose of fulfilling due diligence obligations or acts in preventing money laundering, predicate offences to money laundering and terrorist financing upon request to:
- a bank or financial institution domiciled in Liechtenstein or in another EEA Member State; or
- a bank domiciled in a third state if, in addition to the requirements laid down in Directive (EU) 2015/849, the data protection requirements laid down in Article 45 of Directive (EU) 2016/679 are met.
A request for disclosure must be submitted in original to the Office of Justice by using the corresponding official form.
Forms
Disclosure of data to domestic persons subject to due diligence
Upon request, the Office of Justice discloses data on legal entities entered in the Register of Beneficial Owners to persons subject to due diligence in order to fulfill their due diligence obligations. This does not apply to the data of founders and protectors who do not exercise control over a non-unattached legal entity pursuant to Schedule 1 or a legal entity pursuant to Schedule 2 of the Act on the Register of the Beneficial Owners of Legal Entities (VwbPG).
A request for disclosure must be submitted in original to the Office of Justice by using the corresponding official form.
Forms
Disclosure of data to third parties
Domestic and foreign persons and organisations may apply to the Office of Justice for disclosure of data on legal entities entered in the Register of Beneficial Owners against payment of a fee. This does not apply to the data of founders and protectors who do not exercise control of a non-unattached legal entity pursuant to Schedule 1 or a legal entity pursuant to Schedule 2 of the VwbPG.
A request for disclosure must be submitted in original to the Office of Justice by using the corresponding official form.
Forms
Note: In case of uncertainty regarding the categorisation of the legal entity for which disclosure is requested, contact the Office of Justice, Foundation Supervision and Anti-Money Laundering, at the e-mail address info.vwb.aju@llv.li.
Administrative Practice
- If an application/order is signed by a legal entity as a member of the executive body, the name/company name/designation of the legal entity as well as the first and last names of the person signing for the legal entity must be entered readable either as digital text in the computer printout or in capital letters if the document is filled out by hand. This serves to allocate the signature to a person and to verify the power of representation/legitimacy to file an application.
- Legitimacy to file an application: In order to verify the legitimacy to file an application, the Office of Justice, Foundation Supervision and Anti-Money Laundering, verifies the signature authority of the applicant recorded in the Commercial Register and carries out a comparison of the signature with the signature on the declaration of acceptance and company signature deposited with the Commercial Register or an equivalent document.
If the legitimacy of application cannot be fully established by the aforementioned verification/comparison, the Office of Justice, Foundation Supervision and Anti-Money Laundering, may obtain further documents, in particular:
- a certified extract from the Commercial Register or a comparable register;
- a certified copy of a valid official identification document containing a photograph (passport, identity card) of the signing person;
- a certified excerpt from a trustworthy, privately managed register or an equivalent database;
- a certified power of attorney.