41 articles
Austria's drink driving alcohol limits and penalties: the 0.5 and 0.1 per mille limits, the fine tiers under § 99 StVO, and minimum licence withdrawal periods under the FSG.
Austria's e-scooter rules explained: the 600 W / 25 km/h cap from the 36. StVO-Novelle, the under-16 helmet rule, equipment mandates, penalties, and Vienna's own rental rules.
An overview of Austrian recording law: the criminal offence under paragraph 120 StGB for recording and sharing conversations, the civil right under paragraph 16 ABGB, and how video surveillance is now assessed directly under the GDPR.
How Austria's four step traffic penalty system works: the €90 Organmandat on the spot fine, the Anonymverfügung, the Strafverfügung and its two week Einspruch, and the formal Straferkenntnis.
How to get an Austrian Strafregisterbescheinigung (police clearance certificate) in 2026: where to apply, the new flat fee, what it shows, and how long convictions stay on record.
An overview of Austrian data privacy law: how the GDPR (DSGVO) and the Datenschutzgesetz (DSG) fit together, the constitutional right in § 1 DSG, and the § 30 Abs 5 public body fine exemption.
An overview of Austrian employment law: notice periods under § 20 AngG, Abfertigung NEU vs ALT severance pay, and the three ways an Austrian job can end.
How Austrian law actually works: the codes, courts and citations, and why German legal information usually does not apply in Austria.
An orientation to Austrian tenancy law: the MRG's three tier structure, operating costs, rent control, and how a tenancy legally ends.
An overview of Austrian traffic law: how the StVO, FSG, KFG and VStG split driving conduct, licences, vehicles and fines, plus the Vormerksystem, drink driving limits and the on the spot fine ladder.
A guide to Betriebskosten under Austrian tenancy law: the exhaustive list in § 21 MRG, what landlords cannot charge, and the current administration fee.
How Austrian child maintenance (Alimente) is calculated under § 231 ABGB: the percentage scale by age, deductions, the Luxusgrenze cap and a worked example.
How Austria's Strafregister works, who administers it, what rights you have over your own criminal record, and how convictions are eventually erased under the Tilgungsgesetz.
An overview of Austrian debt law: Inkasso collection fee caps, Exekution enforcement under the EO, and Privatkonkurs personal insolvency, including the 2026 duration change.
How much an Inkassoinstitut can legally charge in Austria, the Inkasso-VO fee caps, which charges are excessive, and how to dispute a debt collection claim.
How divorce actually works under Austria's EheG: the three routes to a decree, why the Verschuldensprinzip (fault principle) still decides post-divorce maintenance under §§ 66 to 68 EheG unlike in Germany, and the realistic separation timelines.
How Ehegattenunterhalt works under Austrian law: the ability-based claim under § 94 ABGB during marriage, and how fault under §§ 66 to 68 EheG shapes maintenance after divorce.
How tenants and landlords legally end an Austrian lease: fixed-term vs open-ended contracts, the 16 statutory grounds a landlord needs under the MRG, and the court termination process.
How Austrian debt enforcement (Exekution) works under the Exekutionsordnung: Fahrnisexekution, wage garnishment, forced sale, and the Existenzminimum wage protection.
An overview of Austrian family law (Familienrecht): the ABGB and EheG framework, how child and spousal maintenance are calculated, and how divorce works, including Austria's fault-based Verschuldensprinzip.
How Austria's Vormerksystem works under §§ 30a to 30b FSG: a strike list model, not a German style points tally, the 13 Vormerkdelikte, and when Entziehung der Lenkberechtigung follows.
How the GDPR (DSGVO) applies in Austria alongside the national Datenschutzgesetz, the Datenschutzbehörde, and why Austria's public bodies cannot be fined under § 30 Abs 5 DSG.
How to lodge a Datenschutzbeschwerde with Austria's Datenschutzbehörde under Art. 77 DSGVO and § 24 DSG: who can complain, required content, and the one year deadline.
An overview of Austrian inheritance law (Erbrecht): the ABGB framework, how probate works under a notary as Gerichtskommissär, will formalities, the compulsory share, and why there is no inheritance tax.
Austria abolished inheritance and gift tax in 2008. Here is what still applies to inherited real estate: Grunderwerbsteuer and Grundbuch registration fees.
How an einvernehmliche Auflösung works in Austria, why it generally avoids the § 11 AlVG unemployment benefit Sperre, and its effect on Abfertigung ALT and NEU.
How Austrian neighbour law works under the ABGB, covering noise and other interferences, authorized installations, excavation, boundary trees, the civil and administrative tracks, and why quiet hours are set locally.
How Austrian neighbor law handles noise, smoke, and other nuisances under § 364 ABGB, the two part immissions test, authorized installations, tree roots and branches, and why quiet hours are set locally, not by a single federal law.
How much notice must employers and employees give in Austria under § 20 AngG. The rising scale by service length, the calendar quarter rule, and the 2021 Arbeiter harmonisation.
Austria's Pflichtteil (compulsory share) goes only to descendants and the surviving spouse or registered partner since the 2017 reform. How much it is and how it is paid.
How Privatkonkurs works under the Austrian IO, including the 17 July 2026 change that moves consumers from a three year Tilgungsplan to a five year Abschöpfungsplan.
How Austrian probate works: the court-led Verlassenschaftsverfahren, the notary acting as Gerichtskommissär, the Einantwortung, and the real costs of inheriting property.
How a landlord in Austria obtains a Räumungstitel, the § 33 MRG arrears cure, the § 34 MRG Räumungsfrist of up to nine months, and what a tenant can still do.
How Austrian law treats recording a conversation under paragraph 120 StGB: what counts as the recording offence, when sharing a recording becomes a separate crime, and the civil claim under paragraph 16 ABGB.
Which of the three MRG tiers a rented Austrian flat falls into decides whether there is a rent cap at all. A full breakdown of Vollanwendung, Teilanwendung and Vollausnahme, the current Richtwerte by Bundesland, and how the Kategoriemietzins works.
What an employee must know before resigning in Austria: the one month notice under § 20 Abs 4 AngG, the Abfertigung ALT forfeiture, the Abfertigung NEU rule, and the § 11 AlVG four week Sperre.
How Austrian severance pay works under Abfertigung NEU (BMSVG, 1,53 percent BV-Kasse contributions) and the older Abfertigung ALT scale, with the 2003 cutoff and a worked example.
Austria's reputational defamation offence is üble Nachrede under § 111 StGB, not Verleumdung. Penalties, the truth defence, private prosecution, and the § 6 MedienG compensation caps explained.
Verleumdung under Austria's § 297 StGB is not reputational defamation. It is knowingly reporting someone falsely for a crime. Penalties, prosecution and the AT vs DE difference explained.
How Austria treats home and business video surveillance now that the DSG's own CCTV rules are unapplied: the GDPR proportionality test, signage, retention limits and the neighbour-camera civil claim.
How to write a valid will in Austria under the ABGB: the handwritten eigenhändiges Testament, the three witness fremdhändiges Testament, and the 2017 reform.