Final payment demand before a payment-order claim (Austria)
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The last reminder before going to court, under Austrian law: with the sum owed, the due date, a deadline, the account and default interest — 4% a year (§ 1000 of the Austrian Civil Code, ABGB) or, between businesses, 9.2 points over the base rate plus a €40 flat fee (§§ 456, 458 of the Austrian Commercial Code, UGB). It announces the Mahnklage: for money claims up to €75,000 the court issues a conditional payment order (Zahlungsbefehl, § 244 ZPO), which becomes enforceable unless the debtor objects within four weeks. In German, to print, sign and send by registered post.
What you fill in
The details the document asks for.
- Creditor
- Creditor's address
- Debtor
- Debtor's postal address (street and number, postcode and town)
- City
- Date
- Basis of the obligation
- Amount due
- Due date
- Payment deadline
- IBAN
- Default interest (statutory, between businesses, or as agreed)
- Businesses only: legal form, registered seat, company register number and court (§ 14 UGB)
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Common questions
- What happens in Austria if the debtor still does not pay after the final demand?
- Money claims up to €75,000 must go through the payment-order procedure (Mahnverfahren): you file a Mahnklage with the competent Bezirksgericht or Landesgericht (at the Landesgericht only through a lawyer), on paper or through JustizOnline with ID Austria, and the court issues a conditional payment order without a hearing (§ 244 ZPO). If the debtor objects within four weeks, the case goes to a hearing; without an objection the order becomes enforceable and you can apply for enforcement (Exekution). Austria has no central payment-order court.
- What default interest and collection costs can be claimed in Austria?
- Statutory interest is 4% a year (§ 1000 ABGB). Between businesses it is 9.2 percentage points over the Austrian National Bank's base rate, which has stood at 1.53% since 11.06.2025 (§ 456 UGB), plus €40 compensation for collection costs (§ 458 UGB). Further reminder and collection costs are recoverable only where necessary and proportionate (§ 1333 Abs 2 ABGB), and from a consumer only if agreed separately and itemised (§ 6 Abs 1 Z 15 KSchG).
- How can it be proved in Austria that the final demand arrived?
- The demand takes effect only when it reaches the debtor, and dropping an ordinary letter in the post does not prove that it did (OGH 2 Ob 108/07g). So send it by registered post, ideally with the Eigenhändig option, and keep the posting receipt, or hand it over against a dated signature on a copy. An extra e-mail does not replace that proof. Count the payment deadline from receipt, not from sending.
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