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Collect the power of attorney before the deadline ticks

Collect power of attorney and client data securely online — no postal delays, no follow-up calls, no liability risk. Data hosted exclusively in Germany, compliant with § 43a BRAO.

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Which fields are included?

< 24 h to signed power of attorney — instead of 4 days by post

This costs you nerves — and potentially the mandate

Power of attorney never arrives

You send the power of attorney by post. Four days later: nothing. You call. No answer. The filing deadline runs. Without the document you cannot appear before court — an admin slip becomes a liability case.

Deadline matters do not tolerate postal delays

Appeal windows, action deadlines, appeal periods — many run only two to four weeks. A postal round trip eats half of that. A beA first submission without a valid authorisation risks rejection you must explain.

US cloud and professional secrecy do not mix

DocuSign and eversign process mandate data on US servers. Professional secrecy under § 43a BRAO together with § 203 StGB requires that client data does not reach third parties — a US provider subject to the Cloud Act is an open risk no professional indemnity covers.

How Questee fixes this

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    Customise the authorisation form in minutes

    Pick the "Power of attorney + client data" template from the library. Toggle fields per mandate type (civil, employment, family law). Add firm logo and privacy text, send link by e-mail or messenger.

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    Client fills in on smartphone — including signature

    One question per screen guides the client through master data, scope of authority and signature. The signature field captures the qualified self-declaration; for RDG-relevant mandates you can additionally enable ID upload.

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    Authorisation as PDF in the file, data importable into RA-MICRO

    On submission the firm automatically receives a PDF of the completed authorisation (with timestamp and IP proof). Master data is available as CSV export — columns prepared for RA-MICRO and DATEV Anwalt.

What a law firm actually needs

No US-cloud compromise, no duct-tape solution — a thoughtful client intake frontend.

Digital signature field

Client signs via touchscreen or mouse directly in browser — timestamp and submission ID are embedded in the PDF.

Optional ID upload

For mandates requiring identity verification (GwG): ID scan directly in the form, stored encrypted.

Hosting exclusively in Germany

No US subprocessor, no Cloud Act risk. Mandate data stays protected under § 43a BRAO and GDPR Art. 28 DPA.

Automatic authorisation PDF

Immediately on receipt: PDF with all entries, timestamp, submission ID — beA-ready and file-ready.

Conditional logic for mandate types

Fields for employment, family, criminal law etc. appear only when relevant — client never sees empty or confusing questions.

CSV export for RA-MICRO / DATEV Anwalt

Master data columns are preset to RA-MICRO import format. No more manual transcription.

This is what your client sees

Live preview — no registration required.

Template: anwalt-vollmacht

"Before, we were chasing signed authorisations by fax. Now the signed form arrives before I even open the file — and I know the data is not sitting on a server in the US."

Miriam Volkert Attorney, specialist in employment law · Kanzlei Volkert & Partner, Frankfurt

Scales with your firm

Free for first mandates (3 forms). Pro for active firms (unlimited forms, 10,000 responses/month) — no per-user pricing like DocuSign.

Free

3 forms, 250 responses/month

Pro

Unlimited, 10,000 responses/month, AI included

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Questions from law firm practice

Is a digitally collected power of attorney valid before court?
For procedural powers of attorney under § 80 ZPO written form suffices, which includes a scanned signature (BGH, decision of 26.10.2021 – VIII ZB 58/20). The Questee PDF contains timestamp, submission ID and IP proof attesting authenticity. For notarial or certified authorisations (e.g. land registry) original signature is still required — the form can then serve as advance data capture.
Does cloud use violate § 43a BRAO / § 203 StGB?
No, if the provider hosts in the EU and concludes a DPA under Art. 28 GDPR. The BGH and BRAK have clarified that using technical service providers is not unauthorised disclosure as long as they are contractually bound to confidentiality (§ 203 para. 3 StGB new version). Questee hosts exclusively in Germany, has no US subprocessor agreement and provides the DPA on request.
Can I customise the form to my firm branding?
Yes — logo, primary colour, firm address and privacy notice are freely configurable. The automatically generated PDF also carries your logo. The client never sees the Questee brand name if you prefer.
What if the client does not have a smartphone?
The link works on any browser — desktop, tablet, smartphone. For clients without digital access you can also export the form as a PDF (read-only preview) and send by post; you then enter responses manually. For the standard case — covering more than 90 % of clients today — the digital route is significantly faster.
How long is the authorisation data stored?
Default is 10 years in line with commercial and professional retention obligations (§ 50 BRAO). You can shorten the period per form. An automatic retention policy deletes expired data with audit trail — relevant in the event of a BRAK or data protection authority inspection.
Can the form be integrated into beA or RA-MICRO?
There is no native beA interface (beA has no open API for third parties). However: the auto-generated PDF can be stored manually or via file import directly in RA-MICRO. The master data CSV is prepared for the RA-MICRO import format, avoiding duplicate entry. A Zapier/Make connection to RA-MICRO Cloud is also possible.
What does Questee cost compared to DocuSign for a law firm?
DocuSign Business Pro starts at around €40/month per user — for 3 lawyers that is €120/month, without German hosting. Questee Pro costs €9/month (annual, firm-wide), including unlimited forms and 10,000 responses/month. The difference: Questee is a form builder with authorisation template; DocuSign is an e-signature service. For legally binding qualified electronic signatures (QES under eIDAS) DocuSign is more appropriate — for structured client intake and standard procedural authorisation Questee is the more affordable, BRAO-compliant tool.

Authorisation digital — before the deadline forces your hand

Set up template in minutes, send link to client, PDF in the file. Free trial, no contract, no US-cloud risk.

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