Founding a civic association

What

Civic organization is not organized for profit but operates for educational or charitable purposes or for social welfare purposes.  Here you can find information regarding the legal basis for founding an association.

Steps

STEP 1: To establish an association you need minimum 10 people who participate on the establishment meeting.

STEP 2: The members have to declare the establishment of the association, establish the rules and nominate a representative. The minutes of the meeting and the founding document have to contain the names and the contact details of the representatives. The minutes also has to contain the name of the participants the date of the establishment and the members.

STEP 3: The representatives have to make a conflict of interest statement.

STEP 4: 30 days after the establishment you have to register the association at the county level court. On this link you can find the related application forms (in Hungarian): http://birosag.hu/allampolgaroknak/civil/civil-eljarasok-urlapjai-112012-ii29-kim-rendelet

STEP 5: The court will send the data to the tax office and to the Central Statistical Office.

STEP 6: You have 8 days after receiving the tax number to register the association at the government window to have access to the online administration system.

STEP 7: You have to open a bank account.

Where

You have to provide data for the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (in Hungarian): https://elektra.ksh.hu/