Art. 85 Duty to reimburse
1 As far as it is reasonable, social assistance, emergency aid, departure and enforcement costs as well as the costs of the appeal procedure must be reimbursed. 2 The Confederation shall enforce the claim for reimbursement by means of a special charge on assets (Art. 86). 3 The Confederation’s right to reimbursement prescribes three years after the competent authority has been informed, but in any case ten years after the right is created.232 No interest is charged on reimbursement claims. 4 The canton’s right to reimbursement is governed by cantonal law. 232 Amended by Annex No 1 of the FA of 15 June 2018 (Revision of the Law of Prescription), in force since 1 Jan. 2020 (AS 2018 5343; BBl 2014 235). |