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Federal Act
on Private International Law
(PILA)

of 18 December 1987 (Status as of 1 July 2022)

Art. 38

2. Change of name

 

1 The Swiss au­thor­it­ies at the dom­i­cile of the ap­plic­ant have jur­is­dic­tion to hear an ap­plic­a­tion for a change of name.

2 Swiss cit­izens who do not have a dom­i­cile in Switzer­land may ap­ply for a change of name to the au­thor­ity of their can­ton of ori­gin.

3 The re­quire­ments for and ef­fects of a change of name are gov­erned by Swiss law.