Federal Act
on Private International Law
(PILA)

¹ For­eign de­cisions, meas­ures and doc­u­ments re­lat­ing to the es­tate, as well as rights de­riv­ing from an es­tate pro­bated abroad shall be re­cog­nised in Switzer­land:

a.

if they are rendered, taken, drawn up or de­clared in the state of the de­ceased’s last dom­i­cile or in the state to the law of which the de­ceased sub­mit­ted his or her es­tate, or if they are re­cog­nised in one of these states; or

b.

if they re­late to im­mov­able prop­erty and were rendered, taken, drawn up or de­clared in the state in which such prop­erty is loc­ated, or if they are re­cog­nised in that state.

² With re­spect to im­mov­able prop­erty loc­ated in a state which claims ex­clus­ive jur­is­dic­tion, only the de­cisions, meas­ures or doc­u­ments ori­gin­at­ing from that state shall be re­cog­nised.

³ Con­ser­vat­ory meas­ures ordered in the state where as­sets of the de­ceased are loc­ated shall be re­cog­nised in Switzer­land.