Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ If the grounds for seizure no longer ap­ply, the pub­lic pro­sec­utor or court shall re­voke the seizure or­der and hand over the prop­erty or as­sets to the per­son en­titled to them.

² Where it is un­dis­puted that a per­son has as a dir­ect res­ult of the of­fence been de­prived of an item of prop­erty or an as­set be­long­ing to him or her, the crim­in­al justice au­thor­ity shall re­turn the prop­erty or as­set to the per­son en­titled to it be­fore the con­clu­sion of the pro­ceed­ings.

³ Un­less the or­der to seize an item of prop­erty or an as­set has already been re­voked, a de­cision on its re­turn to the en­titled per­son, its use to cov­er costs or its for­feit­ure in shall be made in the fi­nal judg­ment.

⁴ If two or more per­sons lay claim to an item of prop­erty or an as­set in re­spect of which the seizure or­der is to be re­voked, the court may de­cide on the is­sue.

⁵ The crim­in­al justice au­thor­ity may award prop­erty or as­sets to a per­son and set the oth­er claimants a time lim­it with­in which to raise a civil ac­tion.

⁶ If at the time when the seizure or­der is re­voked the iden­tity of the per­son en­titled to the prop­erty or as­sets is un­known, the pub­lic pro­sec­utor or the court shall give pub­lic no­tice that the prop­erty or as­sets are avail­able to be claimed. If no one makes a claim with­in five years of no­tice be­ing giv­en, the seized prop­erty and as­sets shall pass to the can­ton or to the Con­fed­er­a­tion.