Swiss Civil Code

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Art. 551

A. In gen­er­al

 

1The com­pet­ent au­thor­ity must of its own ac­cord take all meas­ures ne­ces­sary to en­sure prop­er suc­ces­sion.1

2In the cases en­vis­aged by law, in par­tic­u­lar, such meas­ures in­clude seal­ing the es­tate, draw­ing up the in­vent­ory, ap­point­ing the es­tate ad­min­is­trat­ors and read­ing out the wills of the de­ceased.

3…2

1 Amended by An­nex No. 2 of the Civil Jur­is­dic­tion Act of 24 March 2000, in force since 1 Jan. 2001 (AS 2000 2355; BBl 1999 2829).
2 Re­pealed by An­nex No. 2 of the Civil Jur­is­dic­tion Act of 24 March 2000, with ef­fect from 1 Jan. 2001 (AS 2000 2355; BBl 1999 2829).

 
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