Swiss Civil Code

¹The civil re­gister of­fice veri­fies that:

1.

the re­quest has been duly sub­mit­ted;

2.

the iden­tity of the en­gaged couple has been es­tab­lished; and

3.¹

the re­quire­ments for mar­riage are sat­is­fied, and in par­tic­u­lar wheth­er there are any cir­cum­stances that sug­gest that the re­quest clearly does not re­flect the free will of the en­gaged couple.

²Provided these re­quire­ments are ful­filled, the civil re­gister of­fice shall in­form the be­trothed parties that the pre­par­at­ory pro­ced­ure has been com­pleted and of the leg­ally pre­scribed time lim­its for hold­ing the wed­ding ce­re­mony.²

³After con­sult­ing the en­gaged couple and in con­form­ity with can­ton­al reg­u­la­tions, the civil re­gister of­fice sets the date of the wed­ding ce­re­mony or, upon re­quest, au­thor­ises that it may be con­duc­ted in an­oth­er civil re­gister dis­trict.

⁴The civil re­gister of­fice must in­form the com­pet­ent au­thor­ity of the iden­tity of any en­gaged couple who have not proven that they are law­fully res­id­ent in Switzer­land.³