Swiss Civil Code

¹ Where the value of an ob­ject be­long­ing to the es­tate would be sub­stan­tially di­min­ished if such ob­ject were di­vided, it is al­loc­ated in its en­tirety to one of the heirs.

² Where the heirs are un­able to agree on the di­vi­sion or al­loc­a­tion of an ob­ject, it must be sold and the pro­ceeds di­vided.

³ At the re­quest of an heir, such sale must be car­ried out at auc­tion and, in the ab­sence of agree­ment among the heirs, the com­pet­ent au­thor­ity de­cides wheth­er such auc­tion is to be pub­lic or only among the heirs.