Swiss Civil Code

¹ The adult pro­tec­tion au­thor­ity shall im­me­di­ately no­ti­fy the fol­low­ing au­thor­it­ies of its de­cisions re­lat­ing to or­der­ing, amend­ing or re­vok­ing meas­ures as soon as such de­cisions are en­force­able:

1.

the civil re­gister of­fice if:

a.

the adult pro­tec­tion au­thor­ity has made a per­son sub­ject to a gen­er­al deputy­ship,

b.

the adult pro­tec­tion au­thor­ity has is­sued an or­der that makes the con­sent of the leg­al rep­res­ent­at­ive in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 260 para­graph 2 ne­ces­sary, or

c.

an ad­vance care dir­ect­ive has be­come ef­fect­ive for a per­son per­man­ently lack­ing ca­pa­city of judge­ment;

2.

the com­mune of res­id­ence if:

a.

the adult pro­tec­tion au­thor­ity has made a per­son sub­ject to a deputy­ship, or

b.

an ad­vance care dir­ect­ive has be­come ef­fect­ive for a per­son per­man­ently lack­ing ca­pa­city of judg­ment;

3.

the debt en­force­ment of­fice at the dom­i­cile of the per­son con­cerned if:

a.

the adult pro­tec­tion au­thor­ity has es­tab­lished a guard­i­an­ship or a deputy­ship for a minor in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 325,

b.

the adult pro­tec­tion au­thor­ity has es­tab­lished a deputy­ship for an adult which in­cludes powers to man­age as­sets or which re­vokes or re­stricts the ca­pa­city to act, or

c.

an ad­vance care dir­ect­ive has be­come ef­fect­ive for a per­son per­man­ently lack­ing ca­pa­city of judg­ment;

4.

the is­su­ing au­thor­ity in ac­cord­ance with the Iden­tity Doc­u­ments Act of 22 June 2001⁴⁸⁸ if the adult pro­tec­tion au­thor­ity:

a.

has es­tab­lished a guard­i­an­ship for a minor or re­stric­ted par­ent­al re­spons­ib­il­ity in re­la­tion to ap­ply­ing for the is­sue of an iden­tity doc­u­ment, or

b.

has es­tab­lished a deputy­ship for an adult that re­stricts ca­pa­city to act in re­la­tion to ap­ply­ing for the is­sue of an iden­tity doc­u­ment;

5.

the land re­gister of­fice as a re­quest for a nota­tion if the adult pro­tec­tion au­thor­ity has es­tab­lished a deputy­ship for a per­son which re­stricts or re­vokes that per­son’s ca­pa­city to dis­pose of im­mov­able prop­erty.

² In the event of a change in the adult pro­tec­tion au­thor­ity re­spons­ible, the new au­thor­ity shall be re­spons­ible for the rel­ev­ant no­ti­fic­a­tions.