Ordinance on the Federal Act on the Harmonisation of Registers of Inhabitants and other Official Registers of Persons (RegV) - Purpose (REGV)

1. This ordinance serves the enforcement of the Federal Act on the Harmonization of Residents' Registers and Other Official Registers of Persons dated June 23, 2006 (Register Harmonization Act, RHG) and the associated implementing decrees of the Confederation, insofar as their enforcement falls under the jurisdiction of the canton.

1. The Register Harmonization is under the supervision of the Department of Justice, Police, and Military Affairs. It is responsible, pursuant to Art. 9 of the RHG, for the coordination, implementation, and quality control of the harmonization.

1. The residents' registers and the electoral registers shall be maintained electronically.

1. Industrial Works (Electricity Suppliers and Other Providers of Line-Bound Services) shall provide the Resident Control Office with data, which serve for the determination and updating of a person's residential identifier, free of charge upon request.

1. The apartment numbering is to be maintained solely for registration purposes.

1. The resident registration offices provide data from the officially managed population registers to the competent Federal Office free of charge.

2. They exchange data regarding the departure and arrival of residents directly with the Federal IT and Communication Platform.

1. Natural persons must report a move to, from, or within the district to the competent resident registration office within 14 days.

2. The management of collective households must report the residents of the collective household to the competent resident registration office on a quarterly basis, excluding residents with a stay of less than three months.

3. They must provide truthful information about the data and document their information upon request.

1. If the reporting obligation pursuant to Art. 7 of this regulation is not fulfilled, the following persons are required to provide information to the resident registration office upon request free of charge

a) Employers concerning the persons employed by them;

b) Landlords and property managements concerning tenants moving in, moving out, and residing;

c) Lodging providers concerning the persons residing in their household.

1. Violations of the provisions of this ordinance shall be punished by a fine. The criminal proceedings are governed by the provisions of the Introductory Act to the Swiss Code of Criminal Procedure.

1. This regulation shall enter into force upon adoption by the Grand Council.