Ordinance on the Register Act - Supervision

1. The Department of Internal Affairs and Security supervises the enforcement of the Register Act, insofar as no specific jurisdiction is established.

1. The Department of Internal Affairs and Security operates a coordination office pursuant to Art. 9 of the Federal Act on the Harmonization of Resident Registers and Other Official Registers of Persons.

1. The municipality may require the submission of official and private documents for the purpose of verifying identity and recording characteristics. In particular, the following documents may be required

a) Passport or identity card;

b) Birth certificate;

c) Civil status certificate, family certificate, or partnership certificate;

d) Residence permit for foreigners;

e) Driver's license;

f) Employment contract;

g) Lease agreement;

h) Purchase agreement for an occupied property or apartment;

i) Extract concerning custody arrangements.

1. Heads of collective households in the following categories are required to report to the resident registration office the residents who have stayed in their collective household for at least three consecutive months or for three months within a year

a) Retirement and nursing homes;

b) Residences and homes for children and adolescents;

c) Boarding schools and student dormitories;

d) Institutions for people with disabilities;

e) Monasteries and other accommodations of religious organizations.

1. Managers of collective households in the following categories are required to report annually to the Federal Statistical Office, as of December 31, the residents who have been staying in their collective household for at least three consecutive months or for three months within a year, collected in a simplified manner

a) Hospitals, health facilities, and similar institutions in the healthcare sector;

b) Long-term psychiatric care facilities;

c) Institutions for the enforcement of sentences and measures for juveniles and adults;

d) Communal accommodations for asylum seekers.

2. The individual reporting obligation is waived for residents pursuant to paragraph 1.

1. Voter Registers Are Public. The following information is accessible for inspection: Name, First Name, Address, and Date of Birth.

1. Each municipality shall maintain an electronic, separate register in which Swiss citizens abroad who are eligible to vote in the municipality are to be entered.

2. The conditions for registration and deletion are governed by the provisions of the federal legislation concerning Swiss persons and institutions abroad.

3. The voting register must include the following entries for all eligible Swiss citizens abroad

a) the surname and given names;

b) the date and place of birth;

c) the gender;

d) the residential address;

e) all places of origin and home cantons;

f) official language for voting documents;

g) date on which voting rights commence;

h) date and reason for the deletion.

1. Access to data on the cantonal resident data platform is governed by the authorization concept issued by the government council and published on the internet.

2. Applications for granting access authorization must be submitted to the coordination office, providing the necessary information. The coordination office shall obtain the opinion of the data protection supervisory authority.

3. The authorized entities and the scope of their access authorization are published on the internet.

1. Accesses to the cantonal resident data platform are logged. The log includes both the reading of data and the data exports.

2. The logs are stored for one year and then deleted.