Registration (NAG)

1. Swiss citizens who move into a municipality are required to register with the residents' registration office within 14 days.

1a. Registration can be completed

a) digitally via the platform designated by the government council, or

b) in person at the residents' registration office.

1b. Digital registration requires the simultaneous digital deregistration in the municipality of departure.

2. The legal representatives are responsible for the timely registration of minors, persons under full guardianship, and persons whose legal capacity in relation to paragraph 1 has been restricted due to an established guardianship.

1. Municipalities shall implement the option for digital relocation notifications no later than two years after the entry into force of this amendment.

1. Exemption from Registration

a. **\* Anyone who intends to stay only temporarily and for no longer than three months outside their place of residence is exempt.

b. **\* Anyone who is accommodated in a home or institution is exempt.

1. Anyone who moves into a municipality with the intent to remain permanently or where the center of their life relationships is located must register for residence.

2. Residents may request a certificate of residence from the residents' registration office for a fee.

1. Any person who moves into the municipality for more than three months, without meeting the requirements for settlement (Art. 3), shall register for residence.

1a. The registration is to be made with the residents' registration office either in person or in writing.

1b. The government council may allow digital registration by regulation, as soon as the platform permits this.

2. Residence can only be established by those who are settled in Switzerland.

3. Residence is to be managed as temporary in the residents' registration office, where

a) the period is generally determined by the duration of the stay and the validity period indicated in the declaration of the settlement municipality,

b) extensions of the period are possible.

Individuals who cannot determine their own place of residence and domicile shall only be registered in the population register with the consent of their legal representative.

The resident registration authority shall delete ex officio entries made without the required consent.

1. In the case of digital notification of change of residence, identification is carried out in accordance with the legislation on digital administration.

2. During in-person registration, the municipal residents' registration office verifies the identity of individuals

a. * based on the passport or identity card,

b. * in another suitable manner if the corresponding identification document is missing.

1. The Government Council regulates the notifications for statistical purposes of collective households according to Article 2 letter abis of the Federal Ordinance on Register Harmonization of November 21, 2007 (RHV)[[3]] through ordinance.

1. Obliged persons must provide the necessary information about the person of the newcomer required to fulfill legal duties.

2. Anyone providing accommodation or renting an apartment must supply information to the resident registration authority about incoming and outgoing persons or tenants. Employers must provide information regarding the names of employees.

3. Industrial companies must furnish information regarding the data necessary to determine and update a person's residential identifier according to the federal building and housing register in accordance with the federal ordinance of June 9, 2017, on the federal building and housing register (VGWR). The government council may, by regulation, stipulate that municipalities require periodic reporting and determine the mode of transmission.

4. The information shall be provided free of charge.

5. The person obliged to provide information may be required to prove the accuracy of their information. Residents must demonstrate, upon request, that they meet the requirements for settlement (Art. 3) in another municipality.

Residents and temporary residents must report any change of residence within the municipality to the resident registration office within 14 days.

The municipality of residence must report any changes to the name, marital status, or citizenship to the municipality of temporary residence.

1. Anyone moving away from a municipality must deregister at the latest on the day of departure and provide the new residential address.

2. If the notification of departure is not made digitally, the departure municipality shall inform the arrival municipality of the impending move.

1. The municipalities maintain a register of residents as well as temporary residents (residents' register).

1. The disclosure of personal data by the residents' registration office is governed by the provisions on data protection.

2. Special statutory provisions regarding the obligation to provide information are reserved.

1. Anyone who fails to comply with the statutory reporting obligation despite being reminded can be brought in by the police.

1. Appeals against decisions of municipal authorities may be lodged in accordance with the provisions of the Act of May 23, 1989, on Administrative Jurisdiction (VRPG).

1. Violations of the obligation to report and provide information shall be punished with a fine of up to 500 Swiss Francs.

2. The fines shall be imposed according to the provisions of Articles 58 to 60 of the Municipal Act of March 16, 1998 (GA).

1. The Executive Council shall issue the necessary implementing provisions for the execution of this law, specifically regarding

a) digital relocation notification,

b) registry management,

c) reporting obligations,

d) special types of residence and stay,

e) fees charged by the municipalities.

1. This law shall enter into force on a date to be determined by the Government Council.

2. The law of October 22, 1961, and the decree of February 20, 1962, concerning the establishment and residence of Swiss citizens are hereby repealed.