Ordinance on Civil Status - Civil Status Districts

1. In the canton of Lucerne, the civil status districts and civil status offices listed in the annex exist.

1. The local municipality of the civil registry office provides it with suitable premises for its purposes.

1. Municipalities where no registry office exists shall designate an authority for the receipt and forwarding of death notifications for persons who have died in the residential municipality.

1. The competent civil status office registers foreign individuals in the Swiss civil status register before the naturalization process.

1. The municipality bears the costs of civil status matters.

2. The costs of the central database pursuant to Article 45a of the Swiss Civil Code of December 10, 1907 (ZGB) are apportioned according to the population size of the municipalities as per the cantonal population statistics (permanent resident population at the end of the previous year of the fiscal year) and are charged to the civil registry offices by the cantonal supervisory authority.

1. The Department of Justice and Security is the cantonal supervisory authority in civil status matters.

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1. The cantonal civil status officer is responsible for recording foreign decisions and documents concerning civil status based on orders issued by the supervisory authority (Art. 2 para. 2a ZStV).

2. The municipal council at the location where a foundling is discovered must be notified of the discovery (Art. 38 para. 1 ZStV).

1. For court judgments and administrative orders that must be registered in the Canton of Lucerne, the civil registry offices are responsible in the following order

a. the civil registry office at the residence in Lucerne of one of the involved persons,

b. the civil registry office at the place of origin in Lucerne of one of the involved persons,

c. the civil registry office at the seat of the authority that made the first instance decision.

2. Federal administrative orders are registered by the civil registry office at the place of origin of one of the involved persons.

3. The courts and administrative authorities shall determine which civil registry office in accordance with Paragraph 1a or b is responsible for the registration, and shall notify it of their judgment or order upon the judgment or order becoming final.

1. The registers shall be maintained in the German language.

1. Civil status cases are published only upon request and with the consent of all parties involved.

1. The Ordinance on Civil Status Matters of October 29, 1953, is repealed.

1. The regulation shall enter into force on January 1, 2002, subject to approval by the Federation. It is to be published.