Act on the Register of Residents and Cantonal Registers (ErG) - Residents' Office, Residents' Register (ErG)

1. Every political municipality shall maintain a residents' office.

2. The residents' office shall maintain the residents' register in accordance with the Federal Act on the Harmonization of Residents' Registers and Other Official Registers of Persons (Register Harmonization Act).

3. The government council may establish the management of additional characteristics necessary for the fulfillment of cantonal tasks.

4. The residents' register also serves as the electoral register.

1. The respective competent department supervises the enforcement.

2. The competent authorities oversee the coordination, implementation, and quality control of the register harmonization.

1. The processing or disclosure of data in the execution of this law is governed by the Data Protection Act.

2. Upon request by associations or non-profit organizations operating within the municipal area, the Residents' Registration Office may release the names and addresses of certain groups of people, provided there is a legitimate interest arising from the purpose of the institution.

3. In individual cases, address data may be disclosed to private individuals if a legitimate interest is credibly demonstrated in writing.

4. The disclosure or commercial use of such data is prohibited.

1. A primary residence within the meaning of this law is established by a person in the municipality where they are present with the intention of permanent residence, to create the center of their life, which must be apparent to third parties.

2. A person can have only one primary residence.

1. Secondary Residence within the meaning of this Act is established by a person in the municipality in which they stay for a specific purpose without the intention of permanent residence for at least three consecutive months or three months within one year.

2. Residence for the purpose of attending an educational institution or school, as well as the accommodation of a person in an educational, care, medical, or correctional institution, constitutes a secondary residence.

3. Only individuals who have a primary residence in Switzerland can establish a secondary residence.

1. The Conditions for the Establishment and Residence of Foreign Nationals are Governed by the Provisions of Immigration Law.

1. Whoever moves into a municipality, relocates within it, or moves away from it, must report this to the resident registration office within 14 days.

2. The person subject to the reporting requirement must provide truthful information to the resident registration office and, if necessary, document their details.

1. Landlords and property managements are obligated to the residents’ registration office to

1. report tenants and subtenants moving in and out within 14 days, free of charge;

2. provide information upon request concerning who occupies their rental properties.

2. Anyone who provides lodging in their household has the same reporting and information obligations to the residents’ registration office as landlords.

3. The reports and information include the name, first name, address, and the date of move-in or move-out.

4. Employers are required, upon request of the residents’ registration office, to provide information free of charge about the residence of the persons employed by them, provided that these persons have not fulfilled their personal reporting obligation.

1. Heads of collective households shall report to the residents' registration office at the end of the year all residents who have been staying in their collective household for at least three months.

2. For persons with their primary residence at the location of the collective household, the personal reporting obligation pursuant to § 7 applies.

1. The municipalities provide the data from the residents' register to the canton in electronic form.

2. The canton may use the data for official and statistical purposes and establish an electronic platform.

3. The municipalities process notifications related to the residents' register and subsequently send the updates to the cantonal specialist office.

1. The municipalities exchange data regarding the departure or arrival of residents in accordance with federal regulations.

2. The registry office is authorized to provide necessary data from the residents' register to the school districts, departments within the municipal administration, as well as utility and operations companies, for the fulfillment of their duties.

3. Upon moving to, leaving, or relocating within a municipality, individuals who belong to a recognized national church shall have their necessary data communicated by the registry office to the respective church community.

1. Utility and service enterprises, as well as other registry-maintaining entities of the canton and municipalities that possess data for determining or updating a person's housing identifier, shall provide this information to the residents' registration office free of charge.

1. The Government Council enacts provisions for the introduction of administrative housing numbering.

2. The municipalities may additionally introduce physical housing numbering.

1. The canton maintains a personal register and an object register.

1. In the cantonal personal register, data of natural and legal persons with personal or economic affiliation to the Canton of Thurgau are maintained.

2. Cantonal object registers include, in particular, properties, roads, buildings, and apartments.

3. The government council may issue supplementary provisions.

1. The government council regulates access to the registers and mutation notifications and designates the authorized entities.

2. Official bodies have access only to the data required for the fulfillment of their official duties.

3. Particularly sensitive personal data may only be accessed to the extent that a legal basis permits this.

4. The competent cantonal statistical office may use all, including particularly sensitive personal data, for statistical purposes, provided that the conditions of data protection regulations are met.

1. Data from the individual registers may be linked in accordance with data protection regulations.

2. For linking with third-party registers, the person or object identifier of the third-party register may be maintained as a technical tool in the cantonal personal register and assigned to the corresponding AHV insurance number.

3. The AHV insurance number may only be visible to entities legally authorized to use it.

1. The government council designates the authorities responsible for maintaining the registers.

2. It regulates their operation and duties.

1. The government council regulates the technical requirements concerning data management in the municipalities and issues regulations for the transmission of data to the canton.

2. Before issuing the implementing provisions, the government council consults with the municipalities.

1. Whoever violates the provisions of this law shall be punished with a fine.

1. The Act on the Establishment and Residence of Swiss Citizens of May 7, 1984, is repealed.

1. This law shall enter into force at a time determined by the governing council.