Implementing Regulation of the Act of 9 May 1983 on the Control of Inhabitants (RLCH) - Form of Declarations [7] (RLCH)

1. In principle, individuals required to make declarations must personally appear at the resident control office.

1bis. Guardians and curators may make notifications by correspondence on behalf of the persons concerned.

2. An exception is made for landlords (art. 14 LCH) [A], who are permitted to make their notifications by correspondence.

3. Notification by the landlord does not exempt the guest from the formalities they must personally complete, and vice versa.

1. Individuals who accommodate their staff and tenants in relation to their subtenants for a period exceeding 3 months are notably considered as landlords.

1. With the exception of detainees (art. 13 LCH [A]), every person, including minors and individuals deprived of their civil rights, must be reported and registered at their actual place of residence, regardless of the location of their civil domicile.

1. Persons residing must provide proof of their establishment in another municipality by producing a certificate of establishment. If the stay is long-term, the residents' control office may require that this proof be renewed each year unless the person is registered in the cantonal register of people or any other database allowing verification of the establishment address.

1. The Population Service coordinates the activity of the communal offices.

2. It arbitrates their disputes.

1. The resident population register (Art. 17, Ch. 4, LCH) [A] must allow the distinction between permanent residents and temporary residents.

1. The resident control office notably conducts the annual census as of December 31 and maintains up-to-date records of arrivals and departures for the progressive population statistics of the municipalities.

1. The residents' control office issues certificates of residence or stay, departure or notice of departure, or any other certificates that fall within the competence of the residents' control office to individuals who demonstrate a need for them.

1. Decisions from the residents' control office may be appealed to the municipality within ten days following their communication.

2. When they involve the refusal of a request, these decisions must be justified and mention the means and time frame for appeal.

1. Departures are not announced at the destination location if it is abroad.

1. Communes may, by regulatory means, provide for the collection of a fee for

- the registration of a declaration of arrival, departure, change of civil status or address,

- the issuance of a certificate of establishment or residence, departure or notice of departure or any other certificate falling within the competence of the residents' registration office.

- the registration of the extension of a stay of more than one year when the main residence is maintained in another commune,

- the communication of information to private individuals (Art. 22, para. 1 LCH) [A],

- the communication of information to public law institutions carrying out commercial activities, unless an express provision of federal or cantonal law allows them to obtain such information free of charge.

- investigation or reminder fees if the resident fails to make their declarations in accordance with Articles 3 and 5 LCH.

2. This fee shall not exceed forty francs per operation.

3. The regulation setting fees for foreign police and asylum matters [C] is reserved.

1. The authority authorizing the transmission of data pursuant to Article 22, paragraph 3, LCH [A] shall determine in its decision the amount of the fee charged, based on the extent and complexity of the work performed by the population control office.

1. The fee is paid against receipt, which may be provided by a simple note on the issued document.

1. The formalities carried out pursuant to Article 7, paragraph 2, LCH [A] are exempt from fees.

2. The residents' control office may also waive any charges in cases of indigence.

1. Violations of this regulation are penalized in accordance with Article 24 LCH [A].

1. The Implementing Regulation of March 26, 1940, of the Law of November 22, 1939, on the Control of Residents is repealed.

1. The Department of Justice, Police, and Military Affairs [D] is responsible for the execution of the present regulation, which shall enter into force on July 1, 1984.