CH-ZH
Ordinance on the Reporting Office for Found Animals
Table of Provisions (9)
Statutory Text (9 Articles)
1. The Directorate of Health operates the reporting office in the sense of Art. 720a of the Swiss Civil Code (SCC).
2. The reporting office
a. receives reports of found animals;
b. receives reports of missing animals, insofar as this is necessary for the performance of the task under lit. c;
c. attempts to identify the presumed owner of the found animal by comparing the available data.
3. The housing and feeding of found animals, as well as the rehoming of animals, are not tasks of the reporting office.
1. Any person who finds an animal without knowing its owner must report this to the reporting office using the official form.
2. Police authorities and municipal administrations shall promptly forward the forms submitted to them to the reporting office.
3. Any person who takes charge of a found animal within the meaning of Art. 722 para. 1ter CC2 must report this to the reporting office.
Reporting of Found Animals
1 Reporting Office for Missing Animals. Reports of
2 The police authorities and the municipal administrations can receive reports of missing animals. These must be forwarded to the reporting office without delay.
missing animals
To fulfill its duties, the reporting office operates a data collection.
Data collection with the following information
a. Name, first name, and address of the finder of an animal and of the presumed owner of an animal,
b. Animal species, description, and where applicable, identification of found animals,
c. Place of finding and whereabouts of found animals,
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d. Information about the circumstances of the finding,
e. Procedure data,
f. Data on missing animals, to the extent necessary for identifying the presumed owner of an animal.
1 The data is usually collected from the finder. Additionally, the reporting office may obtain or inspect data on animals from existing data collections held by federal, cantonal, and communal authorities or by private entities.
2 The finder, as well as the competent cantonal and communal authorities, are obliged to provide the reporting office with the necessary information.
3 The reporting office may exchange data with reporting offices of other cantons.
1 Disclosure of Data
1 In the context of a notification according to § 7, the reporting office may disclose data from its data collection to the finder, the presumed owner, or the animal shelter.
2 The reporting office may publish data anonymously or with the consent of the person concerned.
3 After the notification according to § 7 has been made, the data will be deleted. Further storage of data for archiving purposes remains reserved.
1 Ascertainment of the Presumed Owner
1 If the reporting office can ascertain the presumed owner of a found animal, it shall notify the finder and the presumed owner accordingly.
2 If the presumed owner of a found animal cannot be ascertained within two months of the receipt of the report of the find by the reporting office, the reporting office shall notify the finder accordingly.
3 Persons who have notified the reporting office that they have taken possession of an animal within the meaning of Art. 722 para. 1ter CC2 shall receive a notification according to para. 1 or 2 instead of the finder.
1 For the notification to the presumed owner in accordance with § 7 para. 1, the reporting office levies a flat fee.
2 The Health Directorate determines the amount of the fee.
Ordinance on the Reporting Office for Found Animals
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Entry into Force
1 OS 60, 124.
2 SR 210.
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