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Art. 38

210CCFederal ActJan 1, 1912Original source
  1. If no news is received during the set period, the missing person is declared presumed dead and rights derived from the fact of his or her death may be enforced as if death were proven.
  2. The declaration of presumed death has retroactive effect from the time of the life-threatening event or the last sign of life.
  3. A declaration of presumed death dissolves a marriage.1

Footnotes

  1. Inserted by No I 4 of the FA of 26 June 1998, in force since 1 Jan. 2000 (AS 1999 1118;BBl 1996 I 1).

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