1 Where a person has been declared presumed dead, before his or her heirs or legatees succeed to the estate, they must furnish security for the restitution of the property to those with a prevailing claim or to the missing person himself.
2 Such security shall be furnished for five years in the case of disappearance in life-threatening circumstances and for 15 years in the case of absence without sign of life, but never beyond the date on which the missing person would have become 100 years old.
3 The five-year period runs from the date on which the estate is transferred and the 15-year period from the last sign of life.
1 L’hérédité elle-même, ou une chose en dépendant, peut être laissée par une clause de substitution à une personne qui n’est pas vivante lors de l’ouverture de la succession.
2 Les héritiers légaux ont la qualité de grevés, si le défunt n’en a pas disposé autrement.
This document is not an official publication. Only the publication of the Federal Chancellery is legally binding.
Ceci n’est pas une publication officielle. Seule la publication opérée par la Chancellerie fédérale fait foi. Ordonnance sur les publications officielles, OPubl.