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Search for dispositions (research)

You can request a search at ZTR for the testamentary dispositions of a deceased person.

The original copy of the inquiry result is sent by post, with delivery by email also available on request. The result can be issued in four languages (German, French, Italien, English).

Information and documents required for a research

In order to carry out your research, we require the following details and documents:

Your full billing and delivery address.
An official death certificate issued by a competent authority: An extract for the deceased person with registration of death from the Swiss Civil Register Infostar (Infostar forms 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.80, 7.3 or 7.4) or a foreign civil register.
The Register of Testaments accepts clearly legible death certificates in German, French, Italian, English, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch. Death certificates in any other language must be translated into one of the four languages used in the register (German, French, Italian or English).
Communication of other personal data for the deceased person if necessary (e.g. previous names, last home address).

All information and the official death certificate can be sent to us via the contact form or by post.

Legalisation with apostille

An apostille is a type of legalisation specific to international laws. It allows the authentication of the notary who legalized a certain document. This allows the legalisation of the document to be valid within the countries where apostilles are recognized.

Certain countries, for instance Spain, require a research of will certificate with an apostille for succession cases. If desired, we are able to inquire a notary who can legalize and obtain an apostille for our research certificate. The costs of this procedure are billed in a prepaid fashion.

Prices

Upon receipt of the research request, you will receive an invoice from ZTR. Your order will not be fulfilled until the invoice amount has been credited to our bank account.