{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:101","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Persons Obligated to Declare Death","number":"101","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/101/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK I - PERSONS","title":"TITLE I - NATURAL PERSONS","chapter":"Chapter 3. - Proof of Civil Status","section":"Section 3. - Records of Civil Status","paragraph":"Paragraph 3. - Records of Death"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"Where a person dies, the persons who live with him are obligated to declare his death.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/101/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":45,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/45/?article=101&paragraph=p1#article-101-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"In default of such persons, such obligation shall devolve on the relatives by consanguinity or affinity, if they live in the same commune, and, in the absence of such relatives, on the nearest neighbors of the deceased.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/101/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":45,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/45/?article=101&paragraph=p2#article-101-p2"}]}],"caution":"This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur."}