{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:143","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Inquiry","number":"143","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/143/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK I - PERSONS","title":"TITLE I - NATURAL PERSONS","chapter":"Chapter 4. - Absence","section":"Section 1. - Declaration of Absence","paragraph":null},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"The Court may order that an inquiry be made, with the assistance of the public prosecutor, in all places where it considers it useful, and in particular in the place of the last principal residence of the absentee and in the place where his presence has been noticed for the last time.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/143/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":55,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/55/?article=143&paragraph=lead#article-143-lead"}]}],"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."}