Where a person dies, the persons who live with him are obligated to declare his death.
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 101
Persons Obligated to Declare Death · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
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.