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SCHKGLPLEF
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Art. 97 Bundesgesetz vom 11. April 1889 über Schuldbetreibung und Konkurs (SchKG)
SchKG; Dritter Titel: Betreibung auf Pfändung ; I. Pfändung ; C. Schätzung. Umfang der Pfändung
Art. 97 SchKG
Der Beamte schätzt die gepfändeten Gegenstände, nötigenfalls mit Zuziehung von Sachverständigen.
Es wird nicht mehr gepfändet als nötig ist, um die pfändenden Gläubiger für ihre Forderungen samt Zinsen und Kosten zu befriedigen.
Gerichtsentscheide zu dieser Bestimmung (259)
BGE 108 III 122 (Art. 97 al. 2 LP)
Retention Inventory Seizure Limit: Applying Article 97(2) of the Debt Collection Act to Extend Seizure Beyond Claim Value to Cover Risk of Third-Party Revendication
Applied by analogy to the inventory seizure to limit it to assets necessary to cover the debt, forming the basis for the reform of the lower decision.
A/1691/2025 · ge (art. 68, 97, 112 et 128 LP)
Creditors' Challenge to Enforcement Expense Invoices Mooted by Remedial Disclosure
Cited to justify the recourse to an expertise and the provisional charging of expert fees to the creditors as being lawful.
A/267/2025 · ge (Art. 97 al. 2 LP)
Debtor Loses Challenge to Seizure Scope After Providing Substitute Security
The court dismisses the substantive claim regarding the excessive nature of the seizure, referencing this provision regarding the loss of concrete interest.
SCBES.2025.20 · so (Art. 97 Abs. 2 SchKG)
Debtor's Appeal Against Asset Inventory: Ownership Dispute vs. Valuation Review in Rent Enforcement
Cited in relation to the rule that retention must only cover amounts necessary to cover the claim, analogous to seizure rules.
PS240259 · zh (Art. 97 SchKG)
Creditor's Appeal Regarding Attachment of Conditional Rental Income for Attorney's Fees
Cited in conjunction with Art. 275 SchKG regarding the principle of the scope of coverage (Deckungsumfangsprinzip) for the arrest.
SCBES.2024.18 · so (Art. 97 SchKG)
Appeal Against Real Estate Arrest Order and Valuation Challenge
Although discussed extensively, this provision was not explicitly cited in the final orders (dispositive).
SCBES.2024.31 · so (Art. 97 SchKG)
Challenge to Arrest Order Based on Prior Judgments and Property Valuation
Cited analogously in the reasoning to justify the procedures for enforcing the arrest, specifically regarding valuation, but it is not explicitly cited in the final orders.
A/1176/2024 · ge (art. 97 al. 2 LP)
Enforcement Office Seizure of Sole Proprietorship Funds Upheld Despite Beneficial Ownership Claim
The complainant did not establish that the seizure was excessive.
A/766/2024 · ge (art. 97 LP)
Challenge to Sale Requisition Dismissed as Inadmissible and Time-Barred
Cited in the reasoning to explain that the valuation in the record of seizure was correctly made under this article, although the court ultimately ruled on inadmissibility.
A/3937/2023 · ge (art. 97 al. 1 LP)
Challenging Excessive Property Seizure Valuation
Cited in the reasoning regarding the duty to estimate seized assets, relevant to the instruction to complete the record with a realizable value for the real estate.
PS240003 · zh (Art. 97 Abs. 2 SchKG)
Debtor's Appeal Dismissed in Debt Enforcement Case
Applied to determine the permissibility of a surcharge for future interest and procedural costs in the context of debt enforcement.
A/429/2023 · ge (art. 97 al. 1 LP)
Debtor Challenges Property Valuation in Foreclosure Amidst Conflicting Appraisals
Cited in the context of the Office's initial estimation duties, which triggered the request for a second opinion.
A/1451/2023 · ge (art. 97 LP)
Creditor Challenge to Seizure Order Regarding Vehicle Seizure and Calculation of Living Expenses
Cited in the reasoning section regarding the principle of seizing only what is necessary to cover the debt.
A/2323/2022 · ge (art. 97 al. 1 LP)
Debtor Property Valuation Dispute in Enforcement Proceedings
Cited in relation to the first estimation that the debt collection office must have performed during the seizure.
A/1033/2023 · ge (art. 97 al. 1 LP)
Challenge to Public Auction of Seized Alcoholic Beverages
Cited in the reasoning when rejecting the appellant's first ground of complaint regarding the valuation of the seized goods.