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Art. 88 Schweizerische Strafprozessordnung (StPO) - Öffentliche Bekanntmachung
StPO; 2. Titel: Strafbehörden; 8. Kapitel: Allgemeine Verfahrensregeln
Art. 88 StPO · Öffentliche Bekanntmachung
Die Zustellung erfolgt durch Veröffentlichung in dem durch den Bund oder den Kanton bezeichneten Amtsblatt, wenn: a. der Aufenthaltsort der Adressatin oder des Adressaten unbekannt ist und trotz zumutbarer Nachforschungen nicht ermittelt werden kann; b. eine Zustellung unmöglich ist oder mit ausserordentlichen Umtrieben verbunden wäre; c. eine Partei oder ihr Rechtsbeistand mit Wohnsitz, gewöhnlichem Aufenthaltsort oder Sitz im Ausland kein Zustellungsdomizil in der Schweiz bezeichnet hat.
Die Zustellung gilt am Tag der Veröffentlichung als erfolgt.
Von Endentscheiden wird nur das Dispositiv veröffentlicht.
Einstellungsverfügungen und Strafbefehle gelten auch ohne Veröffentlichung als zugestellt.
Gerichtsentscheide zu dieser Bestimmung (123)
SB190095 · zh (Art. 88 Abs. 1 lit. c StPO)
Dismissal of Appeals for Untimely Submission and Imposition of Costs
Applied to order the publication of the decision in the official gazette because no service address was provided.
BS 2024 95 · zg (Art. 88 Abs. 1 lit. b StPO)
Appeal Against Partial Discontinuation of Investigation into Asset Offenses and Document Forgery
Used for the method of service (publication in the official gazette) because service to certain parties was impossible.
BEK 2025 14 · sz (Art. 88 Abs. 1 lit. a StPO)
Federal Civil Service Office v. Prosecutor (Ne Bis In Idem in Conscientious Objection Case)
This procedural rule was cited as the basis for serving the decision on the accused by publication in the official gazette due to unknown whereabouts.
BB.2025.1 (art. 88 al. 1 let. a CPP)
Late Opposition to Penalty Order Valid Due to Insufficient Service
The court found that the public prosecutor had undertaken all reasonable steps to locate the accused, justifying notification through the official gazette.
SK.2024.53 (Art. 88 Abs. 1 lit. b StPO)
Fine for Illegal Deposits Converted to 70-Day Jail Sentence
Used to justify public notification of the court invitation to respond when personal service is impossible or excessively difficult.
SBK.2024.330 · ag (Art. 88 Abs. 1 lit. b StPO)
Switzerland: Substituted Service for Foreign-Residing Accused Upheld
Cited as a potential basis for service by public notice due to impossibility or extraordinary difficulty of service.
SBK.2024.330 · ag (Art. 88 Abs. 1 lit. c StPO)
Switzerland: Substituted Service for Foreign-Residing Accused Upheld
Cited in the dispositive as a basis for future service by public notice if no delivery address is provided.
SK.2024.14 (Art. 88 al. 1 let. a à c CPP)
Improper Notification Voids Penal Order, Case Remanded for Further Investigation
Cited as not being met, which means the notification of the penal order was not validly carried out.
P/5002/2023 · ge (Art. 88 al. 1 let. a CPP)
Appeal Against Unenforceable Penal Order Due to Invalid Notification
Cited in the context of the due diligence required before notification by publication in the Official Gazette.
PS/20/2024 · ge (art. 88 al. 1 let. a CPP)
Expulsion Appeal Denied Despite Appellant's Claim of Hardship
Applied to order that the judgment be served by public notice due to the appellant's unknown place of residence.
BK 2023 208 · be (Art. 88 Abs. 4 StPO)
Prosecutor v. Regional Court on Validity of Penal Order Service
The substantive law provision used to justify the granting of the appeal regarding the presumed validity of the penal order.
ARMP.2023.82 · ne (Art. 88 al. 1 let. a CPP)
Appeal Against Prosecutor's Decision Not to Press Domestic Violence Charges Upheld Due to Inconsistent Testimony and Lack of New Evidence
Cited in the reasoning section regarding the authority's duty to search for the addressee when notification fails, informing the assessment of the appeal's admissibility.
BB.2023.83 (Art. 88 Abs. 1 lit. c StPO)
Swiss Case: Improper Service Invalidates Penalty Order
This provision was considered by the lower court as applicable due to the appellant not designating a new place of service in Switzerland after her previous legal representative withdrew.
BB.2023.83 (Art. 88 Abs. 4 StPO)
Swiss Case: Improper Service Invalidates Penalty Order
The court found that the conditions for applying the deemed delivery fiction were not met due to insufficient investigative steps.
502 2023 39 · fr (Art. 88 al. 1 let. a CPP)
Dismissal of Appeal for Failure to Pay Security Costs
This provision was used as the legal basis for the official publication concerning the security payment deadline.