Key facts
Infostar is the centralised register for the electronic registration of civil status events (births, marriages, deaths, etc.), made available to the cantons by the Confederation since 2005. It has almost 1,200 users across 142 civil register offices. The application is managed by the Infostar Unit of the Federal Office of Justice (FOJ) and the IT Service Centre of the Federal Department of Justice and Police (ISC-FDJP). A modernisation project costing some CHF 23.7 million is currently under way, with completion originally planned for 2023.