Procedural status determines rights, duties to testify and access to counsel and the file; it should be established before the first substantive response.
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StPO · LR 312.0 · LGBl. 1988 Nr. 62 · Editorial explanation · not an official translation
Criminal Procedure and Investigations in Liechtenstein: StPO
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Editorial explanation · not an official translation
Key takeaways
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Search, seizure, asset restraint and access to bank or digital data require a specific legal basis, competent authority and proportionality.
A legal entity should lawfully preserve documents and separate business data, personal information and professionally privileged communications.
Deadlines for challenges and applications follow the particular act and service; a cross-border request also requires mutual-assistance analysis.
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Participant status and defence rights
Before an interview, information response or document production, it should be determined whether the person is an accused, witness, injured party, organisation representative or third-party holder of data or property. Warnings, protection against self-incrimination, counsel participation, file access and cooperation limits follow from that status. Authority of an organisation's representative and possible conflicts among the entity, organ and employee should be documented separately. A voluntary explanation is prepared only after understanding the question, evidential basis and risk of use in parallel proceedings.
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Coercive measures, assets and data
For each measure, the authority, written basis, object, purpose, nexus to suspected conduct, urgency and availability of a less restrictive method are tested. During search and seizure, an exact inventory is kept, media and access are recorded, and third-party rights and professional secrecy are asserted. Restraint of an account or other asset requires a map of legal and beneficial ownership, source of funds and transactions. Digital data additionally require defined periods, accounts, backups, encryption, personal data and cross-border storage so evidence is preserved without uncontrolled disclosure.
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Challenges, trial and cross-border requests
After every procedural act, its complete text, authority, service, deadline and available remedy should be recorded. A challenge connects the precise defect to the requested outcome: discharge, narrowing, return of property, file access or exclusion of evidence. Trial preparation is based on admissible evidence, a consistent position and separation of criminal, regulatory and civil workstreams. Where information or a measure relates to a foreign request, the mutual-assistance basis, speciality, permissible data use, affected-person rights and parallel proceedings require separate analysis.
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