As soon as the extracts have been published, the request is forwarded, via the public prosecutor, to the court, which rules on the basis of the exhibits and documents produced and having regard to the conditions of the disappearance, as well as the circumstances that may explain the lack of news.
The court may order any additional measures of information and, if necessary, prescribe that an investigation be carried out in the presence of the public prosecutor, when the latter is not himself the petitioner, in any place where it deems it useful, and in particular in the district of domicile or in those of the last residences, if they are distinct.