In this note it is argued that there is a “right to die” and subsequently asked, whether such right can be delegated to the end of assisted suicide. It is a widely and controversially disputed issue. In the discussion medical, ethic and legal perspectives dominate.However, the present contribution is not meant to review and assess the controversial positions against some preceding standard. It rather attempts to shed some light on the significance of a „right to die“ from the point of view of the economic theory of property rights. To this end it proceeds in three steps: Given the fact that suicide can inflict mental as well as material harm to others it is questioned, if there are means to deter people from committing suicide or alternatively induce them to take appropriate steps to avoid harm. It is then asked what the peculiar conditions for assisted suicide could be and suggested that this establishes a specific kind of contract. Finally it is discussed why from the present perspective one-sided assistance to premature death (euthanasia) is ruled out.