Ordinance on the Publication of Acquisitions of Landed Property - Principle

1. The registrar publishes the acquisition of ownership of real estate in the next issue of the official gazette.

2. Also specifically published is the acquisition

a) through the establishment or transfer of independent and permanent rights (building rights, water rights, etc.);

b) as a result of inheritance distribution as well as through marital agreements and property settlement, to the extent that the acquisition is apparent in the land register;

c) through compulsory execution and judicial judgment.

1. Acquisition Not Published

a) through universal succession (such as inheritance, merger, establishment of community property, accretion as a result of withdrawal from a collective ownership relationship);

b) through expropriation;

c) through exchange for boundary improvement, if no more than 500 m² per plot changes ownership;

d) through increase of co-ownership shares and of value quotas in condominium ownership by less than 10%;

e) for the construction or alteration of roads, paths, canals, and similar.

1. The publications appear in the Official Gazette under the title: Transfers of Real Property, Article 970a Swiss Civil Code (ZGB) / § 313 Introductory Act to the Swiss Civil Code (EG ZGB).

2. The publication includes

a) the municipality, the land register number, the area, as well as the cadastral name; if buildings are present: the designation, the street name, and the number of the buildings;

b) the names (for natural persons also the year of birth) as well as the domicile or registered office of the persons selling the property and those acquiring it;

c) the date of the acquisition of ownership by the person selling the property;

d) in the case of co-ownership, the share; in the case of condominium ownership, the percentage value, the description of the condominium unit, and with respect to the main property: the land register number, as well as the cadastral name, further the designation, the street name, and the number of the building.

3. The reason for acquisition is not published.

4. If a property is acquired under several dates or if a person acquires several properties from the same person at the same time, the information in the publication is consolidated; the date of the last acquisition of ownership is specified in detail.

1. The Administrative Office Inspector prepares templates and ensures uniform application of this regulation throughout the entire canton.

1. This regulation requires the approval of the Federal Government. It shall enter into force upon publication in the Official Gazette. The right of objection by the Cantonal Council is reserved.

2. The following are repealed

a) the Ordinance on the Introduction of the Urgent Federal Resolution Concerning a Moratorium on the Sale of Non-Agricultural Properties of October 17, 1989;

b) the Ordinance on the Introduction of the Federal Resolution on a Mortgage Limit for Non-Agricultural Properties of February 26, 1992.