Federal Act
on the Acquisition of Immovable Property
in Switzerland by Foreign Non-Residents
(ANRA)

¹ The can­tons may by law stip­u­late that an ac­quis­i­tion be au­thor­ised if the im­mov­able prop­erty is to be used:

a.

for the con­struc­tion of so­cial hous­ing un­der can­ton­al law and without fed­er­al fin­an­cial aid in loc­a­tions where there is a short­age of hous­ing, or if newly con­struc­ted res­id­en­tial build­ings are loc­ated on the im­mov­able prop­erty;

b.³⁵

...

c.

as the second home for a nat­ur­al per­son in a loc­a­tion with which that per­son has an ex­cep­tion­ally close re­la­tion­ship worthy of pro­tec­tion, provided the re­la­tion­ship is long-term.

² The can­tons may also stip­u­late by law that a nat­ur­al per­son may be au­thor­ised to ac­quire a hol­i­day home or an ac­com­mod­a­tion unit in an apar­thotel as part of the can­ton­al quota.

³ The can­tons shall de­term­ine the loc­a­tions where hol­i­day homes or ac­com­mod­a­tion units in apar­tho­tels should be ac­quired by for­eign non-res­id­ents in or­der to pro­mote tour­ism.³⁶

⁴ An au­thor­isa­tion does not count to­wards the quota if:

a.

the seller has already been au­thor­ised to ac­quire the hol­i­day home or ac­com­mod­a­tion unit in an apar­thotel;

b.

it is gran­ted un­der Art­icle 8 para­graph 3;

c.

it is gran­ted for the ac­quis­i­tion of a share in co-own­er­ship of a hol­i­day home or ac­com­mod­a­tion unit in an apar­thotel, provided the ac­quis­i­tion of an­oth­er share in co-own­er­ship in the same hol­i­day home or ac­com­mod­a­tion unit in an apar­thotel has already been coun­ted to­wards the quota.³⁷