Swiss Civil Code

¹ The ac­quis­i­tion of land own­er­ship must be re­cor­ded in the land re­gister.

² In the case of ap­pro­pri­ation, in­her­it­ance, com­puls­ory pur­chase, debt en­force­ment or court judg­ment, the ac­quirer be­comes the own­er even be­fore re­gis­tra­tion in the land re­gister but ob­tains the power of dis­pos­al over the im­mov­able prop­erty only once he or she has been re­cor­ded as the own­er in the land re­gister.