Swiss Civil Code

¹ The com­munity of con­domin­i­um own­ers is en­titled to es­tab­lish a li­en on each con­domin­i­um own­er’s unit as se­cur­ity for his or her por­tion of the shared costs over the pre­vi­ous three years.

² Re­gis­tra­tion of the li­en may be re­ques­ted by the ad­min­is­trat­or or, where no ad­min­is­trat­or has been ap­poin­ted, by any con­domin­i­um own­er so au­thor­ised by ma­jor­ity res­ol­u­tion or court or­der and by any per­son for whom the claim for shared costs has been dis­trained.

³ In oth­er re­spects, the pro­vi­sions gov­ern­ing the es­tab­lish­ment of a build­ing con­tract­or’s li­en ap­ply mu­tatis mutandis.