Swiss Civil Code

¹ When the prop­erty law comes in­to force and be­fore the in­tro­duc­tion of the land re­gister, the can­tons may des­ig­nate the pro­ced­ures, such those for draw­ing up doc­u­ments or re­gis­tra­tion in the re­gisters for land, li­ens and ser­vitudes, that will im­me­di­ately have the ef­fect of be­ing re­cor­ded in the land re­gister.

² Even without or be­fore the in­tro­duc­tion of the land re­gister, it may be provided that these pro­ced­ures have the same ef­fect as be­ing re­cor­ded in the land re­gister in the case of the cre­ation, trans­fer, modi­fic­a­tion and ex­tinc­tion of rights in rem.

³ However, in the event that the land re­gister it­self is not in­tro­duced or an­oth­er equi­val­ent in­sti­tu­tion es­tab­lished, these pro­ced­ures do not have the same ef­fect as be­ing re­cor­ded in the land re­gister in re­la­tion to third parties re­ly­ing there­on in good faith.