Swiss Civil Code

¹ Every co-own­er has the right to re­quest the dis­sol­u­tion of the co-own­er­ship un­less this is ex­cluded by an agree­ment, by di­vi­sion of the ob­ject in­to con­domin­i­um units or by the ded­ic­a­tion of the ob­ject to a per­man­ent pur­pose.

² Dis­sol­u­tion may be ex­cluded for a max­im­um of 50 years by means of an agree­ment which, where the ob­ject is land, is val­id only if done as a pub­lic deed and which may be entered un­der pri­or­ity no­tice in the land re­gister.⁵⁶⁵

³ Dis­sol­u­tion may not be re­ques­ted at an in­op­por­tune time.