Swiss Civil Code

¹ By vir­tue of ac­quis­i­tion, the ac­quirer gains a per­son­al claim against the own­er to be re­cor­ded in the land re­gister and, should the own­er re­fuse, the right to have own­er­ship awar­ded by court or­der.

² In the case of ap­pro­pri­ation, in­her­it­ance, com­puls­ory pur­chase, debt en­force­ment or court judg­ment, the ac­quirer may ob­tain such re­gis­tra­tion on his or her own ini­ti­at­ive.

³ Changes to land own­er­ship oc­cur­ring by op­er­a­tion of law as a res­ult of mar­it­al com­munity of prop­erty or the dis­sol­u­tion there­of shall be re­cor­ded in the land re­gister at the re­quest of either spouse.⁵⁷⁶