Book 4 — Property
Ownership, possession, usufruct, superficies, servitudes, right of habitation, mortgage.
Sections 1298–1434
Annotated sections in this Book
- §1298 Limited number of real rights Limited number of real rights.
- §1299 Registration of real rights in immovables Any acquisition or change of a real right in immovable property must be registered to bind third parties. Without registration, the right exists only between…
- §1300 Bona fide purchaser protection Where land is transferred for value to a third party who acts in good faith and registers the transfer, that third party's title prevails against…
- §1301
- §1302
- §1303
- §1304
- §1305
- §1306
- §1307
- §1308
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- §1327
- §1328
- §1329
- §1330
- §1331
- §1332
- §1333
- §1334
- §1335
- §1336 Right of owner to recover property and to prevent unlawful interference An owner can use, dispose of, and take the income from their property, and can demand its return from anyone holding it without right. This…
- §1337
- §1338
- §1339
- §1340
- §1341
- §1342
- §1343
- §1344
- §1345
- §1346
- §1347
- §1348
- §1349 Way of necessity over neighbouring land If your land has no road access because other land surrounds it, you may cross neighbouring land to reach the public road — but you…
- §1350
- §1351
- §1352
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- §1354
- §1355
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- §1361
- §1362
- §1363
- §1364
- §1365
- §1366
- §1367 Possession — definition A person who holds a thing with intention to hold it for themselves acquires possession of it.
- §1368
- §1369
- §1370
- §1371
- §1372
- §1373
- §1374
- §1375
- §1376
- §1377
- §1378
- §1379
- §1380
- §1381
- §1382 Adverse possession — ten years (immovable) / five years (movable) If you possess someone else's land peacefully, openly, and as if you owned it for ten unbroken years (five for movables), you become the legal…
- §1383
- §1384
- §1385
- §1386
- §1387 Servitude — definition A servitude is a real right by which one piece of land (the servient land) is subjected to a charge for the benefit of another…
- §1388
- §1389
- §1390
- §1391 Servitude over subdivided allotment When land is subdivided, any internal roads, drainage, or utilities serving multiple plots become a statutory servitude burdening the developer's retained land for the benefit…
- §1392
- §1393
- §1394
- §1395
- §1396
- §1397
- §1398
- §1399
- §1400
- §1401
- §1402 Right of habitation — definition A person granted the right of habitation may live, free of rent, in a dwelling on another's land, for a term that may extend to…
- §1403 Habitation — duration and transfer Right of habitation lasts for the period stipulated, the holder's lifetime, or 30 years maximum if no period is fixed. It is not transferable or…
- §1404
- §1405
- §1406
- §1407
- §1408
- §1409
- §1410 Superficies — definition Superficies is the registered right to own buildings, structures, or plantations on another's land, separately from the land itself.
- §1411 Superficies — duration Superficies may be granted for a fixed term, for the life of the holder, or for the life of the landowner. A term exceeding 30…
- §1412
- §1413 Superficies — transfer and inheritance Superficies, unless restricted by the deed, is transferable inter vivos and transmissible by inheritance.
- §1414
- §1415 Superficies — extinguishment by abandonment The superficiary may abandon the right at any time. After 5 consecutive years of non-use, the right may also be extinguished by court order on…
- §1416
- §1417 Usufruct — definition Usufruct gives a person the right to possess, use, and take the fruits and income of someone else's immovable property — typically a house or…
- §1418 Usufruct — duration Usufruct may be granted for a fixed term up to 30 years, or for the holder's lifetime. The right cannot pass to heirs.
- §1419 Usufruct — usufructuary's obligations The usufructuary must use and enjoy the property as a careful person would, maintaining its substance and paying the ordinary expenses of upkeep.
- §1420
- §1421
- §1422 Usufruct — subletting allowed The usufructuary may lease the property to a third party for a term not exceeding the usufruct's own duration.
- §1423
- §1424
- §1425
- §1426
- §1427
- §1428 Usufruct — extinguishment Usufruct extinguishes upon expiry of its term, the holder's death, abandonment by the holder, or destruction of the property.
- §1429 Right of charge — definition Right of charge — definition.
- §1430
- §1431
- §1432
- §1433
- §1434