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Art. 731 Schweizerisches Zivilgesetzbuch (ZGB)
ZGB; Zweite Abteilung: Die beschränkten dinglichen Rechte; Einundzwanzigster Titel: Die Dienstbarkeiten und Grundlasten; Erster Abschnitt: Die Grunddienstbarkeiten; B. Errichtung und Untergang; I. Errichtung; 1. Eintragung
Art. 731 ZGB
Zur Errichtung einer Grunddienstbarkeit bedarf es der Eintragung in das Grundbuch.
Für Erwerb und Eintragung gelten, soweit es nicht anders geordnet ist, die Bestimmungen über das Grundeigentum.
Die Ersitzung ist nur zu Lasten von Grundstücken möglich, an denen das Eigentum ersessen werden kann.
Gerichtsentscheide zu dieser Bestimmung (43)
VPB 2007.2871 (Art. 731 al. 2 CC)
Swiss Confederation Property Transfer Correction
Cited to justify the validity of this decision as proof for registration of the new rights holder in the land register.
VPB 2004.1218 (Art. 656 al. 2 et art. 731 al. 2 CC)
Federal Telecommunications Company and Postal Service Real Estate Rights Transfer Clarification
Cited as justification for the title legitimizing the inscription of the new rights holder in the land register.
VPB du-25-novembre-1998 (Art. 731, al. 2, CC)
Federal Council Decree on Transfer of Real Estate Rights to SBB SA
Cited as justification for inscription of new ownership in the land register based on this Federal Council decree.
VPB du-12-novembre-1997 (art. 731 al. 2 CC)
Federal Real Estate Transfer from PTT to La Poste and Swisscom
Cited as the legal basis for legitimizing the inscription of new right holders in the land register.
ZR1 2023 118 · gr (Art. 731 Abs. 2 und 3 ZGB)
Condominium Owners v. Adjacent Lot Owner: Acquisitive Prescription of Communal Parking Easement
This provision regarding the extension of extraordinary acquisitive prescription rules to limited real rights (like servitudes) forms the substantive basis for upholding the acquisition of the usage rights.
ZR1 2023 118 · gr (Art. 731 Abs. 2 und 3 ZGB)
Prescriptive Acquisition of Parking Easement by Apartment Co-owners
Cited in the reasoning (Section 2.1) regarding the applicability of Art. 662 ZGB to the extraordinary acquisitive prescription of limited real rights (Dienstbarkeiten).
600.2024.72 · bl (Art. 731 Abs. 2 i.V.m. Art. 662 ZGB)
Sewer Line Relocation Costs: Court Lacks Jurisdiction Over Unregistered Rights
The court cited these provisions to explain the conditions under which a servitude can be acquired through prescription.
ZR1 2023 146 · gr (art. 731 cpv. 3 CC)
Appellant v. Appellee: Extraordinary Acquisitive Prescription of Right of Way
Cited by the court as the basis for the applicability of extraordinary acquisitive prescription to predial servitudes.
ZKBER.2025.10 · so (Art. 731 Abs. 3 ZGB)
Access Dispute Over Neighbor's Property: Lack of Proven Real Right
Cited in the reasoning regarding the impossibility of acquiring a right of way by prescription (Ersitzung) due to the nature of the appellant's alleged right.
AC.2023.0085 · vd (art. 731 CC)
Appeal Against Building Permits Based on Procedural and Zoning Objections, Conditioned on Access Servitude Registration
The validity of the building permits is conditioned upon the required easements being duly registered in the land register (a private law matter the administrative court dealt with prejudicially).
BO.2023.25.K1 · sg (Art. 731 f. ZGB)
Extinguishment of Parking Servitude by Overlapping Public Right-of-Way
Cited when describing the formal requirements (public deed and registration) for the creation of an easement.
V 2022 3 · zg (Art. 731 Abs. 1 ZGB)
Appeal Against Demolition and Single-Family Home Permit Over Attic Story Setback
Cited as a general legal provision concerning the establishment of real rights (Grunddienstbarkeit), although the ruling on the servitude was based on interpretation of the contract and not procedural invalidity under this article.
16.2021.51 · ti (art. 731 cpv. 2 CC)
Appellant v. Appellee: Vehicular Access Easement Dispute
Cited as the basis for applying articles 661 to 663 CC regarding the acquisition of real rights by prescription.
OG O4V 20 10 · ar (Art. 731 Abs. 3 ZGB)
Building Permit Revocation Due to Insufficient Easement Access
Mentioned in the reasoning (4.6) regarding prescription/acquisitive prescription of servitudes, but not cited in the dispositive orders.
CACIV.2020.86 · ne (Art. 731 al. 1 CC)
Shared Wall Servitude and Indemnity Liability Dispute
This article was discussed in relation to the constitutive nature of the inscription for servitude establishment, impacting when the indemnity under Art. 674 al. 3 CC is due.