1 If new exploitable land is formed from previously ownerless land as a result of alluvion, filling or ground displacement, changes in the course or level of public waters or in some other manner, such land belongs to the canton in which it lies.
2 The cantons are free to allocate such land to owners of adjoining land.
3 If a person can show that parts of ground have become detached from his or her property, he or she is entitled to take them back within an appropriate period.
1 Un immeuble immatriculé ne peut être acquis par occupation que s’il résulte du registre foncier que cet immeuble est devenu chose sans maître.
2 L’occupation des portions du sol qui ne sont pas immatriculées est soumise aux règles concernant les choses sans maître.
This document is not an official publication. Only the publication of the Federal Chancellery is legally binding.
Ceci n’est pas une publication officielle. Seule la publication opérée par la Chancellerie fédérale fait foi. Ordonnance sur les publications officielles, OPubl.