Celui qui prend possession d’une chose sans maître, avec la volonté d’en devenir propriétaire, en acquiert la propriété.
1 Captured animals become ownerless if they regain their freedom and their owner fails to search for them immediately and persistently with a view to recapturing them.
2 Domesticated animals become ownerless once they regress to a feral state and no longer return to their masters.
3 Swarms of bees do not become ownerless by virtue of straying onto land belonging to others.
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This document is not an official publication. Only the publication of the Federal Chancellery is legally binding.