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Land register

The land register is a public directory managed by the district courts, into which land and the rights in rem concerning them are entered. The following rights can be entered into the land register: Ownership, flat ownership, right of lien, building right, easements, and land charges (there are different forms of both); furthermore, these can be proven through remarks and indications based upon certain legally relevant facts. This public inspection in the land register is supposed to retain all information about the ownership and charges of a property or residential unit. The importance of the land register is primarily that the rights in rem mentioned can only be acquired through entry into the land register (so-called entry principle) and that anyone can basically rely on the accuracy and integrity of the land register (so-called reliance principle).