Part Four: Property Law
Division One: Ownership
Title Eighteen: General Provisions
< Art. 646 C. Collective ownership / I. Co-ownership / 1. Relationship among co-owners
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Art. 6471
2. Use and administration rules
1 The co-owners may agree rules on use and administration that deviate from the statutory provisions and provide therein that the rules may be amended with the consent of the majority of all co-owners.2
1bis Any amendment to the provisions of the use and administration rules on the allocation of exclusive rights of use also requires the consent of the co-owners who are directly affected.3
2 Such rules cannot annul or restrict the rights of each co-owner:
- 1.
- to request such measures as are necessary to preserve the object’s value and serviceability and, where required, to have these ordered by a court;
- 2.
- to take, on his or her own initiative and at the expense of all co-owners, such measures as are urgently needed to safeguard the object against imminent or incremental damage.
1 Amended in accordance with No I of the Federal Act of 19 Dec. 1963, in force since 1 Jan. 1965 (AS 1964 993 1005; BBl 1962 II 1461).
2 Amended in accordance with No I 1 of the Federal Act of 11 Dec. 2009 (Register Mortgage Certificates and other amendments to Property Law), in force since 1 Jan. 2012 (AS 2011 4637; BBl 2007 5283).
3 Inserted by No I 1 of the Federal Act of 11 Dec. 2009 (Register Mortgage Certificates and other amendments to Property Law), in force since 1 Jan. 2012 (AS 2011 4637; BBl 2007 5283).
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