Building encumbrances, list of building encumbrances

Easements are obligations under public law imposed on property owners to perform, tolerate, or refrain from certain actions regarding their property that are not already required by public law regulations. This enables the expansion of construction or use on another property.

Easements are established by means of a written declaration submitted to the building authority. The signature must be notarized or provided at a surveying office or before the building authority, or acknowledged before it.
The easements
take effect upon entry in the easement register, without prejudice to the rights of third parties. Easements remain in force even upon the sale of the property and are therefore also binding on legal successors.

The building obligation is terminated by a written waiver from the building supervisory authority. The waiver must be declared if there is no longer a public interest in the building obligation. The obligated party and the beneficiaries of the building obligation should be consulted prior to the waiver. The waiver becomes effective with the deletion of the building encumbrance in the register of building encumbrances.

The register of easements is maintained by the building authority. Other obligations under building law that the property owner must perform, tolerate, or refrain from performing with respect to his or her property, as well as conditions, time limits, and reservations of revocation, may also be entered in the register of building encumbrances.
Any person
who demonstrates a legitimate interest may inspect the register of building encumbrances and obtain copies thereof.