German Civil Code

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Book 1 General Part
Division 1 Persons
Title 1 Natural persons, consumers, entrepreneurs
Section 1	Beginning of legal capacity
Section 2	Beginning of majority
Sections 3 - 6	(repealed)
Section 7	Residence; establishment and termination
Section 8	Residence of persons who lack full capacity to contract
Section 9	Residence of a soldier
Section 10	(repealed)
Section 11	Residence of a child
Section 12	Right to a name
Section 13	Consumer
Section 14	Entrepreneur
Sections 15 - 20	(repealed)
Title 2 Legal persons
Subtitle 1 Associations
Chapter 1 General provisions
Section 21	Non-commercial association
Section 22	Commercial association
Section 23	Foreign association
Section 24	Seat
Section 25	Constitution
Section 26	Board; representation
Section 27	Appointment of and management by the board
Section 28	Passing of resolutions and representation
Section 29	Emergency appointment by local court [Amtsgericht]
Section 30	Special representatives
Section 31	Liability of an association for organs
Section 32	General meeting; passing of resolutions
Section 33	Amendment of articles of association
Section 34	Exclusion from voting
Section 35	Special rights
Section 36	Convening of the general meeting
Section 37	Convening a meeting at the request of a minority
Section 38	Membership
Section 39	Leaving the association
Section 40	Flexible provisions
Section 41	Dissolution of the association
Section 42	Insolvency
Section 43	Deprivation of legal personality
Section 44	Jurisdiction and proceedings
Section 45	Devolution of the assets of the association
Section 46	Devolution on the treasury
Section 47	Liquidation
Section 48	Liquidators
Section 49	Duties of the liquidators
Section 50	Public notice of the association in liquidation
Section 50a	Newspaper for notices
Section 51	One-year waiting period
Section 52	Security for creditors
Section 53	Liability in damages of the liquidators
Section 54	Associations without legal personality
Chapter 2 Registered associations
Section 55	Jurisdiction over entry in the register
Section 55a	Electronic register of associations
Section 56	Minimum number of members of the association
Section 57	Minimum requirements of the articles of association
Section 58	Recommended contents of the articles of association
Section 59	Application for registration
Section 60	Rejection of the application
Sections 61 - 63	(repealed)
Section 64	Contents of the entry in the register of associations
Section 65	Addition to name
Section 66	Public notice
Section 67	Changes to the board
Section 68	Protection of public confidence by the register of associations
Section 69	Evidence of composition of the board
Section 70	Restriction of power of agency; passing resolutions
Section 71	Amendments of the articles of association
Section 72	Certificate on number of members
Section 73	Decrease in numbers of members
Section 74	Dissolution
Section 75	Commencement of insolvency proceedings
Section 76	Entry of the liquidators in the register
Section 77	Form of notification
Section 78	Assessment of coercive fines
Section 79	Inspection of the register of associations
Subtitle 2 Foundations
Section 80	Formation of a foundation having legal personality
Section 81	Endowment transaction
Section 82	Duty of founder to make transfers
Section 83	Testamentary foundation
Section 84	Recognition after the death of the founder
Section 85	Constitution of foundation
Section 86	Application of law on associations
Section 87	Change of objects; termination
Section 88	Devolution of property
Subtitle 3 Legal persons under public law
Section 89	Liability for organs; insolvency
Division 2 Things and animals
Section 90	Concept of the thing
Section 90a	Animals
Section 91	Fungible things
Section 92	Consumable things
Section 93	Essential parts of a thing
Section 94	Essential parts of a plot of land or a building
Section 95	Merely temporary purpose
Section 96	Rights as parts of a plot of land
Section 97	Accessories
Section 98	Commercial and agricultural inventory
Section 99	Fruits
Section 100	Emoluments
Section 101	Division of fruits
Section 102	Reimbursement of costs of production
Section 103	Allocation of charges
Division 3 Legal transactions
Title 1 Capacity to contract
Section 104	Incapacity to contract
Section 105	Voidness of declaration of intent
Section 105a	Everyday transactions
Section 106	Limited capacity for minors to contract
Section 107	Consent of legal representative
Section 108	Entry into a contract without consent
Section 109	Right of revocation of the other party
Section 110	Payment by minor with own means
Section 111	Unilateral legal transactions
Section 112	Independent operation of a trade or business
Section 113	Service or employment relationship
Sections 114, 115	(repealed)
Title 2 Declaration of intent
Section 116	Mental reservation
Section 117	Sham transaction
Section 118	Lack of seriousness
Section 119	Voidability for mistake
Section 120	Voidability for incorrect transmission
Section 121	Period for avoidance
Section 122	Liability in damages of the person declaring avoidance
Section 123	Voidability on the grounds of deceit or duress
Section 124	Period for avoidance
Section 125	Voidness resulting from a defect of form
Section 126	Written form
Section 126a	Electronic form
Section 126b	Text form
Section 127	Agreed form
Section 127a	Court settlement
Section 128	Notarial recording
Section 129	Official certification
Section 130	Effectiveness of a declaration of intent to absent parties
Section 131	Effectiveness in relation to persons without full capacity to contract
Section 132	Substitution of service for receipt
Section 133	Interpretation of a declaration of intent
Section 134	Statutory prohibition
Section 135	Statutory prohibition of disposal
Section 136	Official prohibition of disposal
Section 137	Prohibition of dispositions in a legal transaction
Section 138	Legal transaction contrary to public policy; usury
Section 139	Partial invalidity
Section 140	Re-interpretation
Section 141	Confirmation of a void legal transaction
Section 142	Effect of avoidance
Section 143	Declaration of avoidance
Section 144	Confirmation of a voidable legal transaction
Title 3 Contract
Section 145	Binding effect of an offer
Section 146	Expiry of an offer
Section 147	Period for acceptance
Section 148	Fixing a period for acceptance
Section 149	Late receipt of a declaration of acceptance
Section 150	Late and altered acceptance
Section 151	Acceptance without declaration to the offeror
Section 152	Acceptance by notarial recording
Section 153	Death or incapacity to contract of the offeror
Section 154	Overt lack of agreement; lack of notarial recording
Section 155	Hidden lack of agreement
Section 156	Entry into contracts at auctions
Section 157	Interpretation of contracts
Title 4 Conditions and specification of time
Section 158	Conditions precedent and subsequent
Section 159	Retroactive effect
Section 160	Liability in the period of suspense
Section 161	Ineffectiveness of dispositions in the period of suspense
Section 162	Prevention of or bringing about the satisfaction of the condition
Section 163	Specification of time
Title 5 Agency and authority
Section 164	Effect of a declaration made by the agent
Section 165	Agent with limited capacity to contract
Section 166	Absence of intent; imputed knowledge
Section 167	Conferment of authority
Section 168	Expiry of authority
Section 169	Authority of the authorised representative and the managing partner
Section 170	Period of effectiveness of the authority
Section 171	Period of effectiveness in the case of announcement
Section 172	Letter of authorisation
Section 173	Period of effectiveness in the case of knowledge and negligent lack of knowledge
Section 174	Unilateral legal transaction by an authorised representative
Section 175	Return of the letter of authorisation
Section 176	Declaration of invalidity of the letter of authorisation
Section 177	Entry into contract by an unauthorised agent
Section 178	Right of revocation of the other party
Section 179	Liability of an unauthorised agent
Section 180	Unilateral legal transactions
Section 181	Contracting with oneself
Title 6 Consent and ratification
Section 182	Approval
Section 183	Revocability of consent
Section 184	Retroactive effect of ratification
Section 185	Disposition by an unauthorised person
Division 4 Periods of time and fixed dates
Section 186	Scope of applicability
Section 187	Beginning of a period of time
Section 188	End of a period of time
Section 189	Calculation of individual periods of time
Section 190	Extension of period
Section 191	Calculation of periods of time
Section 192	Beginning, middle and end of a month
Section 193	Sundays and holidays; Saturdays
Division 5 Limitation
Title 1 Subject-matter and duration of limitation
Section 194	Subject-matter of limitation
Section 195	Standard limitation period
Section 196	Limitation period for rights to a plot of land
Section 197	Thirty-year limitation period
Section 198	Limitation in the case of a successor in title
Section 199	Commencement of the standard limitation period and maximum periods
Section 200	Commencement of other limitation periods
Section 201	Commencement of the limitation period for recognised claims
Section 202	Inadmissibility of agreements on limitation
Title 2 Suspension, suspension of expiry and recommencement of the limitation period
Section 203	Suspension of limitation in the case of negotiations
Section 204	Suspension of limitation as a result of prosecution of rights
Section 205	Suspension of limitation in the case of a right to refuse performance
Section 206	Suspension of limitation in case of force majeure
Section 207	Suspension of limitation for family and other reasons
Section 208	Suspension of limitation in the case of claims for infringement of the right to sexual self-determination
Section 209	Effect of suspension
Section 210	Suspension of expiry of the limitation period in the case of persons without full capacity to contract
Section 211	Suspension of expiry in matters relating to estates
Section 212	Recommencement of the limitation period
Section 213	Suspension, suspension of expiry and recommencement of limitation in the case of other claims
Title 3 Legal consequences of limitation
Section 214	Effect of limitation
Section 215	Set-off and right of retention after a claim is statute-barred
Section 216	Effect of limitation in the case of secured claims
Section 217	Limitation of collateral performance
Section 218	Ineffectiveness of withdrawal
Sections 219 - 225	(repealed)
Division 6 Exercise of rights, self-defence, self-help
Section 226	Prohibition of chicanery
Section 227	Self-defence against persons
Section 228	Necessity
Section 229	Self-help
Section 230	Limits of self-help
Section 231	Self-help by mistake
Division 7 Provision of security
Section 232	Types
Section 233	Effect of deposit
Section 234	Suitable securities
Section 235	Right to exchange
Section 236	Registered claims
Section 237	Movable things
Section 238	Mortgages, land charges and annuity land charges
Section 239	Surety
Section 240	Duty to supplement security
Book 2 Law of Obligations
Division 1 Subject matter of obligations
Title 1 Duty of performance
Section 241	Duties arising from an obligation
Section 241a	Unsolicited performance
Section 242	Performance in good faith
Section 243	Obligation in kind
Section 244	Foreign currency obligation
Section 245	Obligation payable in a specific denomination of money
Section 246	Statutory interest rate
Section 247	Basic rate of interest
Section 248	Compound interest
Section 249	Nature and extent of damages
Section 250	Damages in money after the specification of a period of time
Section 251	Damages in money without the specification of a period of time
Section 252	Lost profits
Section 253	Intangible damage
Section 254	Contributory negligence
Section 255	Assignment of claims to compensation
Section 256	Payment of interest on expenses
Section 257	Claim for release
Section 258	Right of removal
Section 259	Extent of duty to render account
Section 260	Duties when returning or providing information on an aggregate of objects
Section 261	Modifying a declaration in lieu of an oath; costs
Section 262	Alternative obligation; right of choice
Section 263	Exercise of the right of choice; effect
Section 264	Default by the person entitled to the right of choice
Section 265	Impossibility in case of alternative obligations
Section 266	Part performance
Section 267	Performance by third parties
Section 268	Right of redemption of a third party
Section 269	Place of performance
Section 270	Place of payment
Section 271	Time of performance
Section 272	Interim interest
Section 273	Right of retention
Section 274	Effects of the right of retention
Section 275	Exclusion of the duty of performance
Section 276	Responsibility of the obligor
Section 277	Standard of care in ones own affairs
Section 278	Responsibility of the obligor for third parties
Section 279	(repealed)
Section 280	Damages for breach of duty
Section 281	Damages in lieu of performance for nonperformance or failure to render performance as owed
Section 282	Damages in lieu of performance for breach of a duty under section 241 (2)
Section 283	Damages in lieu of performance where the duty of performance is excluded
Section 284	Reimbursement of futile expenses
Section 285	Return of reimbursement
Section 286	Default of the obligor
Section 287	Liability during default
Section 288	Default interest
Section 289	Prohibition of compound interest
Section 290	Interest on compensation for value
Section 291	Interest during legal proceedings
Section 292	Liability in the case of a duty to return
Title 2 Default by the obligee
Section 293	Default in acceptance
Section 294	Actual offer
Section 295	Verbal offer
Section 296	Dispensability of the offer
Section 297	Inability of the obligor
Section 298	Concurrent performance
Section 299	Temporary prevention of acceptance
Section 300	Effects of default by the obligee
Section 301	Cessation of interest
Section 302	Emoluments
Section 303	Right to abandon possession
Section 304	Compensation for extra expenses
Division 2 Drafting contractual obligations by means of standard business terms
Section 305	Incorporation of standard business terms into the contract
Section 305a	Incorporation in special cases
Section 305b	Priority of individually agreed terms
Section 305c	Surprising and ambiguous clauses
Section 306	Legal consequences of non-incorporation and ineffectiveness
Section 306a	Prohibition of circumvention
Section 307	Test of reasonableness of contents
Section 308	Prohibited clauses with the possibility of evaluation
Section 309	Prohibited clauses without the possibility of evaluation
Section 310	Scope of application
Division 3 Contractual obligations
Title 1 Creation, subject matter and termination
Subtitle 1 Creation
Section 311	Obligations created by legal transaction and obligations similar to legal transactions
Section 311a	Obstacle to performance when contract is entered into
Section 311b	Contracts on plots of land, assets and an estate
Section 311c	Application to accessories
Subtitle 2 Particular types of sale
Section 312	Right of revocation in the case of doorstep transactions
Section 312a	Relationship to other provisions
Section 312b	Distance contracts
Section 312c	Giving information to a consumer in distance contracts
Section 312d	Right of revocation and right of return in distance contracts
Section 312e	Duties in electronic business dealings
Section 312f	Termination and power of attorney to terminate
Section 312g	Deviating agreements
Subtitle 3 Adaptation and ending of contracts
Section 313	Interference with the basis of the transaction
Section 314	Termination, for a compelling reason, of contracts for the performance of a continuing obligation
Subtitle 4 Unilateral rights to specify performance
Section 315	Specification of performance by one party
Section 316	Specification of consideration
Section 317	Specification of performance by a third party
Section 318	Avoidance of specification
Section 319	Ineffectiveness of the specification; substitution
Title 2 Reciprocal contracts
Section 320	Defence of unperformed contract
Section 321	Defence of uncertainty
Section 322	Order to perform reciprocally and simultaneously
Section 323	Withdrawal for nonperformance or for performance not in conformity with the contract
Section 324	Withdrawal for breach of a duty under section 241 (2)
Section 325	Damages and withdrawal
Section 326	Release from consideration and withdrawal where the duty of performance is excluded
Section 327	(repealed)
Title 3 Promise of performance to a third party
Section 328	Contract for the benefit of third parties
Section 329	Interpretation rule where there is an assumption of the duty to perform
Section 330	Interpretation rule in the case of life annuity contracts
Section 331	Performance after death
Section 332	Modification by disposition mortis causa in case of reservation
Section 333	Rejection of the right by the third party
Section 334	Objections of the obligor in relation to the third party
Section 335	Right of the promisee to make demands
Title 4 Earnest, contractual penalty
Section 336	Interpretation of earnest
Section 337	Crediting or return of the earnest
Section 338	Earnest in case of impossibility of performance for which giver of earnest is responsible
Section 339	Payability of contractual penalty
Section 340	Promise to pay a penalty for nonperformance
Section 341	Promise of a penalty for improper performance
Section 342	Alternatives to monetary penalty
Section 343	Reduction of the penalty
Section 344	Ineffective promise of a penalty
Section 345	Burden of proof
Title 5 Withdrawal; right of revocation and right of return in consumer contracts
Subtitle 1 Withdrawal
Section 346	Effects of withdrawal
Section 347	Emoluments and outlays after withdrawal
Section 348	Reciprocal and simultaneous performance
Section 349	Declaration of withdrawal
Section 350	Extinction of the right of withdrawal after a period of time has been specified
Section 351	Indivisibility of the right of withdrawal
Section 352	Set-off after nonperformance
Section 353	Withdrawal in return for forfeit money
Section 354	Forfeiture of rights
Subtitle 2 Right of revocation and right of return in consumer contracts
Section 355	Right of revocation in consumer contracts
Section 356	Right of return in consumer contracts
Section 357	Legal consequences of revocation and return
Section 358	Connected contracts
Section 359	Objections in the case of connected contracts
Sections 360, 361	(repealed)
Division 4 Extinction of obligations
Title 1 Performance
Section 362	Extinction by performance
Section 363	Burden of proof in the case of acceptance as performance of contract
Section 364	Acceptance in lieu of performance of contract
Section 365	Warranty in the case of performance in lieu of performance of contract
Section 366	Crediting of performance to more than one claim
Section 367	Crediting to interest and costs
Section 368	Receipt
Section 369	Costs of the receipt
Section 370	Performance to the bringer of the receipt
Section 371	Return of the certificate of indebtedness
Title 2 Deposit
Section 372	Requirements
Section 373	Reciprocal and simultaneous performance
Section 374	Place of deposit; duty to notify
Section 375	Retroactive effect with dispatch by mail
Section 376	Right to take back
Section 377	Unpledgeability of the right to take back
Section 378	Effect of deposit where taking back is excluded
Section 379	Effect of deposit where taking back is not excluded
Section 380	Proof of entitlement to receive
Section 381	Costs of deposit
Section 382	Extinction of the right of the obligee
Section 383	Auction of things not capable of deposit
Section 384	Warning of auction
Section 385	Sale by private agreement
Section 386	Costs of the auction
Title 3 Set-off
Section 387	Requirements
Section 388	Declaration of set-off
Section 389	Effect of set-off
Section 390	No set-off against a claim subject to a defence
Section 391	Set-off with different places of performance
Section 392	Set-off against a seized claim
Section 393	No set-off against a claim in tort
Section 394	No set-off against an unpledgeable claim
Section 395	Set-off against claims of public-law corporations
Section 396	More than one claim
Title 4 Forgiveness
Section 397	Contract of forgiveness, acknowledgement of non-indebtedness
Division 5 Transfer of a claim
Section 398	Assignment
Section 399	Exclusion of assignment in case of change of contents or by agreement
Section 400	Exclusion in case of unpledgeable claims
Section 401	Passing of accessory rights and preferential rights
Section 402	Duty of information; provision of documents
Section 403	Duty of notarial recording
Section 404	Objections of the obligor
Section 405	Assignment with presentation of documents
Section 406	Set-off in relation to the new obligee
Section 407	Legal acts in relation to the previous obligee
Section 408	Multiple assignment
Section 409	Notice of assignment
Section 410	Delivery of the assignment document
Section 411	Assignment of salary
Section 412	Statutory passing of claims
Section 413	Transfer of other rights
Division 6 Assumption of debt
Section 414	Contract between obligee and transferee
Section 415	Contract between obligor and transferee
Section 416	Assumption of a mortgage debt
Section 417	Objections of the transferee
Section 418	Extinction of security rights and preferential rights
Section 419	(repealed)
Division 7 More than one obligor and obligee
Section 420	Divisible performance
Section 421	Joint and several debtors
Section 422	Effect of performance
Section 423	Effect of forgiveness
Section 424	Effect of default by the obligee
Section 425	Effect of other facts
Section 426	Duty to adjust advancements, passing of claim
Section 427	Joint contractual duty
Section 428	Joint and several creditors
Section 429	Effect of changes
Section 430	Duty of the joint and several creditors to adjust advancements
Section 431	More than one obligor of indivisible performance
Section 432	More than one obligee of indivisible performance
Division 8 Particular types of obligations
Title 1 Purchase, exchange
Subtitle 1 General provisions
Section 433	Typical contractual duties in a purchase agreement
Section 434	Material defects
Section 435	Legal defects
Section 436	Public charges on plots of land
Section 437	Rights of buyer in the case of defects
Section 438	Limitation of claims for defects
Section 439	Cure
Section 440	Special provisions on withdrawal and damages
Section 441	Reduction of price
Section 442	Knowledge of the buyer
Section 443	Guarantee of quality and durability
Section 444	Exclusion of liability
Section 445	Limitation of liability in the case of public auctions
Section 446	Passing of risk and of charges
Section 447	Passing of risk in the case of sales shipment
Section 448	Costs of delivery and comparable costs
Section 449	Retention of title
Section 450	Excluded buyers in the case of certain sales
Section 451	Purchase by excluded buyer
Section 452	Purchase of a ship
Section 453	Purchase of rights
Subtitle 2 Special types of purchase
Chapter 1 Purchase on approval
Section 454	Coming into existence of the purchase agreement
Section 455	Approval period
Chapter 2 Repurchase
Section 456	Coming into existence of the repurchase agreement
Section 457	Liability of the reseller
Section 458	Removal of third-party rights
Section 459	Reimbursement of outlays
Section 460	Repurchase at estimated value
Section 461	More than one person entitled to repurchase
Section 462	Cut-off period
Chapter 3 Preemption
Section 463	Requirements for exercise
Section 464	Exercise of the right of preemption
Section 465	Ineffective agreements
Section 466	Collateral performance
Section 467	Total price
Section 468	Deferral of the purchase price
Section 469	Duty to notify, exercise period
Section 470	Sale to heir on intestacy
Section 471	Sale in case of execution of judgment or insolvency
Section 472	More than one person with a right of preemption
Section 473	Non-transferability
Subtitle 3 Purchase of consumer goods
Section 474	The concept of purchase of consumer goods
Section 475	Deviating agreements
Section 476	Shifting the burden of proof
Section 477	Special provisions for guarantees
Section 478	Recourse of the entrepreneur
Section 479	Limitation of recourse claims
Subtitle 4 Exchange
Section 480	Exchange
Title 2 Time-share agreements
Section 481	The concept of time-share agreement
Section 482	Duty to provide a prospectus with regard to time-share agreements
Section 483	Language of the contract and prospectus with regard to time-share agreements
Section 484	Written form with regard to time-share agreements
Section 485	Right of revocation with regard to time-share agreements
Section 486	Prohibition of down payment with regard to time-share agreements
Section 487	Deviating agreements
Title 3 Loan contract; financing assistance and contracts for delivery by instalments between an entrepreneur and a consumer
Subtitle 1 Loan contract
Section 488	Typical contractual duties in a loan contract
Section 489	Right of the borrower to give notice of termination
Section 490	Right to terminate for cause
Section 491	Consumer loan contract
Section 492	Written form, contents of the contract
Section 492a	Duties to notify during the contractual relationship
Section 493	Overdraft credit
Section 494	Legal consequences of defects of form
Section 495	Right of revocation
Section 496	Waiver of objections, prohibition of bills of exchange and cheques
Section 497	Treatment of default interest, crediting part performance
Section 498	Calling in entire loan in the case of loans repayable in instalments
Subtitle 2 Financing assistance between an entrepreneur and a consumer
Section 499	Postponement of payment, other financing assistance
Section 500	Finance leasing contracts
Section 501	Instalment payment transactions
Section 502	Required information, legal consequences of defects of form in instalment payment transactions
Section 503	Right of return, withdrawal with regard to instalment payment transactions
Section 504	Advance payment with regard to instalment payment transactions
Subtitle 3 Instalment supply contracts between an entrepreneur and a consumer
Section 505	Contracts for delivery by instalments
Subtitle 4 Mandatory nature, application to founders of new businesses
Section 506	Deviating agreements
Section 507	Application to founders of new businesses
Sections 508 - 515	(repealed)
Title 4 Donation
Section 516	Concept of donation
Section 517	Failure to acquire assets
Section 518	Form of promise of donation
Section 519	Defence of paying for necessaries
Section 520	Expiry of the promise of an annuity
Section 521	Liability of the donor
Section 522	No default interest
Section 523	Liability for legal defects
Section 524	Liability for material defects
Section 525	Donation subject to conditions
Section 526	Refusal to fulfil the condition
Section 527	Non-fulfilment of the condition
Section 528	Claim for return due to impoverishment of the donor
Section 529	Exclusion of claim for return
Section 530	Revocation of donation
Section 531	Declaration of revocation
Section 532	Exclusion of revocation
Section 533	Waiver of the right of revocation
Section 534	Donations for duty and decency
Title 5 Lease, usufructuary lease
Subtitle 1 General provisions for leases
Section 535	Contents and primary duties of the lease agreement
Section 536	Rent reduction for material and legal defects
Section 536a	Claim of lessee for damages and reimbursement of expenses due to a defect
Section 536b	Lessee knows of the defect upon entering into the agreement or upon acceptance
Section 536c	Defects occurring during the lease period; notice of defect by the lessee
Section 536d	Contractual exclusion of rights of lessee with regard to defects
Section 537	Payment of rent when the lessee is unable to be present in person
Section 538	Wear and tear on the leased property from use in conformity with the contract
Section 539	Reimbursement of other expenses and right of removal of the lessee
Section 540	Permitting use by third parties
Section 541	Application for injunction for use in breach of contract
Section 542	End of the lease
Section 543	Termination for cause without notice for a compelling reason
Section 544	Lease for more than thirty years
Section 545	Tacit extension of the lease
Section 546	Duty of lessee to return
Section 546a	Compensation of the lessor in the case of late return
Section 547	Reimbursement of rent paid in advance
Section 548	Limitation of compensation claims and right of removal
Subtitle 2 Leases for residential space
Chapter 1 General provisions
Section 549	Provisions applicable to leases of residential space
Section 550	Form of the lease agreement
Section 551	Restriction and investment of rent security deposits
Section 552	Warding off the right of removal of the lessee
Section 553	Permitting use by third parties
Section 554	Toleration of conservation and modernisation measures
Section 554a	Accessibility
Section 555	Ineffectiveness of contractual penalty
Chapter 2 Rent
Subchapter 1 Agreements on rent
Section 556	Agreements on operating costs
Section 556a	Accounting criterion for operating costs
Section 556b	Due date of rent, right to set-off and right of retention
Subchapter 2 Provisions on the rent amount
Section 557	Increases in rent by agreement or law
Section 557a	Stepped rent
Section 557b	Indexed rent
Section 558	Increase in rent up to the reference rent customary in the locality
Section 558a	Form and justification of the rent increase
Section 558b	Approval of a rent increase
Section 558c	List of representative rents
Section 558d	Expert list of representative rents
Section 558e	Rent database
Section 559	Rent increase in case of modernisation
Section 559a	Crediting of third-party funds
Section 559b	Assertion of an increase; effect of declaration of increase
Section 560	Changes in operating costs
Section 561	Special right of termination of the lessee following a rent increase
Chapter 3 Security right of the lessor
Section 562	Extent of the security right of the lessor
Section 562a	Extinction of the security right of the lessor
Section 562b	Self-help; claim for return
Section 562c	Warding off the security right by provision of security
Section 562d	Attachment by a third party
Chapter 4 Change of parties to the contract
Section 563	Right of succession upon death of the lessee
Section 563a	Continuation with surviving lessees
Section 563b	Liability in the case of succession or continuation
Section 564	Continuation of the lease with the heir; termination for cause
Section 565	Commercial subletting
Section 566	Purchase is subject to existing leases
Section 566a	Rent security deposit
Section 566b	Advance disposition of the rent
Section 566c	Agreement between lessee and lessor on the rent
Section 566d	Set-off by the lessee
Section 566e	Notification by the lessor of passing of ownership
Section 567	Encumbrance of the residential space by the lessor
Section 567a	Disposal or encumbrance prior to permission of use of residential space
Section 567b	Further disposal or encumbrance by the acquirer
Chapter 5 Termination of the lease
Subchapter 1 General provisions
Section 568	Form and contents of the notice of termination
Section 569	Termination for cause without notice for a compelling reason
Section 570	Exclusion of the right of retention
Section 571	Further damages for late return of residential space
Section 572	Agreement on right of withdrawal; lease subject to condition subsequent
Subchapter 2 Leases for an indefinite period of time
Section 573	Notice of termination by the lessor
Section 573a	Simplified termination by the lessor
Section 573b	Partial termination by the lessor
Section 573c	Termination notice periods
Section 573d	Termination for cause with the statutory notice period
Section 574	Objection of lessee to termination
Section 574a	Continuation of lease after objection
Section 574b	Form and period of objection
Section 574c	Further continuation of lease in the case of unforeseen circumstances
Subchapter 3 Leases for a definite period of time
Section 575	Fixed-term lease
Section 575a	Termination for cause with the statutory notice period
Subchapter 4 Tied dwellings
Section 576	Periods for notice of termination in the case of tied leased dwellings
Section 576a	Special features of the right of objection in the case of tied leased dwellings
Section 576b	Application of landlord and tenant law with the necessary modifications in connection with tied dwellings
Chapter 6 Special features when creating apartment ownership of leased residences
Section 577	Right of preemption of the lessee
Section 577a	Restriction on notice of termination in connection with conversion of the dwelling
Subtitle 3 Leases of other things
Section 578	Leases of plots of land and premises
Section 578a	Lease of registered ships
Section 579	Due date of the rent
Section 580	Notice of termination for cause in the case of the death of the lessee
Section 580a	Notice periods
Subtitle 4 Usufructuary lease
Section 581	Typical contractual duties in a usufructuary lease
Section 582	Maintenance of inventory
Section 582a	Taking over inventory at its estimated value
Section 583	Security right of usufructuary lessee over inventory
Section 583a	Restrictions on disposition of inventory
Section 584	Notice period
Section 584a	Exclusion of certain rights of termination under landlord and tenant law
Section 584b	Late return
Subtitle 5 Farm lease
Section 585	Concept of farm lease
Section 585a	Form of a farm lease
Section 585b	Description of the leased property
Section 586	Typical contractual duties in a farm lease
Section 586a	Encumbrances on the leased property
Section 587	Due date of rent; payment of rent where the usufructuary lessee is personally prevented
Section 588	Measures of maintenance or improvement
Section 589	Surrender of use to third parties
Section 590	Change of agricultural purpose or of previous use
Section 590a	Use in breach of contract
Section 590b	Necessary outlays
Section 591	Outlays that increase value
Section 591a	Removal of installations
Section 591b	Limitation of compensation claims
Section 592	Security right of the usufructuary lessor
Section 593	Amendment of farm leases
Section 593a	Transfer of a business
Section 593b	Disposal or encumbrance of the leased property
Section 594	Termination and extension of the lease
Section 594a	Notice periods
Section 594b	Lease for more than thirty years
Section 594c	Termination in the case of occupational disability of the usufructuary lessee
Section 594d	Death of the usufructuary lessee
Section 594e	Termination for cause without notice for a compelling reason
Section 594f	Written form of termination
Section 595	Continuation of the lease
Section 595a	Early notice of termination of farm leases
Section 596	Return of the leased property
Section 596a	Duty to compensate for early termination of lease
Section 596b	Duty to leave behind
Section 597	Late return
Title 6 Gratuitous loan
Section 598	Typical contractual duties in the case of a gratuitous loan
Section 599	Liability of the lender
Section 600	Liability for defects
Section 601	Reimbursement of outlays
Section 602	Wear and tear on the thing
Section 603	Use in conformity with the contract
Section 604	Duty to return
Section 605	Right of termination
Section 606	Short limitation period
Title 7 Contract for the loan of a thing
Section 607	Typical contractual duties in a contract for the loan of a thing
Section 608	Termination
Section 609	Payment
Section 610	(repealed)
Title 8 Service contract
Section 611	Typical contractual duties in a service contract
Section 612	Remuneration
Section 612a	Prohibition of victimisation
Section 613	Non-transferability
Section 613a	Rights and duties in the case of transfer of business
Section 614	Due date of remuneration
Section 615	Remuneration in the case of default in acceptance and business risk
Section 616	Temporary prevention from performing services
Section 617	Duty of medical care
Section 618	Duty to undertake protective measures
Section 619	Absolute nature of welfare duties
Section 619a	Burden of proof when the employee is liable
Section 620	Termination of services relationship
Section 621	Notice periods for service relationships
Section 622	Notice periods in the case of employment relationships
Section 623	Written form of termination
Section 624	Notice period in the case of contracts lasting more than five years
Section 625	Tacit extension
Section 626	Termination without notice for a compelling reason
Section 627	Termination without notice in the case of a position of trust
Section 628	Partial remuneration and damages in case of termination without notice
Section 629	Time off for search for employment
Section 630	Duty to provide a reference
Title 9 Contract to produce a work and similar contracts
Subtitle 1 Contract to produce a work
Section 631	Typical contractual duties in a contract to produce a work
Section 632	Remuneration
Section 632a	Part payments
Section 633	Material defects and legal defects
Section 634	Rights of the customer in the case of defects
Section 634a	Limitation of claims for defects
Section 635	Cure
Section 636	Special provisions on withdrawal and damages
Section 637	Self-help
Section 638	Reduction of price
Section 639	Exclusion of liability
Section 640	Acceptance
Section 641	Due date of remuneration
Section 641a	(repealed)
Section 642	Collaboration by the customer
Section 643	Termination for failure to collaborate
Section 644	Allocation of risk
Section 645	Responsibility of the customer
Section 646	Completion in lieu of acceptance
Section 647	Security right of the contractor
Section 648	Mortgage of a building contractor
Section 648a	Builder's security
Section 649	Right of termination of the customer
Section 650	Cost estimate
Section 651	Application of sale of goods law
Subtitle 2 Package travel contract
Section 651a	Typical contractual duties in a package travel contract
Section 651b	Transfer of contract
Section 651c	Relief
Section 651d	Reduction of price
Section 651e	Termination for defect
Section 651f	Damages
Section 651g	Cut-off period; limitation
Section 651h	Admissible limitation of liability
Section 651i	Withdrawal prior to commencement of travel
Section 651j	Termination due to force majeure
Section 651k	Guarantee; payment
Section 651l	Exchange student stays
Section 651m	Deviating agreements
Title 10 Brokerage contract
Subtitle 1 General provisions
Section 652	Accrual of fee claim
Section 653	Brokerage fee
Section 654	Forfeiture of the fee claim
Section 655	Reduction of the brokerage fee
Subtitle 2 Loan brokerage contract between an entrepreneur and a consumer
Section 655a	Loan brokerage contract
Section 655b	Written form
Section 655c	Remuneration
Section 655d	Ancillary payment
Section 655e	Deviating agreements, application to founders of new businesses
Subtitle 3 Marriage broking
Section 656	Marriage broking
Title 11 Promise of a reward
Section 657	Binding promise
Section 658	Revocation
Section 659	Act undertaken more than once
Section 660	Collaboration by more than one person
Section 661	Prize competition
Section 661a	Promises of prizes
Title 12 Mandate and contract for the management of the affairs of another
Subtitle 1 Mandate
Section 662	Typical contractual duties in a mandate
Section 663	Duty to notify when rejecting
Section 664	Non-transferability; liability for assistants
Section 665	Deviation from instructions
Section 666	Duty of information and duty to render account
Section 667	Duty to return
Section 668	Interest on money spent
Section 669	Duty of advance payment
Section 670	Reimbursement of expenses
Section 671	Revocation; termination
Section 672	Death or incapacity to contract of the mandator
Section 673	Death of the mandatary
Section 674	Legal fiction of continuation
Subtitle 2 Contract for the management of the affairs of another
Chapter 1 General provisions
Section 675	Nongratuitous management of the affairs of another
Section 675a	Duties to provide information
Section 676	Termination of transfer contracts
Chapter 2 Bank transfer contract
Section 676a	Typical contractual duties; notice of termination
Section 676b	Liability for late execution; money-back guarantee
Section 676c	No-fault liability; other claims
Chapter 3 Interbank payment contract
Section 676d	Typical contractual duties in an interbank payment contract
Section 676e	Equalisation claims
Chapter 4 Current account contract
Section 676f	Typical contractual duties in a current account contract
Section 676g	Credit claim of the customer
Section 676h	Abuse of payment cards
Title 13 Agency without specific authorisation
Section 677	Duties of the voluntary agent
Section 678	Agency contrary to the will of the principal
Section 679	Irrelevance of the contrary will of the principal
Section 680	Agency to ward off danger
Section 681	Ancillary duties of the voluntary agent
Section 682	Lack of capacity to contract on the part of the voluntary agent
Section 683	Reimbursement of expenses
Section 684	Return of enrichment
Section 685	Intention to donate
Section 686	Error as to the identity of the principal
Section 687	False agency without specific authorisation
Title 14 Safekeeping
Section 688	Typical contractual duties in safekeeping
Section 689	Remuneration
Section 690	Liability for gratuitous safekeeping
Section 691	Deposit with third parties
Section 692	Change of safekeeping
Section 693	Reimbursement of expenses
Section 694	Liability in damages of the depositor
Section 695	Right of the depositor to demand return
Section 696	Claim of depositary for repossession of the thing deposited
Section 697	Place for return
Section 698	Interest on money spent
Section 699	Due date of remuneration
Section 700	Irregular safekeeping contract
Title 15 Bringing things onto the premises of innkeepers
Section 701	Liability of the innkeeper
Section 702	Limitation of liability; valuables
Section 702a	Release from liability
Section 703	Extinction of the claim for damages
Section 704	Security right of the innkeeper
Title 16 Partnership
Section 705	Contents of partnership agreement
Section 706	Contributions of the partners
Section 707	Increase of the agreed contribution
Section 708	Liability of the partners
Section 709	Joint management
Section 710	Transfer of management
Section 711	Right to object
Section 712	Withdrawal and dismissal of management
Section 713	Rights and duties of managing partners
Section 714	Power of agency
Section 715	Withdrawal of the power of agency
Section 716	Right of control of the partners
Section 717	Non-transferability of partner rights
Section 718	Partnership assets
Section 719	Joint property
Section 720	Protection of good faith debtor
Section 721	Distribution of profits and losses
Section 722	Shares in profit and loss
Section 723	Termination by partner
Section 724	Notice of termination in the case of a partnership for life or a continuing partnership
Section 725	Termination by attachment creditors
Section 726	Dissolution due to achievement or impossibility of its object
Section 727	Dissolution due to the death of a partner
Section 728	Dissolution due to insolvency of the partnership or one of its partners
Section 729	Continuation of authority to manage
Section 730	Winding-up of the partnership; management
Section 731	Procedure for winding-up of the partnership
Section 732	Return of objects
Section 733	Discharge of partnership debts; reimbursement of capital contributions
Section 734	Distribution of the surplus
Section 735	Duty to make subsequent contributions in case of loss
Section 736	Retirement of a partner; continuing liability
Section 737	Exclusion of a partner
Section 738	Winding-up of the partnership on retirement
Section 739	Liability for deficit
Section 740	Sharing in the financial results of transactions in progress
Title 17 Co-ownership
Section 741	Co-ownership by defined shares
Section 742	Equal shares
Section 743	Share in the fruits; authority to use
Section 744	Joint administration
Section 745	Administration and use by resolution
Section 746	Effect in relation to successors in interest
Section 747	Disposal of a share and joint objects
Section 748	Bearing of charges and costs
Section 749	Cancellation claim
Section 750	Exclusion of cancellation in case of death
Section 751	Exclusion of cancellation and successors in interest
Section 752	Division in kind
Section 753	Division by sale
Section 754	Sale of joint claims
Section 755	Discharge of a joint debt
Section 756	Discharge of the debt of a part owner
Section 757	Warranty upon allocation to a part owner
Section 758	Right of cancellation not subject to the statute of limitations
Title 18 Life annuity
Section 759	Duration and amount of the annuity
Section 760	Advance payment
Section 761	Form of life annuity commitment
Title 19 Imperfect obligations
Section 762	Gaming, betting
Section 763	Lottery contracts and gaming contracts
Section 764	(repealed)
Title 20 Suretyship
Section 765	Typical contractual duties in suretyship
Section 766	Written form of the declaration of suretyship
Section 767	Extent of the suretyship debt
Section 768	Defences of surety
Section 769	Co-suretyship
Section 770	Defences of voidability and set-off
Section 771	Defence of unexhausted remedies
Section 772	Duty of creditor of enforcement and realisation
Section 773	Exclusion of defence of unexhausted remedies
Section 774	Statutory passing of claims
Section 775	Claim to release of the surety
Section 776	Waiver of a security
Section 777	Temporary suretyship
Section 778	Credit mandate
Title 21 Settlement
Section 779	Concept of settlement; mistake as to the basis of the settlement
Title 22 Promise to fulfil an obligation; acknowledgement of debt
Section 780	Promise to fulfil an obligation
Section 781	Acknowledgement of a debt
Section 782	No formal requirements for settlement
Title 23 Order
Section 783	Rights derived from an order
Section 784	Acceptance of the order
Section 785	Delivery of the order
Section 786	(repealed)
Section 787	Order to assume debt
Section 788	Underlying debt relationship
Section 789	Duty of payee to notify
Section 790	Revocation of the order
Section 791	Death or incapacity to contract of a participant
Section 792	Transfer of the order
Title 24 Bearer bond
Section 793	Rights under a bearer bond
Section 794	Liability of the issuer
Section 795	(repealed)
Section 796	Objections of the issuer
Section 797	Duty to pay only in return for delivery
Section 798	Replacement document
Section 799	Declaration of invalidity
Section 800	Effect of the declaration of invalidity
Section 801	Extinction; limitation
Section 802	Stoppage of payment
Section 803	Interest coupons
Section 804	Loss of interest coupons or similar coupons
Section 805	New interest coupons and annuity coupons
Section 806	Reregistration under name
Section 807	Bearer tickets and stamps
Section 808	Registered securities with bearer clause
Title 25 Presentation of things
Section 809	Inspection of a thing
Section 810	Right to inspect documents
Section 811	Place of presentation, risk and costs
Title 26 Unjust enrichment
Section 812	Claim for restitution
Section 813	Performance notwithstanding defence
Section 814	Knowledge that debt is not owed
Section 815	Non-occurrence of result
Section 816	Disposition by an unauthorised person
Section 817	Breach of law or public policy
Section 818	Scope of the claim to enrichment
Section 819	Increased liability in case of knowledge and breaches of law or public policy
Section 820	Increased liability where the result is uncertain
Section 821	Enrichment defence
Section 822	Restitution duty of third parties
Title 27 Torts
Section 823	Liability in damages
Section 824	Endangering credit
Section 825	Inducing others to sexual acts
Section 826	Intentional damage contrary to public policy
Section 827	Exclusion and reduction of responsibility
Section 828	Minors
Section 829	Liability in damages for reasons of equity
Section 830	Joint tortfeasors and persons involved
Section 831	Liability for vicarious agents
Section 832	Liability of a person with a duty of supervision
Section 833	Liability of animal keeper
Section 834	Liability of animal minder
Section 835	(repealed)
Section 836	Liability of the owner of a plot of land
Section 837	Liability of building possessor
Section 838	Liability of the person with a duty of maintenance of a building
Section 839	Liability in case of breach of official duty
Section 839a	Liability of court-appointed expert
Section 840	Liability of more than one person
Section 841	Compensation for liability of a public official
Section 842	Extent of liability in damages when a person is injured
Section 843	Annuity in money or lump sum settlement
Section 844	Third-party compensation claims in the case of death
Section 845	Compensation claims for lost services
Section 846	Contributory negligence of the injured person
Section 847	(repealed)
Section 848	Liability for chance in connection with deprivation of a thing
Section 849	Interest on the compensation sum
Section 850	Reimbursement of outlays
Section 851	Compensation payment to unauthorised parties
Section 852	Claim for restitution after end of limitation period
Section 853	Defence of bad faith
Book 3 Law of Property
Division 1 Possession
Section 854	Acquisition of possession
Section 855	Agent in possession
Section 856	Ending of possession
Section 857	Inheritability
Section 858	Unlawful interference with possession
Section 859	Self-help by the possessor
Section 860	Self-help by the agent in possession
Section 861	Claim on account of deprivation of possession
Section 862	Claim on account of interference with possession
Section 863	Objections of the remover or disturber
Section 864	Extinction of claims to possession
Section 865	Part possession
Section 866	Co-possession
Section 867	Right of pursuit of the possessor
Section 868	Indirect possession
Section 869	Claims of the indirect possessor
Section 870	Transfer of indirect possession
Section 871	Multilevel indirect possession
Section 872	Proprietary possession
Division 2 General provisions on rights in land
Section 873	Acquisition by agreement and registration
Section 874	Reference to approval of registration
Section 875	Cancellation of a right
Section 876	Cancellation of an encumbered right
Section 877	Alterations of rights
Section 878	Subsequent restrictions on disposition
Section 879	Order of priority of more than one right
Section 880	Change of priority
Section 881	Reservation of priority
Section 882	Maximum amount of compensation for lost value
Section 883	Requirements and effect of priority notice
Section 884	Effect in relation to heirs
Section 885	Requirement for the registration of the priority notice
Section 886	Claim for removal
Section 887	Public notice of the priority notice claimant
Section 888	Claim to approval of the person entitled to the priority notice
Section 889	Exclusion of merger for real rights
Section 890	Union of plots of land; addition
Section 891	Statutory presumption
Section 892	Presumption of the accuracy of the contents of the Land Register
Section 893	Legal transaction with the person registered
Section 894	Correction of the Land Register
Section 895	Prior registration of the person obliged
Section 896	Submission of certificate
Section 897	Costs of correction
Section 898	Claims to correction not subject to the statute of limitations
Section 899	Registration of an objection
Section 899a	Provisos for civil-law partnerships
Section 900	Acquisition by prescription following registration
Section 901	Extinction of unregistered rights
Section 902	Registered rights not subject to the statute of limitations
Division 3 Ownership
Title 1 Subject matter of ownership
Section 903	Powers of the owner
Section 904	Necessity
Section 905	Restriction of ownership
Section 906	Introduction of imponderable substances
Section 907	Facilities threatening danger
Section 908	Imminent collapse of building
Section 909	Excavation
Section 910	Overhang
Section 911	Falling fruit
Section 912	Encroachment; duty to tolerate
Section 913	Payment of periodical payments for encroachment
Section 914	Priority, registration and extinction of periodical payments
Section 915	Purchase
Section 916	Adverse effect on heritable building right or servitude
Section 917	Right of way of necessity
Section 918	Exclusion of the right of way of necessity
Section 919	Boundary marking
Section 920	Confusion of boundaries
Section 921	Joint use of boundary installations
Section 922	Manner of use and maintenance
Section 923	Boundary tree
Section 924	Neighbour-law claims not subject to the statute of limitations
Title 2 Acquisition and loss of ownership of plots of land
Section 925	Declaration of conveyance
Section 925a	Document of land transaction
Section 926	Accessories of the plot of land
Section 927	Public notice procedure
Section 928	Relinquishment of ownership, appropriation by fiscal authority
Title 3 Acquisition and loss of ownership of movable things
Subtitle 1 Transfer
Section 929	Agreement and delivery
Section 929a	Agreement with regard to unregistered ship
Section 930	Constructive delivery
Section 931	Assignment of claim for possession
Section 932	Good faith acquisition from a person not entitled
Section 932a	Good faith acquisition of unregistered ships
Section 933	Good faith acquisition on constructive delivery
Section 934	Good faith acquisition on assignment of claim for possession
Section 935	No good faith acquisition of lost property
Section 936	Extinction of third party rights
Subtitle 2 Acquisition by prescription
Section 937	Requirements, exclusion in the case of knowledge
Section 938	Presumption of proprietary possession
Section 939	Suspension of prescription
Section 940	Interruption by loss of possession
Section 941	Interruption by act of execution
Section 942	Effect of interruption
Section 943	Acquisition by prescription and succession in title
Section 944	Possessor of an inheritance
Section 945	Extinction of third party rights
Subtitle 3 Combination, intermixture, processing
Section 946	Combination with a plot of land
Section 947	Combination with movable things
Section 948	Intermixture
Section 949	Extinction of third party rights
Section 950	Processing
Section 951	Compensation for loss of rights
Section 952	Ownership of documents of debt
Subtitle 4 Acquisition of products and other components of a thing
Section 953	Ownership of separated products and components
Section 954	Acquisition by person with real right
Section 955	Acquisition by proprietary possessor in good faith
Section 956	Acquisition by person entitled in personam
Section 957	Permission by the person not entitled
Subtitle 5 Appropriation
Section 958	Acquisition of ownership of ownerless movable things
Section 959	Abandonment of ownership
Section 960	Wild animals
Section 961	Loss of ownership of bee swarms
Section 962	Right of pursuit of the owner
Section 963	Merging of bee swarms
Section 964	Intermixture of bee swarms
Subtitle 6 Finding
Section 965	Duty of the finder to notify
Section 966	Duty of safekeeping
Section 967	Duty to deliver
Section 968	Extent of liability
Section 969	Return to the loser
Section 970	Reimbursement of expenses
Section 971	Finder's reward
Section 972	Right of retention of the finder
Section 973	Acquisition of ownership by the finder
Section 974	Acquisition of ownership after concealment
Section 975	Rights of the finder after delivery
Section 976	Acquisition of ownership by the municipality
Section 977	Claim in enrichment
Section 978	Finding in public authority or transport agency
Section 979	Sale; authorisation to issue an ordinance
Section 980	Public notice of the finding
Section 981	Receipt of the proceeds of auction
Section 982	Provisions for implementation
Section 983	Undeliverable things in the possession of authorities
Section 984	Treasure trove
Title 4 Claims arising from ownership
Section 985	Claim for restitution
Section 986	Objections of the possessor
Section 987	Emoluments after litigation is pending
Section 988	Emoluments of the possessor who makes no payment
Section 989	Damages after litigation is pending
Section 990	Liability of possessor with knowledge
Section 991	Liability of intermediary possessor in the case of indirect possession
Section 992	Liability of the wrongful possessor
Section 993	Liability of the possessor in good faith
Section 994	Necessary outlays
Section 995	Charges
Section 996	Useful outlays
Section 997	Right of removal
Section 998	Farming costs for agricultural plot of land
Section 999	Reimbursement of outlays of predecessor in title
Section 1000	Right of retention of the possessor
Section 1001	Action for reimbursement of outlays
Section 1002	Extinction of the claim for outlays
Section 1003	Right to satisfaction of the possessor
Section 1004	Claim for removal and injunction
Section 1005	Right of pursuit
Section 1006	Presumption of ownership for possessor
Section 1007	Claims of the former possessor, exclusion in the case of knowledge
Title 5 Co-ownership
Section 1008	Co-ownership by fractional shares
Section 1009	Encumbrance in favour of a co-owner
Section 1010	Successor in interest of a co-owner
Section 1011	Claims arising from co-ownership
Sections 1012 - 1017	(repealed)
Division 4 Servitudes
Title 1 Easements
Section 1018	Statutory definition of easement
Section 1019	Benefit of the dominant plot of land
Section 1020	Considerate use
Section 1021	Agreed duty of maintenance
Section 1022	Installations on building structures
Section 1023	Moving the use
Section 1024	Coincidence of more than one right of use
Section 1025	Division of the dominant plot of land
Section 1026	Division of the servient plot of land
Section 1027	Interference with easement
Section 1028	Limitation
Section 1029	Protection of possession of the lawful possessor
Title 2 Usufruct
Subtitle 1 Usufruct in things
Section 1030	Statutory definition of usufruct in things
Section 1031	Application to accessories
Section 1032	Creation of usufruct in movable things
Section 1033	Acquisition by prescription
Section 1034	Determination of the condition
Section 1035	Usufruct in aggregate of things; itemised list
Section 1036	Right of possession; exercise of usufruct
Section 1037	Transformation
Section 1038	Economic plan for forests and mines
Section 1039	Excessive taking of fruits
Section 1040	Treasure
Section 1041	Maintenance of the thing
Section 1042	Duty of notification by the usufructuary
Section 1043	Repair or renovation
Section 1044	Toleration of repairs
Section 1045	Obligation of the usufructuary to insure
Section 1046	Usufruct in an insurance claim
Section 1047	Bearing of charges
Section 1048	Usufruct in plot of land with stock
Section 1049	Reimbursement of outlays
Section 1050	Wear and tear
Section 1051	Provision of security
Section 1052	Judicial management in the absence of security
Section 1053	Application for a prohibitory injunction in the case of unauthorised use
Section 1054	Judicial administration on the basis of breach of duty
Section 1055	Duty of return of the usufructuary
Section 1056	Leases and usufructuary leases at the end of the usufruct
Section 1057	Limitation of compensation claims
Section 1058	Grantor as owner
Section 1059	Non-transferability; permission of exercise
Section 1059a	Transferability in the case of legal person or partnership having legal personality
Section 1059b	Non-distrainability
Section 1059c	Passing or transfer of usufruct
Section 1059d	Leases and usufructuary leases on the transfer of the usufruct
Section 1059e	Claim to grant of the usufruct
Section 1060	Coincidence of more than one right of use
Section 1061	Death of the usufructuary
Section 1062	Extension of termination to accessories
Section 1063	Coincidence with ownership
Section 1064	Termination of usufruct in movable things
Section 1065	Adverse effect on right of usufruct
Section 1066	Usufruct in the share of a co-owner
Section 1067	Usufruct in consumable things
Subtitle 2 Usufruct in rights
Section 1068	Statutory definition of usufruct in rights
Section 1069	Creation
Section 1070	Usufruct in a right to performance
Section 1071	Termination or alteration of the encumbered right
Section 1072	Termination of usufruct
Section 1073	Usufruct in a life annuity
Section 1074	Usufruct in a claim; notice and collection
Section 1075	Effect of performance
Section 1076	Usufruct in claim bearing interest
Section 1077	Notice and payment
Section 1078	Cooperation in collection
Section 1079	Investment of the capital
Section 1080	Usufruct in a land charge or annuity land charge
Section 1081	Usufruct in bearer instruments or instruments made out to order
Section 1082	Deposit
Section 1083	Cooperation in collection
Section 1084	Consumable things
Subtitle 3 Usufruct in property
Section 1085	Creation of usufruct in property
Section 1086	Rights of the creditors of the grantor
Section 1087	Relationship between usufructuary and grantor
Section 1088	Liability of the usufructuary
Section 1089	Usufruct in an inheritance
Title 3 Restricted personal easements
Section 1090	Statutory definition of the restricted personal easement
Section 1091	Scope
Section 1092	Non-transferability; permission of exercise
Section 1093	Right of residence
Division 5 Right of preemption
Section 1094	Statutory contents of the real right of preemption
Section 1095	Encumbrance of a fraction
Section 1096	Application to accessories
Section 1097	Creation for one or more cases of sale
Section 1098	Effect of a right of preemption
Section 1099	Notifications
Section 1100	Rights of the purchaser
Section 1101	Release of the person entitled
Section 1102	Release of the purchaser
Section 1103	Real and personal right of preemption
Section 1104	Exclusion of unknown entitled persons
Division 6 Charges on land
Section 1105	Statutory contents of the charge on land
Section 1106	Encumbrance of a fraction
Section 1107	Individual payments
Section 1108	Personal liability of the owner
Section 1109	Division of the dominant plot of land
Section 1110	Real charge on land
Section 1111	Personal charge on land
Section 1112	Exclusion of unknown entitled persons
Division 7 Mortgage, land charge, annuity land charge
Title 1 Mortgage
Section 1113	Statutory contents of the mortgage
Section 1114	Encumbrance of a fraction
Section 1115	Registration of the mortgage
Section 1116	Certificated and uncertificated mortgage
Section 1117	Acquisition of the certificated mortgage
Section 1118	Liability for incidental claims
Section 1119	Extension of liability for interest
Section 1120	Extension to products, parts and accessories
Section 1121	Release from liability through disposal and removal
Section 1122	Release from liability without disposal
Section 1123	Extension to claim for rent or for usufructuary rent
Section 1124	Advance disposition of the rent or usufructuary rent
Section 1125	Set-off against rent or usufructuary rent
Section 1126	Extension to recurring acts of performance
Section 1127	Extension to insurance claim
Section 1128	Insurance on buildings
Section 1129	Other insurance against damage
Section 1130	Replacement clause
Section 1131	Addition of a plot of land
Section 1132	Blanket mortgage
Section 1133	Danger to the security of the mortgage
Section 1134	Application for an injunction
Section 1135	Deterioration of accessories
Section 1136	Restraint on disposition by legal transaction
Section 1137	Defences of the owner
Section 1138	Presumption of the accuracy of the contents of the Land Register
Section 1139	Objection with regard to an uncertificated mortgage for a loan
Section 1140	Mortgage certificate and inaccuracy of the Land Register
Section 1141	Notice of termination of the mortgage
Section 1142	Owner's right of satisfaction
Section 1143	Passing of claim
Section 1144	Delivery of documents
Section 1145	Partial satisfaction
Section 1146	Default interest
Section 1147	Satisfaction by execution
Section 1148	Fiction of ownership
Section 1149	Prohibited agreements on satisfaction
Section 1150	Right of redemption of third parties
Section 1151	Change of priority for partial mortgages
Section 1152	Partial mortgage certificate
Section 1153	Transfer of mortgage and claim
Section 1154	Assignment of the claim
Section 1155	Presumption of the accuracy of certified declarations of assignment
Section 1156	Legal relationship between the owner and the new creditor
Section 1157	Continuation of defences to the mortgage
Section 1158	Future supplementary payments
Section 1159	Arrears of supplementary payments
Section 1160	Enforcement of a certificated mortgage
Section 1161	Enforcement of the claim
Section 1162	Public notice with regard to the mortgage certificate
Section 1163	Owner mortgage
Section 1164	Passing of the mortgage to the debtor
Section 1165	Discharge of the debtor
Section 1166	Notification of the debtor
Section 1167	Delivery of correction documents
Section 1168	Waiver of the mortgage
Section 1169	Defence with a negative effect on a right
Section 1170	Exclusion of unknown creditors
Section 1171	Exclusion by deposit
Section 1172	Owner blanket mortgage
Section 1173	Satisfaction by one of the owners
Section 1174	Satisfaction by the personal debtor
Section 1175	Waiver of the blanket mortgage
Section 1176	Owner partial mortgage; conflict clause
Section 1177	Owner land charge, owner mortgage
Section 1178	Mortgage for supplementary payments and costs
Section 1179	Priority notice of right to deletion
Section 1179a	Claim for deletion in the case of third party rights
Section 1179b	Claim for deletion based on one's own right
Section 1180	Substitution for the claim
Section 1181	Extinction by satisfaction from the plot of land
Section 1182	Transfer in the case of satisfaction from the blanket mortgage
Section 1183	Cancellation of the mortgage
Section 1184	Debt-securing mortgage
Section 1185	Uncertificated mortgage; inapplicable provisions
Section 1186	Permitted conversions
Section 1187	Debt-securing mortgage for bearer instruments and instruments made out to order
Section 1188	Special provision for bearer bonds
Section 1189	Appointment of a Land Register representative
Section 1190	Maximum amount mortgage
Title 2 Land charge, annuity land charge
Subtitle 1 Land charge
Section 1191	Statutory contents of the land charge
Section 1192	Applicable provisions
Section 1193	Termination
Section 1194	Place of payment
Section 1195	Bearer land charge
Section 1196	Owner land charge
Section 1197	Deviations from third party land charge
Section 1198	Permitted conversions
Subtitle 2 Annuity land charge
Section 1199	Statutory contents of the annuity land charge
Section 1200	Applicable provisions
Section 1201	Right of redemption
Section 1202	Termination
Section 1203	Permitted conversions
Division 8 Pledge of movable things and over rights
Title 1 Pledge of movable things
Section 1204	Statutory contents of the pledge of movable things
Section 1205	Creation
Section 1206	Replacement of delivery by granting joint possession
Section 1207	Pledging by an unauthorised person
Section 1208	Acquisition of priority of rank in good faith
Section 1209	Priority of the pledge
Section 1210	Extent of liability of the pledge
Section 1211	Defences of the pledgor
Section 1212	Extension to separated products
Section 1213	Pledge of emoluments
Section 1214	Duties of the pledgee entitled to emoluments
Section 1215	Duty of safekeeping
Section 1216	Reimbursement of outlays
Section 1217	Violation of rights by the pledgee
Section 1218	Rights of the pledgor in the case of imminent spoilage
Section 1219	Rights of the pledgee in the case of imminent spoilage
Section 1220	Warning of auction
Section 1221	Sale by private agreement
Section 1222	Pledge of more than one thing
Section 1223	Duty to return the pledged item; right to redeem the pledged item
Section 1224	Satisfaction by deposit or set-off
Section 1225	Passing of claim to the pledgor
Section 1226	Limitation of compensation claims
Section 1227	Protection of the pledge
Section 1228	Satisfaction by sale of the pledged item
Section 1229	Prohibition of a forfeiture agreement
Section 1230	Selection of pledged item from more than one pledged item
Section 1231	Surrender of pledged item for sale
Section 1232	Lower-ranking pledgees
Section 1233	Execution of the sale
Section 1234	Warning of sale; waiting period
Section 1235	Public auction
Section 1236	Place of auction
Section 1237	Public notice
Section 1238	Conditions of sale
Section 1239	Bidding by creditor and owner
Section 1240	Things made of gold or silver
Section 1241	Notification of the owner
Section 1242	Effects of the legal sale
Section 1243	Unlawful sale
Section 1244	Acquisition in good faith
Section 1245	Deviating agreements
Section 1246	Deviation for reasons of equity
Section 1247	Proceeds of the pledged item
Section 1248	Presumption of ownership
Section 1249	Right of redemption
Section 1250	Transfer of claim
Section 1251	Effect of the passing of the pledge
Section 1252	Extinction with the claim
Section 1253	Extinction by return
Section 1254	Claim for return
Section 1255	Cancellation of the pledge
Section 1256	Coincidence of pledge and ownership
Section 1257	Pledge by operation of law
Section 1258	Pledge of the share of a co-owner
Section 1259	Realisation of a commercial pledged item
Sections 1260 - 1272	(repealed)
Title 2 Pledge of rights
Section 1273	Statutory contents of the pledge of rights
Section 1274	Creation
Section 1275	Pledge of right to performance
Section 1276	Cancellation or alteration of the pledged right
Section 1277	Satisfaction by execution
Section 1278	Extinction by return
Section 1279	Pledge of a claim
Section 1280	Notification of the debtor
Section 1281	Performance before the due date
Section 1282	Performance after the due date
Section 1283	Termination
Section 1284	Deviating agreements
Section 1285	Cooperation in collection
Section 1286	Duty of termination in the case of danger
Section 1287	Effect of performance
Section 1288	Investment of collected money
Section 1289	Extension to the interest
Section 1290	Collection in the case of multiple pledges
Section 1291	Pledge of land charge or annuity land charge
Section 1292	Pledging of instruments made out to order
Section 1293	Pledge of bearer instruments
Section 1294	Collection and notice of termination
Section 1295	Private sale of instruments made out to order
Section 1296	Extension to interest coupons
Book 4 Family Law
Division 1 Civil marriage
Title 1 Engagement
Section 1297	Non-actionability, nullity of a promise to pay a penalty
Section 1298	Duty of compensation in the case of withdrawal
Section 1299	Withdrawal by reason of fault of the other party
Section 1300	(repealed)
Section 1301	Return of the presents
Section 1302	Limitation
Title 2 Entering into marriage
Subtitle 1 Capacity to marry
Section 1303	Marriageable age
Section 1304	Incapacity to contract
Section 1305	(repealed)
Subtitle 2 Impediments to marriage
Section 1306	Existing marriage or civil partnership
Section 1307	Relationship by blood
Section 1308	Adoption
Subtitle 3 Certificate of no impediment
Section 1309	Certificate of no impediment for foreigners
Subtitle 4 Marriage
Section 1310	Jurisdiction of the registrar of births, deaths and marriages, curing defective marriages
Section 1311	Personal declaration
Section 1312	Marriage ceremony
Title 3 Annulment of marriage
Section 1313	Annulment by judicial decision
Section 1314	Grounds of annulment
Section 1315	Exclusion of annulment
Section 1316	Entitlement to petition
Section 1317	Period for filing petition
Section 1318	Consequences of annulment
Title 4 Remarriage after declaration of death
Section 1319	Annulment of the previous marriage
Section 1320	Annulment of the new marriage
Sections 1321 - 1352	(repealed)
Title 5 Effects of marriage in general
Section 1353	Conjugal community
Section 1354	(repealed)
Section 1355	Family name
Section 1356	Household management, gainful employment
Section 1357	Transactions to provide the necessities of life
Section 1358	(repealed)
Section 1359	Scope of duty of care
Section 1360	Duty of family maintenance
Section 1360a	Scope of the obligation to maintain
Section 1360b	Overpayment
Section 1361	Maintenance when spouses are living apart
Section 1361a	Allocation of household effects when spouses are living apart
Section 1361b	Matrimonial home when spouses are living apart
Section 1362	Presumption of ownership
Title 6 Matrimonial property regime
Subtitle 1 Statutory property regime
Section 1363	Community of accrued gains
Section 1364	Management of property
Section 1365	Disposition of property as a whole
Section 1366	Ratification of contracts
Section 1367	Unilateral legal transactions
Section 1368	Asserting the ineffectiveness
Section 1369	Dispositions of household objects
Section 1370	Replacement of household objects
Section 1371	Equalisation of accrued gains in the case of death
Section 1372	Equalisation of accrued gains in other cases
Section 1373	Accrued gains
Section 1374	Initial assets
Section 1375	Final assets
Section 1376	Ascertainment of the value of the initial and final assets
Section 1377	List of initial assets
Section 1378	Equalisation claim
Section 1379	Duty of information
Section 1380	Set-off of advancements
Section 1381	Refusal of satisfaction for gross inequity
Section 1382	Deferment
Section 1383	Transfer of assets
Section 1384	Date of calculation in the case of divorce
Section 1385	Premature equalisation of accrued gains when spouses are living apart
Section 1386	Premature equalisation of accrued gains in other cases
Section 1387	Date of calculation in the case of premature equalisation
Section 1388	Occurrence of separation of property
Section 1389	Provision of security
Section 1390	Claims against third parties of the person entitled to equalisation
Sections 1391 - 1407	(repealed)
Subtitle 2 Contractual property regime
Chapter 1 General provisions
Section 1408	Marriage contract, freedom of contract
Section 1409	Restriction of freedom of contract
Section 1410	Form
Section 1411	Marriage contracts of persons with restricted capacity to contract or incapable of contracting
Section 1412	Effect in relation to third parties
Section 1413	Revocation of permission to manage assets
Chapter 2 Separation of property
Section 1414	Commencement of separation of property
Chapter 3 Community of property
Subchapter 1 General provisions
Section 1415	Agreement by marriage contract
Section 1416	Marital property
Section 1417	Separate property
Section 1418	Reserved property
Section 1419	Joint ownership
Section 1420	Use for maintenance
Section 1421	Management of the marital property
Subchapter 2 Management of the marital property by the husband or the wife
Section 1422	Subject matter of right of management
Section 1423	Disposition of the marital property as a whole
Section 1424	Disposition of plots of land, ships or ships under construction
Section 1425	Donations
Section 1426	Substitution of the approval of the other spouse
Section 1427	Legal consequences of lack of consent
Section 1428	Dispositions without approval
Section 1429	Emergency right of management
Section 1430	Substitution of the approval of the managing spouse
Section 1431	Independent trade or business
Section 1432	Acceptance of an inheritance; refusal of offer to enter into contract or of donation
Section 1433	Continuation of a legal dispute
Section 1434	Unjust enrichment of the marital property
Section 1435	Duties of the managing spouse
Section 1436	Managing spouse under guardianship or custodianship
Section 1437	Obligations of the marital property; personal liability
Section 1438	Liability of the marital property
Section 1439	No liability on acquisition of an inheritance
Section 1440	Liability for reserved or separate property
Section 1441	Liability as between the spouses
Section 1442	Obligations of the separate property and of a trade or business
Section 1443	Costs of litigation
Section 1444	Costs of the advancement of a child
Section 1445	Equalisation between reserved property, separate property and marital property
Section 1446	Due date of the equalisation claim
Section 1447	Action of the non-managing spouse for termination
Section 1448	Action of the managing spouse for termination
Section 1449	Effect of the judicial termination decision
Subchapter 3 Joint management of the marital property by the spouses
Section 1450	Joint management by the spouses
Section 1451	Duty of both spouses to cooperate
Section 1452	Substitution of approval
Section 1453	Disposition without consent
Section 1454	Emergency right of management
Section 1455	Acts of management without the cooperation of the other spouse
Section 1456	Independent trade or business
Section 1457	Unjust enrichment of the marital property
Section 1458	Guardianship of a spouse
Section 1459	Obligations of the marital property; personal liability
Section 1460	Liability of the marital property
Section 1461	No liability on acquisition of an inheritance
Section 1462	Liability for reserved or separate property
Section 1463	Liability as between the spouses
Section 1464	Obligations of the separate property and of a trade or business
Section 1465	Costs of litigation
Section 1466	Costs of the advancement of a child that is not a child of the spouses
Section 1467	Equalisation between reserved property, separate property and marital property
Section 1468	Due date of the equalisation claim
Section 1469	Action for termination
Section 1470	Effect of the judicial termination decision
Subchapter 4 Partitioning of the marital property
Section 1471	Beginning of the partitioning
Section 1472	Joint management of the marital property
Section 1473	Direct substitution
Section 1474	Implementation of the partitioning
Section 1475	Discharge of the marital property obligations
Section 1476	Division of the surplus
Section 1477	Implementation of the division
Section 1478	Partitioning after divorce
Section 1479	Partitioning after judicial termination decision
Section 1480	Liability to third parties after the division
Section 1481	Liability of the spouses to each other
Section 1482	Dissolution of marriage by death
Subchapter 5 Continued community of property
Section 1483	Occurrence of continued community of property
Section 1484	Refusal of continued community of property
Section 1485	Marital property
Section 1486	Reserved property; separate property
Section 1487	Legal position of the spouse and the descendants
Section 1488	Marital property obligations
Section 1489	Personal liability for the marital property obligations
Section 1490	Death of a descendant
Section 1491	Waiver by a descendant
Section 1492	Termination by the surviving spouse
Section 1493	Remarriage or establishment of a civil partnership by the surviving spouse
Section 1494	Death of the surviving spouse
Section 1495	Action of a descendant for termination
Section 1496	Effect of the judicial termination decision
Section 1497	Legal relationship until partitioning
Section 1498	Implementation of the partitioning
Section 1499	Obligations borne by the surviving spouse
Section 1500	Obligations borne by the descendants
Section 1501	Set-off of lump sum payments
Section 1502	Right of surviving spouse to take over property
Section 1503	Division among the descendants
Section 1504	Adjustment of liability between descendants
Section 1505	Supplementation of the share of a descendant
Section 1506	Unworthiness to receive a share
Section 1507	Certificate on continuation of the community of property
Section 1508	(repealed)
Section 1509	Exclusion of the continued community of property by testamentary disposition
Section 1510	Effect of exclusion
Section 1511	Exclusion of a descendant
Section 1512	Reduction of the share
Section 1513	Deprivation of the share
Section 1514	Disposition of the amount withheld
Section 1515	Right of a descendant and of the spouse to take over property
Section 1516	Approval of the other spouse
Section 1517	Waiver of his share by a descendant
Section 1518	Mandatory law
Section 1558	Competent registration court
Section 1559	Change of habitual residence
Section 1560	Application for entry
Section 1561	Requirements for application
Section 1562	Public notice
Section 1563	Inspection of the register
Title 7 Divorce
Subtitle 1 Grounds of divorce
Section 1564	Divorce by judicial decision
Section 1565	Breakdown of marriage
Section 1566	Presumption of breakdown
Section 1567	Living apart
Section 1568	Hardship clause
Subtitle 2 Maintenance of the divorced spouse
Chapter 1 Principle
Section 1569	Principle of personal responsibility
Chapter 2 Entitlement to maintenance
Section 1570	Maintenance to care for a child
Section 1571	Maintenance by reason of old age
Section 1572	Maintenance for illness or infirmity
Section 1573	Maintenance for unemployment and topping-up maintenance
Section 1574	Appropriate gainful employment
Section 1575	Training, further training or retraining
Section 1576	Maintenance for reasons of equity
Section 1577	Indigence
Section 1578	Amount of maintenance
Section 1578a	Presumption of cover in the case of additional expenditure resulting from injury
Section 1578b	Reduction and time limitation of maintenance on grounds of inequity
Section 1579	Restriction or refusal of maintenance for gross inequity
Section 1580	Duty of information
Chapter 3 Ability to pay and priority
Section 1581	Ability to pay
Section 1582	Priority of the divorced spouse where more than one person is entitled to maintenance
Section 1583	Influence of the matrimonial property regime
Section 1584	Priority of more than one person liable for maintenance
Chapter 4 Form of the maintenance claim
Section 1585	Nature of maintenance payment
Section 1585a	Provision of security
Section 1585b	Maintenance for the past
Section 1585c	Agreements on maintenance
Chapter 5 End of the maintenance claim
Section 1586	Remarriage, establishment of a civil partnership or death of the person entitled
Section 1586a	Revival of the maintenance claim
Section 1586b	Obligation not extinguished on death of the person obliged
Subtitle 3 Equalisation of pension rights
Chapter 1 Principle
Section 1587	Reference to the Pension Equalisation Act [Versorgungsausgleichsgesetz]
Chapter 2 Equalisation of value of expectancies or prospects of a pension
Section 1587a	Claim for equalisation
Section 1587b	Transfer and establishment of pension expectancies by the family court
Section 1587c	Restriction or end of equalisation
Section 1587d	Suspension of the duty to establish pension expectancies
Section 1587e	Duty of information; extinction of claim to equalisation
Chapter 3 Contractual equalisation of pension rights
Section 1587f	Requirements
Section 1587g	Claim to payment of a pension
Section 1587h	Restriction or end of equalisation claim
Section 1587i	Assignment of pension claims
Section 1587k	Applicable provisions; extinction of claim to equalisation
Section 1587l	Claim to lump sum payment of future equalisation claims
Section 1587m	Extinction of the claim to a lump sum payment
Section 1587n	Set-off against maintenance claim
Chapter 4 Agreements between the parties
Section 1587o	Agreements on the equalisation
Chapter 5 Protection of the person obliged under the pension
Section 1587p	Payment to the person previously entitled
Title 8 Church duties
Section 1588
Division 2 Relationship
Title 1 General provisions
Section 1589	Relationship by blood
Section 1590	Relationship by marriage
Title 2 Descent
Section 1591	Maternity
Section 1592	Paternity
Section 1593	Paternity in the case of dissolution of the marriage by death
Section 1594	Acknowledgement of paternity
Section 1595	Need for approval of the acknowledgement
Section 1596	Acknowledgement and approval in the case of lack of capacity to contract or limited capacity to contract
Section 1597	Formal requirements; revocation
Section 1598	Ineffectiveness of acknowledgement, approval and revocation
Section 1598a	Claim to consent to a genetic examination to clarify natural parentage
Section 1599	Non-existence of paternity
Section 1600	Persons entitled to contest
Section 1600a	Personal contestation; contestation in the case of lack of capacity to contract or limited capacity to contract
Section 1600b	Contestation periods
Section 1600c	Presumption of paternity in contestation proceedings
Section 1600d	Court determination of paternity
Section 1600e	Jurisdiction of the family court; right of action and answerability as the proper party
Title 3 Obligation to maintain
Subtitle 1 General provisions
Section 1601	Persons with an obligation to maintain
Section 1602	Indigence
Section 1603	Ability to pay
Section 1604	Influence of the matrimonial property regime
Section 1605	Duty of information
Section 1606	Order of priority of more than one person obliged
Section 1607	Substituted liability and statutory passing of claim
Section 1608	Liability of the spouse or civil partner
Section 1609	Priority of more than person entitled to maintenance
Section 1610	Amount of maintenance
Section 1610a	Presumption of cover in the case of additional expenditure resulting from injury
Section 1611	Restriction or end of obligation
Section 1612	Nature of maintenance payment
Section 1612a	Minimum maintenance of minor children
Section 1612b	Meeting cash requirements through child benefit
Section 1612c	Set-off of other child-related payments
Section 1613	Maintenance for the past
Section 1614	Waiver of maintenance claim; advance performance
Section 1615	Extinction of the maintenance claim
Subtitle 2 Special provisions for the child and its parents who are not married to each other
Section 1615a	Applicable provisions
Section 1615l	Maintenance claim of mother and father by reason of the birth
Section 1615m	Funeral costs for the mother
Section 1615n	No expiry on the death of the father or stillbirth
Section 1615o	(repealed)
Title 4 Legal relationship between the parents and the child in general
Section 1616	Birth name in the case of parents with family name
Section 1617	Birth name in the case of parents without family name and with joint parental custody
Section 1617a	Birth name in the case of parents without family name and with sole parental custody
Section 1617b	Name in the case of subsequent joint parental custody or ostensible paternity
Section 1617c	Name in the case of change of name by the parents
Section 1618	Bringing child under family name
Section 1618a	Duty of assistance and respect
Section 1619	Services in house and business
Section 1620	Outlays of the child for the household of its parents
Sections 1621 - 1623	(repealed)
Section 1624	Advancement from the parental assets
Section 1625	Advancement from the assets of the child
Title 5 Parental custody
Section 1626	Parental custody, principles
Section 1626a	Parental custody of parents who are not married to each other; declarations of parental custody
Section 1626b	Special requirements for the effectiveness of the declaration of parental custody
Section 1626c	Declaring in person; parent with limited capacity to contract
Section 1626d	Form; duty of notification
Section 1626e	Ineffectiveness
Section 1627	Exercise of parental custody
Section 1628	Court decision in the case of differences of opinion between the parents
Section 1629	Representation of the child
Section 1629a	Restriction of liability of minors
Section 1630	Parental custody in the case of appointment of a curator or of foster care
Section 1631	Contents and limits of care for the person of the child
Section 1631a	Training and occupation
Section 1631b	Accommodation associated with deprivation of liberty
Section 1631c	Prohibition of sterilisation
Section 1632	Surrender of the child; determination of contact; order that child remains in foster care
Section 1633	Care for the person of the child in the case of a married minor
Sections 1634 - 1637	(repealed)
Section 1638	Restriction of care for the property of the child
Section 1639	Directions of the testator or donor
Section 1640	Inventory of property
Section 1641	Prohibition of donation
Section 1642	Investment of money
Section 1643	Legal transactions subject to approval
Section 1644	Surrender of objects of property to the child
Section 1645	New trade or business
Section 1646	Acquisition with funds of the child
Section 1647	(repealed)
Section 1648	Reimbursement of outlays
Section 1649	Use of the income of the property of the child
Sections 1650 - 1663	(repealed)
Section 1664	Limited liability of the parents
Section 1665	(repealed)
Section 1666	Court measures in the case of endangerment of the best interests of the child
Section 1666a	Principle of proportionality; priority of public support measures
Section 1667	Court measures in the case of endangerment of the property of the child
Sections 1668 - 1670	(repealed)
Section 1671	Living apart and joint parental custody
Section 1672	Living apart where the mother has parental custody
Section 1673	Suspension of parental custody in the case of a legal obstacle
Section 1674	Suspension of parental custody in the case of a factual obstacle
Section 1675	Effect of the suspension
Section 1676	(repealed)
Section 1677	Termination of parental custody by declaration of death
Section 1678	Consequences for the other parent of the actual prevention or of the suspension
Section 1679	(repealed)
Section 1680	Death of a parent or removal of the parental custody
Section 1681	Declaration of death of a parent
Section 1682	Order that the child remains with persons to whom it relates
Section 1683	(repealed)
Section 1684	Contact of the child with its parents
Section 1685	Contact of the child with other persons to whom it relates
Section 1686	Information on the personal circumstances of the child
Section 1687	Exercise of joint parental custody when the parents live apart
Section 1687a	Power to make decision of the parent without parental custody
Section 1687b	Parental custody powers of the spouse
Section 1688	Decisions of the foster carer
Sections 1689 - 1692	(repealed)
Section 1693	Court measures where the parents are prevented
Sections 1694, 1695	(repealed)
Section 1696	Amendment of judicial decisions and of court-approved settlements
Section 1697	(repealed)
Section 1697a	Principle of best interests of child
Section 1698	Surrender of the property of the child; rendering an account
Section 1698a	Continuation of transactions in ignorance that parental custody has ended
Section 1698b	Continuation of urgent transactions after the death of the child
Sections 1699 - 1711	(repealed)
Title 6 Legal advisership
Section 1712	Youth welfare office as legal adviser; tasks
Section 1713	Persons entitled to apply
Section 1714	Occurrence of legal advisership
Section 1715	Termination of legal advisership
Section 1716	Effects of legal advisership
Section 1717	Requirement of habitual residence on domestic territory
Sections 1718 - 1740	(repealed)
Title 7 Adoption
Subtitle 1 Adoption of minors
Section 1741	Admissibility of the adoption
Section 1742	Adoption only as child of the spouses
Section 1743	Minimum age
Section 1744	Probationary period
Section 1745	Prohibition of adoption
Section 1746	Consent of the child
Section 1747	Consent of the parents of the child
Section 1748	Substitution of the consent of a parent
Section 1749	Consent of the spouse
Section 1750	Declaration of consent
Section 1751	Effect of parental consent, maintenance obligation
Section 1752	Order of the family court, application
Section 1753	Adoption after death
Section 1754	Effect of adoption
Section 1755	Extinction of relationships
Section 1756	Continuation of relationships
Section 1757	Name of the child
Section 1758	Prohibition on disclosure and exploratory questioning
Section 1759	Cancellation of the adoption relationship
Section 1760	Cancellation for lack of declarations
Section 1761	Obstacles to cancellation
Section 1762	Entitlement to apply; period for filing application, form
Section 1763	Cancellation by the court of its own motion
Section 1764	Effect of cancellation
Section 1765	Name of the child after the cancellation
Section 1766	Marriage between adoptive parent and child
Subtitle 2 Adoption of persons of full age
Section 1767	Admissibility of adoption, applicable provisions
Section 1768	Application
Section 1769	Prohibition of adoption
Section 1770	Effect of adoption
Section 1771	Cancellation of the adoption relationship
Section 1772	Adoption with the effects of the adoption of a minor
Division 3 Guardianship, legal curatorship, custodianship
Title 1 Guardianship
Subtitle 1 Creation of guardianship
Section 1773	Requirements
Section 1774	Order by the court of its own motion
Section 1775	More than one guardian
Section 1776	Right of the parents to name the guardian
Section 1777	Requirements of the right to name the guardian
Section 1778	Passing over the guardian named
Section 1779	Selection by the family court
Section 1780	Lack of capacity to be a guardian
Section 1781	Unsuitability to be a guardian
Section 1782	Exclusion by the parents
Section 1783	(repealed)
Section 1784	Official or church officer as guardian
Section 1785	Duty to assume guardianship
Section 1786	Right to refuse
Section 1787	Consequences of unjustified refusal
Section 1788	Coercive fine
Section 1789	Appointment by the family court
Section 1790	Appointment subject to a reservation
Section 1791	Certificate of appointment
Section 1791a	Guardianship by association
Section 1791b	Official guardianship of the youth welfare office by appointment
Section 1791c	Statutory official guardianship of the youth welfare office
Section 1792	Supervisory guardian
Subtitle 2 Conducting of the guardianship
Section 1793	Duties of the guardian, liability of the ward
Section 1794	Restriction as a result of curatorship
Section 1795	Exclusion of power of agency
Section 1796	Withdrawal of power of agency
Section 1797	More than one guardian
Section 1798	Differences of opinion
Section 1799	Duties and rights of the supervisory guardian
Section 1800	Scope of care for the person
Section 1801	Religious education
Section 1802	Inventory of property
Section 1803	Management of assets in the case of inheritance or donation
Section 1804	Donations made by the guardian
Section 1805	Use for the guardian
Section 1806	Investment of money held in trust for a ward
Section 1807	Nature of investment
Section 1808	(repealed)
Section 1809	Investment with blocking note
Section 1810	Cooperation of supervisory guardian or family court
Section 1811	Other investment
Section 1812	Dispositions of claims and securities
Section 1813	Transactions not requiring approval
Section 1814	Deposit of bearer instruments
Section 1815	Change of registration and conversion of bearer instruments
Section 1816	Blocking of registered claims
Section 1817	Exemption
Section 1818	Order of deposit
Section 1819	Approval in the case of deposit
Section 1820	Approval after change of registration and conversion
Section 1821	Approval of transactions relating to plots of land, ships or ships under construction
Section 1822	Approval for other transactions
Section 1823	Approval where the ward has a trade or business
Section 1824	Approval for the permission for the ward to use objects
Section 1825	General authorisation
Section 1826	Hearing of the supervisory guardian before giving the approval
Section 1827	(repealed)
Section 1828	Pronouncement of approval
Section 1829	Subsequent approval
Section 1830	Right of revocation of the other party
Section 1831	Unilateral legal transaction without approval
Section 1832	Approval of the supervisory guardian
Section 1833	Liability of the guardian
Section 1834	Duty to pay interest
Section 1835	Reimbursement of outlays
Section 1835a	Reimbursement for expenses
Section 1836	Payment of the guardian
Section 1836c	Funds to be provided by the ward
Section 1836d	Destitution of the ward
Section 1836e	Statutory passing of claim
Subtitle 3 Care and supervision of the family court
Section 1837	Advice and supervision
Section 1838	(repealed)
Section 1839	Duty of information of the guardian
Section 1840	Report and rendering of account
Section 1841	Contents of the account
Section 1842	Cooperation of the supervisory guardian
Section 1843	Examination by the family court
Section 1844	(repealed)
Section 1845	(repealed)
Section 1846	Interim measures of the family court
Section 1847	Hearing of the relatives
Section 1848	(repealed)
Subtitle 4 Cooperation of the youth welfare office
Sections 1849, 1850	(repealed)
Section 1851	Duties of notification
Subtitle 5 Exempted guardianship
Section 1852	Exemption by the father
Section 1853	Exemption from deposit and blocking
Section 1854	Exemption from duty to render an account
Section 1855	Exemption by the mother
Section 1856	Requirements of exemption
Section 1857	Cancellation of the exemption by the family court
Section 1857a	Exemption of the youth welfare office and the association
Sections 1858 - 1881	(repealed)
Subtitle 6 Termination of the guardianship
Section 1882	Cessation of the requirements
Section 1883	(repealed)
Section 1884	Ward missing and declaration of death of the ward
Section 1885	(repealed)
Section 1886	Removal of the sole guardian
Section 1887	Removal of the youth welfare office or association
Section 1888	Removal of officials and church officers
Section 1889	Removal on the application of the guardian himself
Section 1890	Delivery of assets and rendering an account
Section 1891	Cooperation of the supervisory guardian
Section 1892	Examination and approval of the account
Section 1893	Continuation of transactions after the termination of the guardianship, return of certificates
Section 1894	Notification on death of the guardian
Section 1895	Termination of office of the supervisory guardian
Title 2 Legal custodianship
Section 1896	Requirements
Section 1897	Appointment of a natural person
Section 1898	Duty to assume custodianship
Section 1899	More than one custodian
Section 1900	Custodianship by association or public authority
Section 1901	Scope of the custodianship, duties of the custodian
Section 1901a	Living will
Section 1901b	Discussion to ascertain the patient’s will
Section 1901c	Wishes in writing with regard to custodianship, enduring power of attorney
Section 1902	Representation of the person under custodianship
Section 1903	Reservation of consent
Section 1904	Approval of the custodianship court in the case of medical measures
Section 1905	Sterilisation
Section 1906	Approval of the custodianship court with regard to accommodation
Section 1907	Approval of the custodianship court on abandonment of rented home
Section 1908	Approval of the custodianship court with regard to advancement
Section 1908a	Precautionary appointment of a custodian and order of reservation of consent for minors
Section 1908b	Removal of the custodian
Section 1908c	Appointment of a new custodian
Section 1908d	Cancellation or alteration of custodianship and reservation of consent
Section 1908e	(repealed)
Section 1908f	Recognition as custodianship association
Section 1908g	Public authority custodian
Section 1908h	(repealed)
Section 1908i	Provisions applicable with the necessary modifications
Section 1908k	(repealed)
Title 3 Curatorship
Section 1909	Supplementary curatorship
Section 1910	(repealed)
Section 1911	Curatorship of absentees
Section 1912	Curatorship for an unborn child
Section 1913	Curatorship for unknown persons involved
Section 1914	Curatorship for collected property
Section 1915	Application of guardianship law
Section 1916	Designation as supplementary curator
Section 1917	Naming of the supplementary curator by testator and third parties
Section 1918	Termination of the curatorship by operation of law
Section 1919	Cancellation of the curatorship on cessation of reason
Section 1920	(repealed)
Section 1921	Cancellation of the curatorship of absentees
Book 5 Law of Succession
Division 1 Succession
Section 1922	Universal succession
Section 1923	Capacity to inherit
Section 1924	Heirs on intestacy of the first degree
Section 1925	Heirs on intestacy of the second degree
Section 1926	Heirs on intestacy of the third degree
Section 1927	More than one share of the inheritance in the case of multiple relationship
Section 1928	Heirs on intestacy of the fourth degree
Section 1929	More distant degrees
Section 1930	Priority of the degrees
Section 1931	Right of intestate succession of the spouse
Section 1932	Preferential benefit of the spouse
Section 1933	Exclusion of the right of succession of the spouse
Section 1934	Right of succession of spouse who is a relative
Section 1935	Consequences of increase of share of the inheritance
Section 1936	Right of intestate succession of the treasury
Section 1937	Appointment of heir by testamentary disposition
Section 1938	Disinheritance without appointment of an heir
Section 1939	Legacy
Section 1940	Testamentary burden
Section 1941	Contract of inheritance
Division 2 Legal position of the heir
Title 1 Acceptance and disclaimer of the inheritance; supervision of the probate court
Section 1942	Devolution and disclaimer of the inheritance
Section 1943	Acceptance and disclaimer of the inheritance
Section 1944	Period for disclaimer
Section 1945	Form of disclaimer
Section 1946	Date for acceptance or disclaimer
Section 1947	Condition and stipulation as to time
Section 1948	More than one ground of entitlement
Section 1949	Mistake as to the ground of entitlement
Section 1950	Partial acceptance; partial disclaimer
Section 1951	More than one share of the inheritance
Section 1952	Inheritability of the right of disclaimer
Section 1953	Effect of disclaimer
Section 1954	Period of avoidance
Section 1955	Form of avoidance
Section 1956	Avoidance of failure to disclaim in good time
Section 1957	Effect of avoidance
Section 1958	Judicial assertion of claims against the heir
Section 1959	Management before the disclaimer
Section 1960	Securing the estate; curator of the estate
Section 1961	Curatorship of the estate on application
Section 1962	Jurisdiction of the probate court
Section 1963	Maintenance for the mother-to-be of an heir
Section 1964	Presumption that the treasury is heir
Section 1965	Public invitation to notify the rights of succession
Section 1966	Legal position of the treasury before determination
Title 2 Liability of the heir for the obligations of the estate
Subtitle 1 Obligations of the estate
Section 1967	Liability of heir, obligations of the estate
Section 1968	Costs of funeral
Section 1969	Maintenance for thirty days
Subtitle 2 Public notice to the creditors of the estate
Section 1970	Notification of the claims
Section 1971	Creditors not affected
Section 1972	Rights not affected
Section 1973	Exclusion of creditors of the estate
Section 1974	Defence of withheld information
Subtitle 3 Restriction of the liability of the heir
Section 1975	Administration of estate; estate insolvency
Section 1976	Effect on legal relationships extinguished by merger
Section 1977	Effect on a set-off
Section 1978	Responsibility of the heir for previous administration, reimbursement of expenses
Section 1979	Discharge of obligations of the estate
Section 1980	Application for institution of estate insolvency proceedings
Section 1981	Order of administration of the estate
Section 1982	Refusal to order administration of the estate for insufficiency of assets
Section 1983	Public notice
Section 1984	Effect of the order
Section 1985	Duties and liability of the administrator of the estate
Section 1986	Delivery of the estate
Section 1987	Payment of the administrator of the estate
Section 1988	End and cancellation of administration of the estate
Section 1989	Defence by the heir of exhaustion of assets
Section 1990	Defence by the heir of insufficiency of assets
Section 1991	Consequences of defence of insufficiency of assets
Section 1992	Overindebtedness as a result of legacies and testamentary burdens
Subtitle 4 Filing of an inventory, unlimited liability of the heir
Section 1993	Filing of an inventory
Section 1994	Inventory period
Section 1995	Length of the period
Section 1996	Fixing a new period
Section 1997	Suspension of the expiry of the period
Section 1998	Death of the heir before expiry of the period
Section 1999	Notice to the court
Section 2000	Ineffectiveness of the fixing of the period
Section 2001	Contents of the inventory
Section 2002	Preparation of the inventory by the heir
Section 2003	Official preparation of the inventory
Section 2004	Reference to an existing inventory
Section 2005	Unlimited liability of the heir if the inventory is incorrect
Section 2006	Declaration in lieu of an oath
Section 2007	Liability in the case of more than one share of the inheritance
Section 2008	Inventory for an inheritance that is part of marital property
Section 2009	Effect of filing of inventory
Section 2010	Inspection of the inventory
Section 2011	No inventory period for the treasury as heir
Section 2012	No inventory period for the curator and administrator of the estate
Section 2013	Consequences of the unlimited liability of the heir
Subtitle 5 Suspensive defences
Section 2014	Defence within three months
Section 2015	Defence of the public notice procedure
Section 2016	Exclusion of defences in the case of unlimited liability of the heir
Section 2017	Beginning of the period of time in the case of curatorship of the estate
Title 3 Claim to inheritance
Section 2018	Duty of surrender of the possessor of the inheritance
Section 2019	Direct substitution
Section 2020	Emoluments and fruits
Section 2021	Duty of surrender under principles of unjust enrichment
Section 2022	Reimbursement of outlays and expenses
Section 2023	Liability after litigation is pending and for emoluments and outlays
Section 2024	Liability with knowledge
Section 2025	Liability in the case of tort
Section 2026	No reliance on acquisition by prescription
Section 2027	Duty of information of the possessor of the inheritance
Section 2028	Duty of information of occupant of house
Section 2029	Liability in the case of individual claims by the heir
Section 2030	Legal position of the acquirer of the inheritance
Section 2031	Claim of person declared dead for surrender
Title 4 More than one heir
Subtitle 1 Legal relationship of the heirs between themselves
Section 2032	Community of heirs
Section 2033	Right of disposition of the co-heir
Section 2034	Right of preemption as against seller
Section 2035	Right of preemption as against buyer
Section 2036	Liability of buyer of share of the inheritance
Section 2037	Resale of the share of the inheritance
Section 2038	Joint management of the estate
Section 2039	Estate claims
Section 2040	Disposal of objects of the estate, set-off
Section 2041	Direct substitution
Section 2042	Partitioning
Section 2043	Postponement of partitioning
Section 2044	Exclusion of partitioning
Section 2045	Postponement of partitioning
Section 2046	Discharge of obligations of the estate
Section 2047	Distribution of the surplus
Section 2048	Directions by the deceased for partitioning
Section 2049	Taking over of a farm
Section 2050	Duty to adjust advancements for descendants as heirs on intestacy
Section 2051	Duty to adjust advancements if a descendant does not inherit
Section 2052	Duty to adjust advancements for descendants as heirs by will
Section 2053	Gift to more remote or adopted descendant
Section 2054	Gift from the marital property
Section 2055	Carrying out the adjustment
Section 2056	Excess gifts
Section 2057	Duty of information
Section 2057a	Duty to adjust advancements in the case of special payments by one descendant
Subtitle 2 Legal relationship between the heirs and the creditors of the estate
Section 2058	Joint and several liability
Section 2059	Liability until division
Section 2060	Liability after division
Section 2061	Public notice to the creditors of the estate
Section 2062	Application for administration of the estate
Section 2063	Filing of an inventory, limitation of liability
Division 3 Will
Title 1 General provisions
Section 2064	Made in person
Section 2065	Determination by third parties
Section 2066	Heirs on intestacy of the testator
Section 2067	Relatives of the testator
Section 2068	Children of the testator
Section 2069	Descendants of the testator
Section 2070	Descendants of a third party
Section 2071	Group of persons
Section 2072	The poor
Section 2073	Ambiguous designation
Section 2074	Condition precedent
Section 2075	Condition subsequent
Section 2076	Condition for the benefit of a third party
Section 2077	Ineffectiveness of testamentary dispositions on dissolution of marriage or engagement
Section 2078	Avoidance for mistake or duress
Section 2079	Avoidance for omission of a person entitled to a compulsory portion
Section 2080	Person entitled to avoid
Section 2081	Declaration of avoidance
Section 2082	Period of avoidance
Section 2083	Defence of voidability
Section 2084	Interpretation favouring effectiveness
Section 2085	Partial ineffectiveness
Section 2086	Reservation of right to make addition
Title 2 Appointment of heirs
Section 2087	Gift of property, of fraction of property or of individual objects
Section 2088	Appointment to fractions
Section 2089	Increase of the fractions
Section 2090	Reduction of the fractions
Section 2091	Undetermined fractions
Section 2092	Partial appointment to fractions
Section 2093	Joint share of the inheritance
Section 2094	Accrual
Section 2095	Accrued share of the inheritance
Section 2096	Substitute heir
Section 2097	Rule of interpretation in the case of substitute heir
Section 2098	Mutual appointment as substitute heir
Section 2099	Substitute heir and accrual
Title 3 Appointment of a subsequent heir
Section 2100	Subsequent heir
Section 2101	Subsequent heir not yet conceived
Section 2102	Subsequent heir and substitute heir
Section 2103	Order to surrender the inheritance
Section 2104	Heirs on intestacy as subsequent heirs
Section 2105	Heirs on intestacy as prior heirs
Section 2106	Occurrence of subsequent succession
Section 2107	Childless prior heir
Section 2108	Capacity to inherit; inheritability of the subsequent succession
Section 2109	End of effectiveness of subsequent succession
Section 2110	Scope of the right of subsequent succession
Section 2111	Direct substitution
Section 2112	Right of disposal of the prior heir
Section 2113	Dispositions of plots of land, ships and ships under construction; gifts
Section 2114	Dispositions of mortgage claims, land charges and annuity land charges
Section 2115	Dispositions in execution of judgment against prior heir
Section 2116	Deposit of securities
Section 2117	Change of registration; conversion
Section 2118	Blocking note in debt ledger
Section 2119	Investment of money
Section 2120	Duty of subsequent heir to consent
Section 2121	List of objects of inheritance
Section 2122	Determination of the condition of the inheritance
Section 2123	Economic plan
Section 2124	Costs of maintenance
Section 2125	Outlays; right to remove
Section 2126	Extraordinary burdens
Section 2127	Right to information of subsequent heir
Section 2128	Provision of security
Section 2129	Effect of deprivation of management
Section 2130	Duty to surrender after the occurrence of subsequent succession, duty to render account
Section 2131	Scope of duty of care
Section 2132	No liability for ordinary wear and tear
Section 2133	Improper or excessive taking of fruits
Section 2134	Own use
Section 2135	Lease and usufructuary lease in subsequent succession
Section 2136	Release of the prior heir
Section 2137	Rule of interpretation for the release
Section 2138	Restricted obligation to surrender
Section 2139	Effect of occurrence of subsequent succession
Section 2140	Dispositions of the prior heir after occurrence of subsequent succession
Section 2141	Maintenance for the mother-to-be of a subsequent heir
Section 2142	Disclaimer of subsequent succession
Section 2143	Restoration of extinguished legal relationships
Section 2144	Liability of the subsequent heir for the obligations of the estate
Section 2145	Liability of the prior heir for the obligations of the estate
Section 2146	Duty of prior heir to notify creditors of the estate
Title 4 Legacies
Section 2147	Person charged with a legacy
Section 2148	More than one person charged with a legacy
Section 2149	Legacy for heirs on intestacy
Section 2150	Preferential legacy
Section 2151	Right to decide of the person charged or of a third person in the event of more than one person provided for
Section 2152	Choice of persons provided for
Section 2153	Determination of shares
Section 2154	Optional legacy
Section 2155	General legacy
Section 2156	Legacy for a special purpose
Section 2157	Joint legacy
Section 2158	Accrual
Section 2159	Independence of the accrual
Section 2160	Prior death of person provided for
Section 2161	Where the person charged does not inherit
Section 2162	Thirty-year period for a suspended legacy
Section 2163	Exceptions to the thirty-year period
Section 2164	Extension to accessories and claims to compensation
Section 2165	Charges
Section 2166	Charge with a mortgage
Section 2167	Charge with a blanket mortgage
Section 2168	Charge with a blanket land charge
Section 2168a	Application to ships, ships under construction and ship mortgages
Section 2169	Legacy of foreign objects
Section 2170	Legacy to be procured
Section 2171	Impossibility, statutory prohibition
Section 2172	Combination, intermixture, mingling of the bequeathed thing
Section 2173	Claim as a legacy
Section 2174	Claim arising under a legacy
Section 2175	Restoration of extinguished legal relationships
Section 2176	Devolution of the legacy
Section 2177	Devolution in the event of a condition or a time limit
Section 2178	Devolution in the event of a person provided for not yet conceived or determined
Section 2179	Period of suspense
Section 2180	Acceptance and disclaimer
Section 2181	Discretionary due date
Section 2182	Warranty for legal defects
Section 2183	Warranty for material defects
Section 2184	Fruits and emoluments
Section 2185	Reimbursement of outlays and expenses
Section 2186	Due date of sublegacy or testamentary burden
Section 2187	Liability of the main legatee
Section 2188	Reduction of the charges
Section 2189	Directions concerning priority
Section 2190	Substitute legatee
Section 2191	Subsequent legatee
Title 5 Testamentary burden
Section 2192	Applicable provisions
Section 2193	Appointment of the beneficiary, period for fulfilment
Section 2194	Claim for fulfilment
Section 2195	Relationship between testamentary burden and gift
Section 2196	Impossibility of fulfilment
Title 6 Executor
Section 2197	Appointment of an executor
Section 2198	Determination of the executor by a third person
Section 2199	Appointment of co-executor or successor
Section 2200	Appointment by the probate court
Section 2201	Ineffectiveness of the appointment
Section 2202	Acceptance and refusal of office
Section 2203	Task of the executor
Section 2204	Partitioning of the estate between co-heirs
Section 2205	Administration of the estate, power of disposal
Section 2206	Incurring obligations
Section 2207	Extended authority
Section 2208	Limitation of the rights of the executor, execution by the heir
Section 2209	Permanent execution
Section 2210	Thirty-year period for permanent execution
Section 2211	Limitation on dispositions of the heir
Section 2212	Assertion in court of the rights subject to the execution of the will
Section 2213	Assertion in court of claims against the estate
Section 2214	Creditors of the heir
Section 2215	Inventory of the estate
Section 2216	Proper administration of the estate, compliance with directions
Section 2217	Transfer of objects of the estate
Section 2218	Legal relationship to the heir; rendering of accounts
Section 2219	Liability of the executor
Section 2220	Mandatory law
Section 2221	Remuneration of the executor
Section 2222	Executor for the subsequent heir
Section 2223	Executor of a legacy
Section 2224	More than one executor
Section 2225	Expiry of the office of the executor
Section 2226	Notice of termination by the executor
Section 2227	Dismissal of the executor
Section 2228	Inspection of records
Title 7 The making and revocation of a will
Section 2229	Testamentary capacity of minors, lack of testamentary capacity
Section 2230	(repealed)
Section 2231	Regular wills
Section 2232	Public will
Section 2233	Special cases
Sections 2234 - 2246	(repealed)
Section 2247	Holographic will
Section 2248	Custody of a holographic will
Section 2249	Emergency will made before the mayor
Section 2250	Emergency will before three witnesses
Section 2251	Emergency will made at sea
Section 2252	Period of validity of emergency wills
Section 2253	Revocation of the will
Section 2254	Revocation by will
Section 2255	Revocation by destruction or changes
Section 2256	Revocation by the withdrawal of the will from official custody
Section 2257	Revocation of the revocation
Section 2258	Revocation by a later will
Section 2258a	(repealed)
Section 2258b	(repealed)
Section 2259	Obligation to deliver
Section 2260	(repealed)
Section 2261	(repealed)
Section 2262	(repealed)
Section 2263	Voidness of a prohibition on opening the will
Section 2263a	Opening period for wills
Section 2264	(repealed)
Title 8 Joint will
Section 2265	Joint will made by spouses
Section 2266	Joint emergency will
Section 2267	Joint holographic will
Section 2268	Effect of nullity or dissolution of marriage
Section 2269	Reciprocal appointment
Section 2270	Reciprocal dispositions
Section 2271	Revocation of reciprocal dispositions
Section 2272	Withdrawal from official custody
Section 2273	(repealed)
Division 4 Contract of inheritance
Section 2274	Entering into contract in person
Section 2275	Requirements
Section 2276	Form
Section 2277	(repealed)
Section 2278	Permissible contractual dispositions
Section 2279	Contractual gifts and burdens, application of section 2077
Section 2280	Application of section 2269
Section 2281	Avoidance by the testator
Section 2282	Representation, form of the avoidance
Section 2283	Period of avoidance
Section 2284	Confirmation
Section 2285	Avoidance by third parties
Section 2286	Dispositions inter vivos
Section 2287	Gifts adversely affecting the contractual heir
Section 2288	Prejudice to the legatee
Section 2289	Effect of the contract of inheritance on testamentary dispositions; application of section 2338
Section 2290	Cancellation by contract
Section 2291	Cancellation by will
Section 2292	Cancellation by joint will
Section 2293	Withdrawal in the event of reservation
Section 2294	Withdrawal in the event of the misconduct of the person provided for
Section 2295	Withdrawal in the event of the extinction of a mutual obligation
Section 2296	Representation, form of withdrawal
Section 2297	Withdrawal by will
Section 2298	Mutual contract of inheritance
Section 2299	Unilateral dispositions
Section 2300	Application of sections 2259 and 2263; removal from official or notarial custody
Section 2300a	Opening period
Section 2301	Promise of donation mortis causa
Section 2302	Unlimited testamentary freedom
Division 5 Compulsory share
Section 2303	Person entitled to a compulsory share of the estate; amount of the share
Section 2304	Rules of interpretation
Section 2305	Additional compulsory share
Section 2306	Limitations and charges
Section 2307	Bequest of a legacy
Section 2308	Avoidance of the disclaimer
Section 2309	Right of parents and remoter descendants to a compulsory share
Section 2310	Determination of the share of the inheritance for the calculation of the compulsory share
Section 2311	Value of the estate
Section 2312	Value of a farm
Section 2313	Taking account of conditional, uncertain or unsecured rights; duty of determination of the heir
Section 2314	Duty of the heir to provide information
Section 2315	Counting gifts towards the compulsory share
Section 2316	Duty to adjust advancements
Section 2317	Creation and transferability of the claim to a compulsory share
Section 2318	Burden of the compulsory share in the case of legacies and testamentary burdens
Section 2319	Person entitled to a compulsory share as co-heir
Section 2320	Compulsory share burden on the heir taking the place of the person entitled to a compulsory share
Section 2321	Compulsory share burden in the event of a disclaimer of a legacy
Section 2322	Reduction of legacies and testamentary burdens
Section 2323	Heir not charged with a compulsory share
Section 2324	Deviating directions by the testator concerning the compulsory share burden
Section 2325	Claim for the augmentation of compulsory shares in the event of gifts
Section 2326	Augmentation to more than half of the share of the inheritance on intestacy
Section 2327	Receipt of gift by a person entitled to a compulsory share
Section 2328	Heir himself as person entitled to a compulsory share
Section 2329	Claim against the receiver of a gift
Section 2330	Gift arising from a moral duty
Section 2331	Gifts made from marital property
Section 2331a	Additional time
Section 2332	Limitation
Section 2333	Deprivation of a descendant's compulsory share
Section 2334	Deprivation of a the compulsory share of a parent
Section 2335	Deprivation of the compulsory share of a spouse
Section 2336	Form, burden of proof and ineffectiveness of deprivation
Section 2337	Forgiveness
Section 2338	Limitation of the compulsory share
Division 6 Unworthiness to inherit
Section 2339	Grounds for unworthiness to inherit
Section 2340	Enforcement of the unworthiness to inherit by avoidance
Section 2341	Persons entitled to avoid
Section 2342	Action for avoidance
Section 2343	Forgiveness
Section 2344	Effect of a declaration of unworthiness to inherit
Section 2345	Unworthiness to receive a legacy; unworthiness to receive a compulsory share
Division 7 Renunciation of inheritance
Section 2346	Effect of the renunciation of inheritance, possibility of limitation
Section 2347	Personal requirements, representation
Section 2348	Form
Section 2349	Extension to descendants
Section 2350	Renunciation in favour of another
Section 2351	Revocation of a renunciation of the inheritance
Section 2352	Renunciation of gifts
Division 8 Certificate of inheritance
Section 2353	Competence of the probate court, application
Section 2354	Statements of the heir on intestacy in the application
Section 2355	Statements of the testamentary heir in the application
Section 2356	Proof of accuracy of statements
Section 2357	Joint certificate of inheritance
Section 2358	Investigations by the probate court
Section 2359	Requirements for the issue of a certificate of inheritance
Section 2360	(repealed)
Section 2361	Withdrawal or declaration of invalidity of an inaccurate certificate of inheritance
Section 2362	Claim for return and information by the true heir
Section 2363	Contents of the certificate of inheritance for the prior heir
Section 2364	Indication of the executor in the certificate of inheritance, claim for delivery by the executor
Section 2365	Presumption of legitimacy of the certificate of inheritance
Section 2366	Presumption of the authenticity of the certificate of inheritance
Section 2367	Performance for the person named as heir in the certificate of inheritance
Section 2368	Executor's certificate
Section 2369	Certificate of inheritance limited to objects
Section 2370	Presumption of authenticity of declaration of death
Division 9 Purchase of an inheritance
Section 2371	Form
Section 2372	Advantages due to purchaser
Section 2373	Parts remaining for the seller
Section 2374	Duty to return
Section 2375	Duty to compensate
Section 2376	Liability of the seller
Section 2377	Restoration of extinguished legal relationships
Section 2378	Obligations of the estate
Section 2379	Emoluments and charges prior to the sale
Section 2380	Passing of the risk, emoluments and charges after the sale
Section 2381	Reimbursement of outlays and expenses
Section 2382	Liability of the purchaser in relation to the creditors of the estate
Section 2383	Scope of liability of the purchaser
Section 2384	The duty of notification of the seller towards the creditors of the estate, right of inspection
Section 2385	Application to similar contracts

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