Submission

The application requires a handwritten signature.

You can complete the application electronically and thus take advantage of the online form. After entering your application data, you must print out the application, sign it and submit it in paper form to the relevant office.

Among the reasons why an application cannot be submitted electronically are:

The application must be signed by more than one person

The application must be signed on behalf of one or more legal entities

The application must be accompanied by original enclosures.

The application or an enclosure must be notarized.

Necessary documents and information

• the consent of the other spouse or the other registered partner if the pledged property is the matrimonial home or the joint home of a registered partnership
• If the lien is to be registered before the registered right of residence or usufruct, a priority grant is required

Costs

Land Register Division and Commercial Register Fees, Ordinance

Note

Important: The signature(s) must be notarized. Certifications are issued by notaries, the Princely Court of Justice, the municipalities or the Office of Justice.

The use of eID.li and therefore electronic signing and submission is not possible for the following reasons:

• The application may not be signed electronically in accordance with signature or special legislation
• The application requires multiple signatures.
• The substantive transaction requires the customer to appear in person at the office.
• Art. 525 SR, supporting documents must be kept in the original and bound consecutively in document books.

Laws, ordinances, information sheets:

• Property law
• Land Register Division and Commercial Register Fees, Regulation
• Grundbuchverordnung
• Marriage Act
• Partnership Act
• Information sheet "Notes on the preparation of pledge agreements"
• Requirement of consent for encumbrance and sale of the matrimonial home or the shared home in accordance with the Partnership Act (363 kb)