Accession (property law)

The compound ( Latin actio ) is treated as a legal concept in property law, the change in ownership of the associated things as they arise through technical connections.

An associated things can you do not have a stand-alone property, only to the main subject, the results from the connection. Thus, the owner of an apartment automatically the ownership of a heating body in this apartment, as this was connected ( through the pipes and installation ) with the apartment.

The difference between the accessories, are allowed to the independent property rights, and connection is sometimes controversial, but as guidelines apply inter alia:

• Accessories ( without problems) individually removable or separable.
• The separation of a connected thing will change the character of the whole thing; it is necessary for the usability of the entire thing.

A special case is the connection with a plot by wash up (Latin alluvio ) or demolition (Latin Avulsio ).

Swell

• Germany: § 946, § 947, § 951 BGB
• Austria: § § 294ff Civil Code appurtenances; § § 414ff Civil Code; Fourth main piece. From acquisition of Eigenthumes by growth. II Artificial increase of processing or association at all; Connection with a plot: § § 411f Civil Code