Claim for vindication A vindicatory claim is regulated in Article 222 § 1 of the Civil Code. Pursuant to this provision, the owner may demand that the thing be handed over to him or her by a person who is ...

Compensation for non-contractual use of property The owner of the property is entitled to decide who can use his property. The right to use the property may arise from a right of ownership or another right in rem or a ...

Adjacency charge The adjacency fee is regulated in Article 98a of the Act of 21 August 1997 on real estate management. When can a fee be charged? An adjacency fee may be assessed if, as a result of the division ...

Limitation and preclusion It is accepted as a principle of civil law that the assertion of a property claim using state compulsion, i.e. the administration of justice, has been limited in time. The reasons why time limitations are introduced for ...

General plan of the municipality On 24 September 2023, an amendment to the Act of 27 March 2003 on spatial planning and development entered into force, based on which municipal general plans were introduced into the legal order in place ...

Disposal of real estate as a prerequisite for asserting a claim under Article 36(3) of the Act of 27 March 2003 on planning and spatial development for compensation for the reduction in the value of real estate Article 36(3) of ...

Limitation and preclusion of claims for compensation for planning damage The legislator has provided for three claims for compensation for planning damage, namely a claim for compensation for the actual damage suffered, a claim for the redemption of the property ...

Transferability of claims for compensation for planning damage The legislator provides for three claims for compensation of the damage caused by the enactment or amendment of the local plan, i.e. a claim for compensation for the actual damage suffered, a ...