Title 5 — Mandeligheid · Civil Code — Book 5

5:60 Article 5:60

Common ownership (mandeligheid) arises when an immovable property is in the joint ownership of the owners of two or more plots of land and is…

5:61 Article 5:61

Joint ownership (mandeligheid) that has arisen pursuant to the preceding article, terminates:

5:62 Article 5:62

A detached partition wall, a fence or a hedge is common property and subject to joint ownership (mandeligheid), if the boundary line of two plots of…

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The right to a common property (mandeligheid) cannot be separated from the ownership of the plots of land.

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Joint ownership (mandeligheid) entails that each co-owner must grant the other co-owners access to the jointly owned property.

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Jointly owned property (mandelige zaken) must be maintained, cleaned and, if necessary, renewed at the expense of all co-owners.

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A co-owner of a joint property (mandelige zaak) may also transfer his share in that property to the other co-owners separately from his estate.

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Each co-owner may build against the common partition wall and insert beams, joists, anchors, and other works into it up to half its thickness…

5:68 Article 5:68

Each co-owner may construct a gutter on the common partition wall up to half of its thickness, provided that the water does not discharge onto the…

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Articles 64, 65, 66 paragraph 2, 67 and 68 shall not apply insofar as an arrangement made in accordance with Article 168 of Book 3 provides otherwise.