ZASIEDZENIE FIZYCZNEJ CZĘŚCI NIERUCHOMOŚCI ODDANEJ W UŻYTKOWANIE WIECZYSTE
PRESCRIPTION BY OCCUPATION OF A PART OF REAL ESTATE IN PERPETUAL USUFRUCT

Summary/Abstract: Perpetual usufruct is an ius in re aliena of a complex legal nature. Its subject may only be a property owned by the State Treasury or a local government unit. Under Article 177 of the Polish Civil Code, prescription by occupation of property classified as public was excluded. When this Article was repealed, the normative barriers to acquisitive prescription of the ownership of real estate given in perpetual usufruct disappeared. This paper is a discussion concerning the possibility of acquiring ownership of a part of such property. First, the capability of a given part of real estate for prescription by occupation is established and next differing opinions and arguments against the possibility of acquiring ownership, or prescription by occupation of certain parts of real estate are presented. The arguments raised by the opponents of prescription by occupation have been critically assessed. Further, the consequences of such acquisitive prescription have been identified. The consequences of perpetual usufruct on the property in question have been examined and the fate of the part of the property acquired by the owner as well as that of the remaining part, analysed and compared. The civil liability of the perpetual usufruct holder has also been addressed.

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