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PRÁVNĚHISTORICKÉ STUDIE, Vol 55 No 3 (2025), 109–125
ArticleHistorical Development of the Legal Regulation on Divided Use of Co-Owned Real Estate in Latvia
Erlens Kalniņš
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14712/2464689X.2025.36
published online: 10. 12. 2025
abstract
Under the general principle, each co-owner has the right, together with all other coowners, to possess and use the co-owned property in its entirety, although such a principled solution does not really provide for the needs of practical life. Hence, one of the current practical issues related to the rights in rem is determining the divided use of the co-owned real estate either through agreement or by turning to court, as well as the binding force of the established procedure of use for the co-owners themselves and their successors in rights. The article examines the historical development of the legal regulation on the divided use of co-owned real estate in the Latvian civil law, from the second half of the 19th century until the present, focusing, in particular, on the original source of the legal regulation that is currently in effect, as well as the period of the Soviet law and the impact of the Soviet civil law on the currently prevailing view on the corroboration of the procedure of divided use, established by co-owners, in the Land Register and its legal effects.
keywords: co-ownership; apartment property; co-ownership share; divided use; right of exclusive use; corroboration in the Land Register
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