The institute of acquiring the right of ownership by acquisitive prescription under Kosovo’s law

Abstract

A special and very important place in Kosovo’s Property Law system occupies the legal norms pertaining to the Acquisition of Immovable Property by Acquisitive Prescription (Usucapio). Exactly this paper is about this subject, very interesting and debating among jurists. The purpose of this paper it is for the reader to acquire solid knowledge regarding the Acquisition of Ownership on Immovable Property by Acquisitive Prescription under the Law of Kosovo. Especially, in an analitical way we will discuss about the Acquisition of Ownership on Immovable Property by ‘Usucapio’ (Praescriptio). During this brief and substantive analysis we have been served with relevant legal texts, especially with Law no.03/L-154 on Property and Other Real Rights of the Republic of Kosovo and in a comparative historical view with Law no.6/80 on Basic Property Relations of the Former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Keywords

• property law
• acquisitive prescription
• immovable property
• property relations
• law on property
• real rights