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=U3= Sec194 -- Section 194 Subject-matter of limitation
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=S=> BGB 194. 1 The right to demand that another person does or refrains from an act ( claim ) is subject to limitation .
=S=> BGB 194. 2 Claims based on a family-law relationship are not subject to limitation to the extent that they are directed towards creating a situation appropriate for the relationship for the future or towards consent to a genetic test to clarify biological descent .
=U3= Sec195 -- Section 195 Standard limitation period
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=S=> BGB 195 The standard limitation period is three years .
=U3= Sec196 -- Section 196 Limitation period for rights to a plot of land
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=S=> BGB 196 Claims to the transfer of ownership of land and to the creation , transfer or cancellation of a right to a plot of land or to a change of the subject-matter of such a right and entitlements to consideration are subject to a ten-year limitation period .
=U3= Sec197 -- Section 197 Thirty-year limitation period
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=S=> BGB 197. 1 Unless otherwise provided , the following claims are statute-barred after thirty years : claims for return based on ownership or other real rights , claims governed by family law or the law of succession , claims that have been declared final and absolute , claims under enforceable settlements or enforceable documents , claims that have become enforceable upon being recognised in insolvency proceedings , and claims to reimbursement of the costs of execution .
=S=> BGB 197. 2 To the extent that claims under subsection ( 1 ) , no . 2 are for periodically recurring acts of performance or maintenance payments and to the extent that claims under subsection ( 1 ) , nos . 3 to 5 are concerned with periodically recurring acts of performance that will fall due in the future , the standard limitation period takes the place of the period of thirty years .
=U3= Sec198 -- Section 198 Limitation in the case of a successor in title
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=S=> BGB 198 If a thing in respect of which a real claim exists comes into the possession of a third party by succession in title , the part of the limitation period that passed while possession was held by his predecessor in title is deemed to benefit the successor in title .
=U3= Sec199 -- Section 199 Commencement of the standard limitation period and maximum periods
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=S=> BGB 199. 1 The standard limitation period commences at the end of the year in which : the claim arose and the obligee obtains knowledge of the circumstances giving rise to the claim and of the identity of the obligor , or would have obtained such knowledge if he had not shown gross negligence .
=S=> BGB 199. 2 Claims for damages based on injury to life , body , health or liberty , notwithstanding the manner in which they arose and notwithstanding knowledge or a grossly negligent lack of knowledge , are statute-barred thirty years from the date on which the act , breach of duty or other event that caused the damage occurred .
=S=> BGB 199. 3 Other claims for damages become statute-barred notwithstanding knowledge or a grossly negligent lack of knowledge , ten years after they arise and regardless of how they arose and of knowledge or a grossly negligent lack of knowledge , thirty years from the date on which the act , breach of duty or other event that caused the damage occurred . The period that ends first is applicable .
=S=> BGB 199. 4 Notwithstanding knowledge or a grossly negligent lack of knowledge , claims other than claims for damages become statute-barred ten years after the date upon which they arise .
=S=> BGB 199. 5 If the claim is for forbearance , the date of the breach of such an obligation takes the place of the date on which the claim arose .
=U3= Sec200 -- Section 200 Commencement of other limitation periods
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=S=> BGB 200 Unless another date for the commencement of limitation is specified , the limitation period of claims not subject to the standard limitation period commences when the claim arises . Section 199 ( 5 ) applies with the necessary modifications .
=U3= Sec201 -- Section 201 Commencement of the limitation period for recognised claims
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=S=> BGB 201 The limitation period for claims of the kind referred to in section 197 ( 1 ) , nos . 3 to 6 , commences on the date when the decision becomes final and absolute , the enforceable instrument is executed or the claim is recognised in insolvency proceedings , but not before the claim arises . Section 199 ( 5 ) applies with the necessary modifications .
=U3= Sec202 -- Section 202 Inadmissibility of agreements on limitation
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=S=> BGB 202. 1 In the case of liability for intention , the limitation period may not be relaxed in advance by legal transaction .
=S=> BGB 202. 2 The limitation period may not be extended by legal transaction beyond a period of thirty years from the beginning of the statutory limitation period .
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