In the past, anyone who needed information about a specific public law restriction on landownership had to ask the relevant cantonal or municipal authority for the required details, while information relating to private law restrictions could be obtained from the corresponding land register.

The PLR Cadastre greatly simplifies the search for information about public-law restrictions on landownership. In a single information system it provides details regarding the most important restrictions relating to a specific plot of land. It contains complete, reliable and comprehensible data from a broad variety of sources.