Selling a property with a usufruct is possible, but the chance of finding a buyer is close to zero. Remove it before the sale.
Selling a property on which a right of usufruct (plodouživanje) is registered in favour of a person is possible, but finding a buyer who will accept this encumbrance is almost impossible. The recommendation is to have it removed before the sale.
Usufruct is a personal servitude: the right to use another’s property and take its fruits. It burdens every owner of the property. If a buyer appears, one option is a preliminary contract in which the seller undertakes to delete the encumbrance from the cadastre before the main contract.
It is not rare for the cadastre to still show a usufruct in favour of a person who has since died; deleting it is then even simpler for the owner.
