diff --git a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/BaseProperty.hh b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/BaseProperty.hh
index 309639688bc5b733106db07d643eebeb6af32d34..2cf1818ed70b0afe479808ca05d5e5cdd81fde79 100644
--- a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/BaseProperty.hh
+++ b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/BaseProperty.hh
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ class BaseProperty {
 public:
     friend class ResourceManager;
 
-    explicit BaseProperty(ResourceManager& _resMan) : resMan_(_resMan), lock_(false) {}
+    explicit BaseProperty(ResourceManager& _resMan) : resMan_(&_resMan) {}
 
-    BaseProperty(const BaseProperty& _cpy) : resMan_(_cpy.resMan_), lock_(_cpy.lock_) {}
+    BaseProperty(const BaseProperty& _cpy) : resMan_(_cpy.resMan_) {}
 
     BaseProperty& operator=(const BaseProperty& _cpy) = delete;
 
@@ -95,15 +95,9 @@ protected:
 
     virtual void set_handle(const OpenVolumeMeshHandle& /*_handle*/) = 0;
 
-    void lock() { lock_ = true; }
+    void setResMan(ResourceManager *resMan) { resMan_ = resMan;}
 
-    void unlock() { lock_ = false; }
-
-    bool locked() const { return lock_; }
-
-    ResourceManager& resMan_;
-
-    bool lock_;
+    ResourceManager* resMan_;
 };
 
 } // Namespace OpenVolumeMesh
diff --git a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/PropertyPtrT_impl.hh b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/PropertyPtrT_impl.hh
index e31ff3c0401ffdb51ea27f0b470471635f59d0a9..fad8e86ae156a2889d7d72c05ebb3d9d1c7c0f8b 100644
--- a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/PropertyPtrT_impl.hh
+++ b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/PropertyPtrT_impl.hh
@@ -54,9 +54,8 @@ PropertyPtr<PropT,Entity>::~PropertyPtr() {
      * remove it, since the resource manager is the
      * only one who stores the property.
      */
-    if(!locked() && !persistent() && ptr::shared_ptr<PropT>::use_count() == 2) {
-        resMan_.release_property(PropHandleT<Entity>(handle().idx()));
-        unlock();
+    if(resMan_ && !persistent() && ptr::shared_ptr<PropT>::use_count() == 2) {
+        resMan_->release_property(PropHandleT<Entity>(handle().idx()));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/ResourceManager.cc b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/ResourceManager.cc
index c68a4975055c1c4436596a8bd4e24babc721e078..2b52644c5cb38eec0de53a04e195fc101270a03d 100644
--- a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/ResourceManager.cc
+++ b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/ResourceManager.cc
@@ -32,22 +32,25 @@
  *                                                                           *
 \*===========================================================================*/
 
-/*===========================================================================*\
- *                                                                           *
- *   $Revision$                                                         *
- *   $Date$                    *
- *   $LastChangedBy$                                                *
- *                                                                           *
-\*===========================================================================*/
-
 #include "ResourceManager.hh"
 
 namespace OpenVolumeMesh {
 
-ResourceManager::ResourceManager() {
+ResourceManager::ResourceManager(const ResourceManager &other)
+{
+   *this = other;
+}
+
+ResourceManager::ResourceManager(ResourceManager &&other)
+{
+   *this = std::move(other);
 }
 
-ResourceManager::ResourceManager(const ResourceManager &other) {
+ResourceManager& ResourceManager::operator=(const ResourceManager &other)
+{
+    if (this == &other)
+        return *this;
+
     auto cloneProps = [this](const Properties &src, Properties &dest) {
         dest.reserve(src.size());
         for (BaseProperty *bp: src) {
@@ -61,6 +64,28 @@ ResourceManager::ResourceManager(const ResourceManager &other) {
     cloneProps(other.halfface_props_, halfface_props_);
     cloneProps(other.cell_props_,     cell_props_);
     cloneProps(other.mesh_props_,     mesh_props_);
+    return *this;
+}
+
+ResourceManager& ResourceManager::operator=(ResourceManager &&other)
+{
+    if (this == &other)
+        return *this;
+
+    auto moveProps = [this](Properties &&src, Properties &dest) {
+        dest = std::move(src);
+        for (auto prop: dest) {
+            prop->setResMan(this);
+        }
+    };
+    moveProps(std::move(other.vertex_props_),   vertex_props_);
+    moveProps(std::move(other.edge_props_),     edge_props_);
+    moveProps(std::move(other.halfedge_props_), halfedge_props_);
+    moveProps(std::move(other.face_props_),     face_props_);
+    moveProps(std::move(other.halfface_props_), halfface_props_);
+    moveProps(std::move(other.cell_props_),     cell_props_);
+    moveProps(std::move(other.mesh_props_),     mesh_props_);
+    return *this;
 }
 
 ResourceManager::~ResourceManager() {
diff --git a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/ResourceManager.hh b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/ResourceManager.hh
index 35e74d821db9c7c29916f6f15884841e2fea7ae6..c0eb2ce2fbd667718cef80fddac4275a21b90ecf 100644
--- a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/ResourceManager.hh
+++ b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/ResourceManager.hh
@@ -51,10 +51,11 @@ class BaseProperty;
 
 class ResourceManager {
 public:
-    ResourceManager();
+    ResourceManager() = default;
     ResourceManager(const ResourceManager &other);
-    ResourceManager& operator=(const ResourceManager &other) = delete;
-
+    ResourceManager(ResourceManager &&other);
+    ResourceManager& operator=(const ResourceManager &other);
+    ResourceManager& operator=(ResourceManager &&other);
     virtual ~ResourceManager();
 
     template <class PropT, class HandleT> friend class PropertyPtr;
@@ -319,6 +320,9 @@ private:
     template<class StdVecT>
     void clearVec(StdVecT& _vec);
 
+    template<class StdVecT>
+    void updatePropHandles(StdVecT& _vec);
+
     Properties vertex_props_;
 
     Properties edge_props_;
diff --git a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/ResourceManagerT_impl.hh b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/ResourceManagerT_impl.hh
index bf7831ce0ee759f768194d5867647766bf27149a..0d09c6f42de2e7ca967d7e0a8efc03c33e13044d 100644
--- a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/ResourceManagerT_impl.hh
+++ b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/ResourceManagerT_impl.hh
@@ -170,13 +170,11 @@ void ResourceManager::set_persistentT(PropT& _prop, bool _flag) {
 template<class StdVecT>
 void ResourceManager::remove_property(StdVecT& _vec, size_t _idx) {
 
-    (*(_vec.begin() + _idx))->lock();
-    delete *(_vec.begin() + _idx);
+    auto prop_ptr = _vec[_idx];
+    prop_ptr->setResMan(nullptr);
+    delete prop_ptr;
     _vec.erase(_vec.begin() + _idx);
-    size_t n = _vec.size();
-    for(size_t i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
-        _vec[i]->set_handle(OpenVolumeMeshHandle((int)i));
-    }
+    updatePropHandles(_vec);
 }
 
 template<class StdVecT>
@@ -200,22 +198,20 @@ void ResourceManager::entity_deleted(StdVecT& _vec, const OpenVolumeMeshHandle&
 template<class StdVecT>
 void ResourceManager::clearVec(StdVecT& _vec) {
 
-    StdVecT newVec;
-    for(typename StdVecT::iterator it = _vec.begin();
-            it != _vec.end(); ++it) {
-        if(!(*it)->persistent()) {
-#ifndef NDEBUG
-            std::cerr << "Keeping property \"" << (*it)->name()
-                      << "\" since it is still in use!" << std::endl;
-#endif
-            (*it)->resize(0);
-            newVec.push_back(*it);
-        }
-        else
-            delete *it;
+    for (auto prop: _vec) {
+        prop->setResMan(nullptr);
+        delete prop;
     }
+    _vec.clear();
+}
 
-    _vec = newVec;
+template<class StdVecT>
+void ResourceManager::updatePropHandles(StdVecT &_vec)
+{
+    size_t n = _vec.size();
+    for(size_t i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+        _vec[i]->set_handle(OpenVolumeMeshHandle((int)i));
+    }
 }
 
 } // Namespace OpenVolumeMesh