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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L411-1

Unless there is a special provision, eviction from a building or inhabited premises may only be carried out by virtue of a court order or an enforceable conciliation report and after service of a summ…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L141-1

No enforcement measure may be carried out on a Sunday or public holiday unless authorised by the judge in case of necessity. No enforcement measure may be commenced before six o'clock in the morning o…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L331-2

Creditors who are required to declare their claim and who fail to do so are deprived of the benefit of their security for the distribution of the sale price of the immovable.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions

Article L611-1

For the application of…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R141-1

The delivery of the writ of execution to the bailiff is equivalent to a power of attorney for any execution for which no special power of attorney is required. The bailiff shall be given an address fo…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R141-2

Notwithstanding the second paragraph of Article…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R141-3

The person who has requested a compulsory enforcement measure or a precautionary measure may not be present at the enforcement operations except with the authorisation of the enforcement judge when th…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R141-4

A debtor whose property has already been seized must inform any new creditor who seizes the same property of the existence of a previous seizure and the identity of the person who carried it out. He s…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R231-1

Unless otherwise provided, the attachment of intangible rights shall be governed by this Title insofar as their specific nature does not preclude such attachment.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R411-1

The summons to vacate the premises takes the form of a bailiff's deed served on the person being evicted and contains, under penalty of nullity : 1° An indication of the enforceable title under which…

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