French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Contractual mortgages
Article 2409
The conventional mortgage is granted by notarial deed. The mandate to mortgage is given in the same forms.
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The conventional mortgage is granted by notarial deed. The mandate to mortgage is given in the same forms.
The legal mortgage attached to judgments of conviction arises from contradictory or default judgments, whether final or provisional, in favour of the person who obtained them.It also arises from arbit…
…ll specifically designate the nature and location of each of these immovables, as stated in Article 2421.
Mortgage creditors cannot usefully take out a registration on the previous owner, from the publication of the transfer made to a third party. Registration has no effect between the creditors of an est…
…to have effect if it has not been renewed by the date referred to in the first paragraph of Article 2429. Each renewal is required until a specified date. This date is fixed as stated in Article 2429,…
In either case, those requesting the cancellation shall file with the service responsible for land registration the authenticated copy of the deed of consent, or that of the judgment.No supporting doc…
It may be agreed in the mortgage agreement that the creditor will become the owner of the mortgaged property. However, this clause has no effect on an immovable that is the debtor's principal residenc…
The mortgagee registered for a capital bearing interest and arrears, has the right to be collocated, for three years only, in the same rank as the principal, without prejudice to the specific registra…
If there is no stipulation to the contrary, the costs of the registrations, the advance of which is made by the registrant, shall be borne by the debtor, and the costs of the publication of the deed o…
If the value of the immovables on which the mortgage of the minor or of the adult under guardianship has been registered significantly exceeds what is necessary to guarantee the management of the guar…
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