French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions
Article 2386
Mortgages are only granted in the cases and according to the forms authorised by law.
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Mortgages are only granted in the cases and according to the forms authorised by law.
Legal, judicial and contractual mortgages only rank from the day of their registration in the real estate register, in the form and manner prescribed by law. By exception, the mortgage provided for in…
Legal, judicial or contractual mortgages shall be registered with the service responsible for land registration of the location of the property, subject to the exception provided for in the second par…
Within one month of receipt, the guarantor shall, at its own expense, communicate to the sub-guarantor natural person the information it has received pursuant to articles 2302 and 2303.
The reservation of ownership is agreed in writing.
Reserved ownership of a fungible asset may be exercised, up to the amount of the outstanding claim, over assets of the same nature and quality held by the debtor or on his behalf.
If any of the time limits set out in articles 2428 and 2429 has not been complied with, the registration shall have no effect beyond the date on which this period expires.
In the cases provided for in the two preceding articles, the property must be valued by an expert appointed amicably or judicially. If its value exceeds the amount of the secured debt, the creditor ow…
The pledge is enforceable against third parties by the publication made of it.It is also enforceable against third parties by the dispossession in the hands of the creditor or an agreed third party of…
The judicial mortgage, which is constituted as a conservatory measure, is governed by the Code of Civil Enforcement Procedures.
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