French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions
Article 2387
A mortgage may be legal, judicial or conventional.
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A mortgage may be legal, judicial or conventional.
The conventional mortgage is granted by notarial deed. The mandate to mortgage is given in the same forms.
The guarantor's heirs are only liable for debts arising before the death. Any clause to the contrary is deemed unwritten.
The pledge is published by an entry in a special register, the terms of which are regulated by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.Unless it is subject to article 2342, a pledge relating to a registered land…
If more has been paid to the pledgee than the secured debt, the pledgee owes the difference to the settlor.
The mortgage may be granted on present or future immovable property. On pain of nullity, the notarial deed shall specifically designate the nature and location of each of these immovables, as stated i…
…tration has no effect between the creditors of an estate if it has only been made by one of them since the death, in the event that the estate is accepted only up to the net assets or is declared vaca…
Registration ceases 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 sta…
…property. However, this clause has no effect on an immovable that is the debtor's principal residence.
…or and take action against the debtor, or, under the provisions of Book V of the Code of Civil Enforcement Procedures, seek the constitution of a judicial security over any of the debtor's assets up t…
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