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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Immovable property liens

Article 2378

General liens take precedence over the preferential right attached to pledges of real property and mortgages. They are exercised in the order of article 2377.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Pledges on immovable property.

Article 2380

The provisions relating to mortgages set out in articles 2390,2409 to 2413,2415 and 2450 to 2453 are applicable to real estate pledges.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 2388

All rights in rem in immovable property which are in commerce are subject to mortgages.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 2389

The mortgage extends to improvements made to the mortgaged immovable, as well as to accessories deemed immovable.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 2390

The mortgage extends to the interest and other accessories of the secured claim. This extension benefits the third party subrogated in the secured claim for the interest and other accessories due to i…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Contractual mortgages

Article 2410

A conventional mortgage may only be granted by a person who has the capacity to dispose of the immovable subject to it.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Contractual mortgages

Article 2411

A person who has only a conditional right in the immovable may only grant a mortgage subject to the same condition.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Contractual mortgages

Article 2412

…r, where the immovable is auctioned to a third party, if that undivided co-owner is allotted the price of the auction.A mortgage of a share in one or more undivided immovables retains its effect only…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Contractual mortgages

Article 2416

A mortgage constituted for business purposes by a natural or legal person may subsequently be assigned to guarantee business claims other than those mentioned in the constitutive deed provided that th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Sub-section 1: Method of registration of mortgages

Article 2428

…r assignees by authentic act to change the domicile elected by him in this registration at the service responsible for land registration, on condition that he chooses and indicates another domicile lo…

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