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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Court-appointed estate agents.

Article 813-4

As long as no heir has accepted the succession, the mandatary of the succession may only perform the acts mentioned in article 784, with the exception of those provided for in its second paragraph. Th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Creditors' right of pursuit.

Article 815-17

Creditors who could have acted on the undivided property before there was indivision, and those whose claim arises from the conservation or management of the undivided property, shall be paid out of t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Rendering of accounts and termination of guardianship.

Article 810-12

Curatorship ends: 1° By the allocation of all assets to the payment of debts and legacies; 2° By the realisation of all assets and the consignment of the net proceeds; 3° By the restitution of the est…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Remuneration of the agent.

Article 812-3

The remuneration of the mandatary is a charge on the estate which gives rise to a right to reduction where it has the effect of depriving the heirs of all or part of their reserve. The heirs covered b…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Court-appointed estate agents.

Article 814-1

In all circumstances, the heir accepting up to the amount of the net assets may ask the judge to appoint any qualified person as mandatary of the succession for the purpose of substituting him in the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts performed by undivided co-owners.

Article 815-3

The undivided co-owners holding at least two-thirds of the undivided rights may, by this majority: 1° Carry out acts of administration relating to the undivided property; 2° Give one or more of the un…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorised legal acts.

Article 815-5

An undivided co-owner may be authorised by a court to carry out alone an act for which the consent of a co-undivided co-owner would be required, if the latter's refusal jeopardises the common interest…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations of undivided co-owners.

Article 815-16

Any transfer or auction carried out in disregard of the provisions of articles 815-14 and 815-15. An action for nullity is barred after five years. It may only be brought by those to whom the notifica…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Powers of the curator.

Article 810-2

At the end of the period mentioned in article 810-1, the curator carries out all conservatory and administrative acts. He carries out or arranges for the sale of assets until the liabilities have been…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts performed by undivided co-owners.

Article 815-2

Any undivided co-owner may take the measures necessary for the conservation of the undivided property even if they are not of an emergency nature. He may use for this purpose the undivided property fu…

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