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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions applicable to auctioneers, bailiffs, notaries and lawyers

Article R444-54

The right of retention provided for in Article R. 444-15 shall not apply to bailiffs in the cases provided for in c of 3° and 4° of Article

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions applicable to auctioneers, bailiffs, notaries and lawyers

Article R444-60

…ing and collection of the remuneration of a notary appointed by the court to carry out an investigative measure or to fulfil an assignment not involving the drafting of a deed for which the fee is reg…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions applicable to auctioneers, bailiffs, notaries and lawyers

Article R444-56

…ks if the payment is made in cash, six weeks in other cases. If the debtor pays the claim in successive instalments, these time limits are six weeks and three months respectively.Any breach of this ru…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions applicable to auctioneers, bailiffs, notaries and lawyers

Article R444-71

…izure of property governed by articles L. 311-1 to L. 341-1 and R. 311-1 à R. 334-3 of the Code of Civil Enforcement Procedures; 2° Division governed by Articles 815 to 892 of the Civil Code and Artic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions applicable to auctioneers, bailiffs, notaries and lawyers

Article R444-59

Where a deed contains several agreements that derive from or depend on each other, only the fee for the main agreement is charged. If the agreements are independent and give rise to separate duties fo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions applicable to auctioneers, bailiffs, notaries and lawyers

Article R444-67

The provisions of this Title, with the exception of those of paragraph 1 of sub-section 1 of section 2, are applicable to notaries in the departments of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions applicable to auctioneers, bailiffs, notaries and lawyers

Article R444-62

If a court-appointed notary is given a period of time in which to carry out a service or series of services of his ministry, the amount of the corresponding emoluments is reduced by half if the missio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions applicable to auctioneers, bailiffs, notaries and lawyers

Article R444-63

…increase the emolument, unless the deed is remunerated according to the number of hours spent. The division of emoluments, excluding discounts, is set by the regulations drawn up pursuant to the artic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions applicable to auctioneers, bailiffs, notaries and lawyers

Article R444-64

No fee is payable for the deed, copy or extract declared invalid or useless through the fault of the notary.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions applicable to auctioneers, bailiffs, notaries and lawyers

Article R444-75

…he lawyer exercises his right to withhold documents that he has drawn up, documents that have been given to him to support the case or securities that he has obtained in the course of the proceedings,…

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