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…
Mortgage creditors cannot usefully take out a registration on the previous owner, from the publication of the transfer made to a third party. Registration has no effect between the creditors of an est…
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…
It may be agreed in the mortgage agreement that the creditor will become the owner of the mortgaged property. However, this clause has no effect on an immovable that is the debtor's principal residenc…
A simple extension of the term, granted by the creditor to the principal debtor, does not discharge the guarantor. When the initial term has expired, the guarantor may either pay the creditor and take…
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