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Showing 91100 of 10604 articles for Art. CA Paris 24-10-2024

French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Preferential and resale rights

Article 2459

After the sale, the third-party purchaser regains the real rights, in particular easements, that he had over the building before he acquired it.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Purge

Article 2472

…le by destination of the right of resale attached to the pledge pursuant to article 2464. The notification then indicates the price of the pledged immovable by destination, by breakdown if applicable…

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Subsection 3: Publication of registers and liability for land registration

Article 2447

…registration will be required to keep a register in which they will enter, day by day, and in numerical order, the delivery to them of deeds, court rulings, slips and, generally, documents deposited w…

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Subsection 2: Special mortgages

Article 2403

The resolutory action established by article 1654 may not be exercised after the extinction of the seller's special mortgage, or in the absence of registration of such mortgage, to the prejudice of th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5: Classification of mortgages

Article 2418

…al mortgage; and if there are several registrations of legal mortgages, they compete, except in the case of the seller's special mortgage and the lender's special mortgage, the former being deemed to…

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Sub-section 1: Method of registration of mortgages

Article 2421

…ntractual mortgages shall be registered with the service responsible for land registration of the location of the property, subject to the exception provided for in the second paragraph of Article 241…

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Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 2439

…xcessive when the value of one or more of them exceeds a sum equal to twice the amount of the legal capital claims and accessories, plus one third of this amount..

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Subsection 2: Purge

Article 2463

Where, on the sale of a mortgaged immovable, all the registered creditors agree with the debtor that the price will be applied to the total or partial payment of their claims or some of them, they exe…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special mortgages

Article 2406

Registration fees are payable by the debtors.

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

Article 2431

If any of the time limits set out in articles 2428 and 2429 has not been complied with, the registration shall have no effect beyond the date on which this period expires.

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