French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions of acquisitive prescription.
Article 2260
Goods or rights that are not in commerce cannot be prescribed.
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Goods or rights that are not in commerce cannot be prescribed.
The present possessor who proves that he possessed formerly is presumed to have possessed in the intervening time, unless proved otherwise.
However, the persons set out in articles 2266 and 2267 may prescribe, if the title to their possession is inverted, either by a cause coming from a third party, or by the contradiction they have oppos…
Acquisitive prescription is interrupted when the possessor of a property is deprived for more than one year of the enjoyment of that property either by the owner or even by a third party.
In the case of movable property, possession is equivalent to title. Nevertheless, a person who has lost something or from whom it has been stolen may claim it for three years from the day of the loss…
If the present possessor of the stolen or lost thing has purchased it at a fair or market, or at a public sale, or from a merchant selling such things, the original owner may only have it returned by…
A title invalid for lack of form cannot serve as a basis for the ten-year statute of limitations.
Good faith is always presumed, and it is up to the person alleging bad faith to prove it.
It is sufficient that good faith existed at the time of acquisition.
The limitation period required to acquire ownership of real estate is thirty years.However, a person who acquires real estate in good faith and by just title prescribes ownership after ten years..
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