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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Distribution of funds outside of enforcement proceedings.

Article 1281-3

The court clerk's office shall notify by simple letter a copy of the order to the person in charge of the distribution and, if consignment has been ordered, to the Caisse des dépôts et consignations.…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VI: Removal of mortgages by third-party purchasers.

Article 1281-15

The requisition for the purpose of selling the property by auction may be contested by summons to appear before the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the property is located.This summons must,…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection III: Common provisions.

Article 1324

Where there is no known successor and the tenancy agreement has ended, the president of the judicial court or his delegate may authorise, under the conditions provided for in the first paragraph of ar…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Rendering of accounts and termination of guardianship.

Article 1353

An order of the Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industry sets, under the conditions provided for in

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section II: Lapsed estates.

Article 1354

The administration in charge of the estates is exempted from the need to use the services of a lawyer to request the dispatch of possession provided for in article 811 of the Civil Code. It arranges f…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section VII: Common provisions.

Article 1380

Claims under articles 772, 794, 810-5, 812-3, 813-1, 813-7, 813-9 and the second paragraph of article 814, articles 815-6, 815-7, 815-9 and 815-11 of the Civil Code shall be brought before the preside…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter XI: Legal support measures.

Article 1262-3

The hearing is not public. Third parties may only obtain copies of decisions made with the authorisation of the guardianship judge and if they can justify a legitimate interest.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter XI: Legal support measures.

Article 1263

The provisions of article 1215 are applicable to the judicial support measure.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Rendering of accounts and liquidation of profits.

Article 1268

The application for the rendering of an account shall be brought, as the case may be, before the court within whose jurisdiction the accounting officer resides or, if the accounting officer has been a…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VI: Removal of mortgages by third-party purchasers.

Article 1281-17-1

The pursuing creditor shall draw up a schedule of conditions of sale which shall be deposited at the registry of the judicial court responsible for the sale. It contains: 1° A statement of the order s…

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