French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Termination of the guarantee
Article 2317
The guarantor's heirs are only liable for debts arising before the death. Any clause to the contrary is deemed unwritten.
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The guarantor's heirs are only liable for debts arising before the death. Any clause to the contrary is deemed unwritten.
…cree in the Conseil d'Etat.Unless it is subject to article 2342, a pledge relating to a registered land motor vehicle or trailer is published by an entry in a register kept by the administrative autho…
If more has been paid to the pledgee than the secured debt, the pledgee owes the difference to the settlor.
Legal mortgages are general or special. The creditor benefiting from a general mortgage may register his right on all immovables currently belonging to his debtor. He may make additional registrations…
…scharge the guarantor. When the initial term has expired, the guarantor may either pay the creditor and take action against the debtor, or, under the provisions of Book V of the Code of Civil Enforcem…
The pledgor must reimburse the creditor or the agreed third party for useful or necessary expenses incurred by the latter for the preservation of the pledge.
The creditor may also obtain a court order that the property shall remain in payment to him.Where the value of the property exceeds the amount of the secured debt, the sum equal to the difference shal…
Ownership of a claim may be assigned as security for an obligation by the effect of a contract concluded pursuant to articles 1321 to 1326.
…efore the dissolution of the matrimonial regime, but it will only have effect from that dissolution and on condition that the immovables to which it relates exist on that date in the assets of the deb…
Where subrogation to the creditor's rights can no longer be effected in his favour through the creditor's fault, the guarantor shall be discharged to the extent of the loss he suffers. Any clause to t…
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