If it appears that the consistency of the property does not justify the affixing of seals, the public prosecutor or the guardianship judge may request any bailiff, the police commissioner, the commander of the gendarmerie brigade or the mayor, to draw up a descriptive inventory of the furniture and, if the premises are unoccupied, to ensure their closure and to keep the keys.
The keys are returned to the protected adult, against a receipt, as soon as he or she returns to the premises. They may only be handed over to other persons by virtue of an authorisation from the public prosecutor or guardianship judge.