Article 815-17 is applicable to joint ownership creditors, as well as to the personal creditors of the joint owners.
However, the latter may only bring about partition in cases where their debtor could bring it about himself. In other cases, they may pursue the seizure and sale of their debtor’s share in the undivided interest in accordance with the forms provided for by the Code of Civil Procedure. The provisions of article 1873-12 then apply.