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Article 2306-1 of the French Civil Code

The benefit of division must be invoked by the guarantor as soon as the first proceedings are brought against it.

It can only be invoked between solvent guarantors. The insolvency of a guarantor on the day the division is invoked is borne by those who are solvent. The guarantor who requested the division can no longer be sued because of the insolvency of another, which occurred subsequently.

Original in French 🇫🇷
Article 2306-1

Le bénéfice de division doit être invoqué par la caution dès les premières poursuites dirigées contre elle.


Il ne peut être mis en œuvre qu’entre cautions solvables. L’insolvabilité d’une caution au jour où la division est invoquée est supportée par celles qui sont solvables. La caution qui a demandé la division ne peut plus être recherchée à raison de l’insolvabilité d’une autre, survenue postérieurement.

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