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Article 2412 of the French Civil Code

A mortgage on an undivided immovable retains its effect regardless of the outcome of the partition if it has been granted by all the undivided co-owners. Otherwise, it retains its effect only to the extent that the undivided co-owner who granted it is, at the time of the partition, allotted the undivided immovable or immovables or, where the immovable is auctioned to a third party, if that undivided co-owner is allotted the price of the auction.

A mortgage of a share in one or more undivided immovables retains its effect only to the extent that the undivided co-owner who granted it is, on partition, allotted the undivided immovable or immovables; it then retains it to the full extent of that allotment without being limited to the share that belonged to the undivided co-owner who granted it; where the immovable is auctioned to a third party, it also retains it if that undivided co-owner is allotted the price of the auction.

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Article 2412

L’hypothèque d’un immeuble indivis conserve son effet quel que soit le résultat du partage si elle a été consentie par tous les indivisaires. Dans le cas contraire, elle ne conserve son effet que dans la mesure où l’indivisaire qui l’a consentie est, lors du partage, alloti du ou de ces immeubles indivis ou, lorsque l’immeuble est licité à un tiers, si cet indivisaire est alloti du prix de la licitation.

L’hypothèque d’une quote-part dans un ou plusieurs immeubles indivis ne conserve son effet que dans la mesure où l’indivisaire qui l’a consentie est, lors du partage, alloti du ou de ces immeubles indivis ; elle le conserve alors dans toute la mesure de cet allotissement sans être limitée à la quote-part qui appartenait à l’indivisaire qui l’a consentie ; lorsque l’immeuble est licité à un tiers, elle le conserve également si cet indivisaire est alloti du prix de la licitation.

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