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Article 794 of the French Civil Code

The declaration of the alienation or conservation of one or more assets shall be made within fifteen days to the court, which shall ensure its publication.

Without prejudice to the rights reserved to secured creditors, any successor creditor may contest before the judge, within three months of the publicity referred to in the first paragraph, the value of the property retained or, where the sale was made out of court, the price of the alienation by proving that the value of the property is higher.

Where the creditor’s request is granted, the heir is liable for the supplement out of his personal property, unless he returns the retained property to the estate and without prejudice to the action provided for in article 1341-2.

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Article 794

La déclaration de l’aliénation ou de la conservation d’un ou de plusieurs biens est faite dans les quinze jours au tribunal qui en assure la publicité.

Sans préjudice des droits réservés aux créanciers munis de sûretés, tout créancier successoral peut contester devant le juge, dans un délai de trois mois après la publicité mentionnée au premier alinéa, la valeur du bien conservé ou, lorsque la vente a été faite à l’amiable, le prix de l’aliénation en prouvant que la valeur du bien est supérieure.

Lorsque la demande du créancier est accueillie, l’héritier est tenu du complément sur ses biens personnels, sauf à restituer à la succession le bien conservé et sans préjudice de l’action prévue à l’article 1341-2.

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