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Article R221-51 of the French Code of civil enforcement procedures

A third party who claims to be the owner of a seized asset may ask the enforcement judge to order its segregation.
On pain of inadmissibility, the application must specify the elements on which the claimed right of ownership is based.
The distraining creditor calls the opposing creditors into question. The distrainee debtor is heard or called.

Original in French 🇫🇷
Article R221-51


Le tiers qui se prétend propriétaire d’un bien saisi peut demander au juge de l’exécution d’en ordonner la distraction.
A peine d’irrecevabilité, la demande précise les éléments sur lesquels se fonde le droit de propriété invoqué.
Le créancier saisissant met en cause les créanciers opposants. Le débiteur saisi est entendu ou appelé.

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