For the application of article L. 624-10, the request for restitution is made by the owner of the property by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the administrator, if one has been appointed, or, failing this, to the debtor. A copy of this request is sent to the mandataire judiciaire.
Failing agreement within one month of receipt of the request or in the event of a dispute, the matter may be referred to the juge-commissaire at the owner’s request for a ruling on the owner’s rights. Even in the absence of a prior application for restitution, the juge-commissaire may also be seised for the same purpose by the administrator or by the debtor.