Article 1915 of the French Civil Code
November 7, 2023
Deposit, in general, is an act by which one receives the thing of another, with the charge of keeping it and returning it in kind.
Deposit, in general, is an act by which one receives the thing of another, with the charge of keeping it and returning it in kind.
There are two kinds of deposit: deposit proper and sequestration.
The deposit itself is an essentially free contract.
Its object can only be movable things.
It is perfected only by the real or fictitious surrender of the thing deposited. Fictitious surrender is sufficient when the depositary is already endowed, on some other basis, with the thing agreed to be left to him by way of deposit.
Voluntary deposits are formed by the mutual consent of the person making the deposit and the person receiving it.
Voluntary deposit may regularly be made only by the owner of the thing deposited, or with his express or tacit consent.
Where the deposit being above the figure provided for in Article 1359 is not proved in writing, the person who is challenged as the depositary is believed to be the depositary on the basis of his declaration either for the fact of the deposit itself, or for the thing which was the object of the deposit, or for the fact of its restitution.
Voluntary deposits may only take place between persons capable of contracting. Nevertheless, if a person capable of contracting accepts a deposit made by an incapable person, he is bound by all the obligations of a true depositary; he may be sued by the tutor or administrator of the person who made the deposit.
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