The writ of attachment drawn up by the registry shall contain : 1° The surname, first names and domicile of the debtor and creditor or, in the case of a legal entity, its name and registered office; 2° A separate statement of the sums to be seized, including principal, costs and accrued interest, together with an indication of the interest rate; 3° The method of calculating the seizable fraction and…
The attachment deed is notified to the employer. A copy is sent to the debtor by ordinary letter, indicating that if the employer changes, the seizure will continue with the new employer.
The employer shall provide the court registry with the information mentioned in article L. 3252-9 no later than fifteen days from notification of the seizure. This declaration may be consulted at the registry by the creditor, the debtor or their agent. At their request, the court clerk will issue a copy.
The civil fine provided for in article L. 3252-9 may not exceed 10,000 euros.
The employer shall inform the registry within eight days of any event that suspends or terminates the seizure.
Every month, the employer sends the court registry a sum equal to the portion of the salary that may be seized. Where there is only one seizing creditor, payment is made by means of a cheque drawn up in accordance with the instructions given by the creditor. The court clerk will send the cheque to the creditor or his agent as soon as it is received, after noting it in…
If the employer fails to make payments in execution of a seizure, the judge shall issue an order declaring him personally indebted in accordance with article L. 3252-10. The employer is notified of the order. The court clerk informs the creditor and the debtor. If no objection is lodged within fifteen days of notification, the order becomes enforceable. Enforcement is pursued at the request of the most diligent party.
The seizure is released either as a result of an agreement between the creditors or as a result of a court ruling that the debt has been extinguished. The employer is notified within eight days.
A creditor in possession of a writ of execution may, without prior attempt at conciliation, intervene in proceedings for the attachment of sums due by way of remuneration, in order to participate in the distribution of the sums attached. This intervention is made by application delivered against a receipt or sent to the court registry. The application shall contain the information prescribed by article R. 3252-13.
After the judge has verified the amount, in principal, interest and costs, of the new claim that is the subject of an intervention in an ongoing attachment, the court clerk notifies the debtor and the creditors who are parties to the proceedings of this intervention. At the time of the first intervention, the court clerk informs the employer that payments are henceforth to be made to the order of the…
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