Chapter I: General provisions

The delivery of the writ of execution to the bailiff is equivalent to a power of attorney for any execution for which no special power of attorney is required. The bailiff shall be given an address for service of process in his office.

Notwithstanding the second paragraph of Article R. 141-1, when a title is handed over for enforcement to one of the agents mentioned in article R. 122-2, notifications relating to its enforcement are made to the accountant responsible for recovery. Note of these provisions shall be made in the summons or formal notice to pay.

The person who has requested a compulsory enforcement measure or a precautionary measure may not be present at the enforcement operations except with the authorisation of the enforcement judge when the circumstances so require.

A debtor whose property has already been seized must inform any new creditor who seizes the same property of the existence of a previous seizure and the identity of the person who carried it out. He shall also produce the act of seizure. The same obligation applies to third parties holding assets on behalf of the debtor. The creditor thus informed shall bring to the attention of the other creditors…