Section 2: Seizure operations

Subject to any right of use that the third party may have over the seized property, the execution judge may order, on application, at any time and even before the start of the seizure operations, the handing over of one or more objects to a receiver designated by the judge. If one of the items seized is a land motor vehicle, it may, subject to the same proviso, be immobilised…

If the third party asserts a right of retention on the seized property, he must inform the bailiff of this by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, unless he made the declaration at the time of the seizure. Within one month, the seizing creditor may contest the right of retention before the enforcement judge of the place where the third party lives. The property remains unavailable during the proceedings. If…