Section 4: Effects of the writ of attachment and its publication

A summons to pay in the form of a seizure ceases to have effect ipso jure if, within five years of its publication, no mention has been made in the margin of this publication of a judgement recording the sale of the seized property. In the event of refusal to lodge the order for payment or rejection of the publication formality, the five-year period does not begin to run until…

On expiry of the period provided for in article R. 321-20 and until publication of the title deed, any interested party may ask the enforcement judge to declare that the summons has lapsed and to order that this be noted in the margin of the copy of the summons published in the property register.

This period is suspended or extended, depending on the case, by a mention in the margin of the copy of the published summons of a court decision ordering the suspension of enforcement proceedings, the postponement of the sale, the extension of the effects of the summons or the decision ordering the reopening of the auction.