Paragraph 3: Invalidity of auctions

The provisions of this section shall be prescribed on pain of nullity of the auction raised ex officio. Any new bid duly made shall cover the nullity of the previous bids. Nullity of the last bid automatically entails nullity of the auction.

Challenges to the validity of the bids shall be made orally at the hearing, through a lawyer. The judge shall rule immediately and, if necessary, immediately resume the bidding under the conditions set out in Article R. 322-43.

In the absence of a valid higher bid and where the certificate mentioned in article R. 322-41-1 does not specify that the property is intended for the personal occupation of the principal, the registry service requests the bulletin n° 2 of the criminal record of the bidder declared the successful bidder and, in the case of a non-trading property company or partnership, of its partners and corporate officers. Where the…

Where the property is put back up for sale by way of a new auction pursuant to the provisions of Article R. 322-49-1, the provisions of articles R. 322-70 to R. 322-72.