Section 2: Conversion into an attachment for sale

A creditor who obtains a writ of execution recording the existence of his claim shall serve on the debtor a conversion deed containing, on pain of nullity : 1° A reference to the report of the protective attachment; 2° A statement of the writ of execution; 3° A separate statement of the sums to be paid in principal, costs and accrued interest, together with an indication of the interest rate;…

At the end of a period of eight days from the date of the conversion deed, the bailiff will check the seized assets. A record is drawn up of the missing or damaged property. This deed contains the indication, in very visible characters, that the debtor has a period of one month to proceed with the amicable sale of the seized property under the conditions prescribed in articles R. 221-30…

If the assets can no longer be found in the place where they were seized, the bailiff orders the debtor to inform him within eight days of their whereabouts and, if they have been seized for sale, to inform him of the name and address either of the bailiff who carried out the seizure or of the creditor on whose behalf it was carried out. If no reply is received,…

In the absence of an amicable sale within the stipulated period, a forced sale of the seized property shall be carried out under the conditions prescribed in articles R. 221-33 to R. 221-39.