Sub-section 1: Method of registration of mortgages

If any of the time limits set out in articles 2428 and 2429 has not been complied with, the registration shall have no effect beyond the date on which this period expires.

When a provisional registration of a judicial mortgage has been made, the provisions of articles 2429 to 2431 apply to the definitive registration and its renewal. The starting date for the time limits is the date of definitive registration or renewal. .

If there is no stipulation to the contrary, the costs of the registrations, the advance of which is made by the registrant, shall be borne by the debtor, and the costs of the publication of the deed of sale, which may be required by the vendor with a view to the registration of his legal mortgage, shall be borne by the purchaser.

The actions to which the registrations may give rise against the creditors shall be brought before the competent court, by writ served on them personally, or at the last of the domiciles elected by them on the registration slips, and this, notwithstanding the death, either of the creditors, or of those with whom they have elected domicile.