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Article 2445 of the French Civil Code

When the department responsible for land registration, issuing a certificate to the new holder of a right in rem in immovable property, omits to register a mortgage, the right remains in the hands of the new holder, free of the undisclosed mortgage, provided that the issue of the certificate was requested by the interested party as a result of the publication of his title. Without prejudice to any recourse it may have against the State, the creditor benefiting from the omitted registration does not lose the right to avail itself of the rank conferred by this registration as long as the price has not been paid by the purchaser or intervention in the order opened between the other creditors is authorised.

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Article 2445

Lorsque le service chargé de la publicité foncière, délivrant un certificat au nouveau titulaire d’un droit réel immobilier, omet une inscription d’hypothèque, le droit demeure dans les mains du nouveau titulaire, affranchi de l’hypothèque non révélée, pourvu que la délivrance du certificat ait été requise par l’intéressé en conséquence de la publication de son titre. Sans préjudice de son recours éventuel contre l’Etat, le créancier bénéficiaire de l’inscription omise ne perd pas le droit de se prévaloir du rang que cette inscription lui confère tant que le prix n’a pas été payé par l’acquéreur ou que l’intervention dans l’ordre ouvert entre les autres créanciers est autorisée.

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