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Article 809-1 of the French Civil Code

The judge, on application by any creditor, any person who was administering all or part of the deceased person’s assets on his behalf, a notary, any other interested person or the public prosecutor, entrusts the curatorship of the vacant estate, the regime of which is defined in this section, to the administrative authority in charge of the estate.

The curatorship order is publicised.

Original in French 🇫🇷
Article 809-1

Le juge, saisi sur requête de tout créancier, de toute personne qui assurait, pour le compte de la personne décédée, l’administration de tout ou partie de son patrimoine, d’un notaire, de toute autre personne intéressée ou du ministère public, confie la curatelle de la succession vacante, dont le régime est défini à la présente section, à l’autorité administrative chargée du domaine.

L’ordonnance de curatelle fait l’objet d’une publicité.

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