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Article 815-3 of the French Civil Code

The undivided co-owners holding at least two-thirds of the undivided rights may, by this majority:

1° Carry out acts of administration relating to the undivided property;

2° Give one or more of the undivided co-owners or a third party a general administration mandate;

3° Sell the undivided movable property to pay the debts and charges of the undivided co-ownership;

4° Conclude and renew leases other than those relating to a building for agricultural, commercial, industrial or craft use.

They are required to inform the other undivided co-owners. If they fail to do so, the decisions taken are not enforceable against them.

However, the consent of all the undivided co-owners is required to carry out any act that does not fall within the normal exploitation of the undivided property and to carry out any act of disposal other than those referred to in 3°.

If an undivided co-owner takes over the management of undivided property, with the knowledge of the others and nevertheless without opposition from them, he is deemed to have received a tacit mandate, covering acts of administration but not acts of disposal or the conclusion or renewal of leases.

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Article 815-3

Le ou les indivisaires titulaires d’au moins deux tiers des droits indivis peuvent, à cette majorité :

1° Effectuer les actes d’administration relatifs aux biens indivis ;

2° Donner à l’un ou plusieurs des indivisaires ou à un tiers un mandat général d’administration ;

3° Vendre les meubles indivis pour payer les dettes et charges de l’indivision ;

4° Conclure et renouveler les baux autres que ceux portant sur un immeuble à usage agricole, commercial, industriel ou artisanal.

Ils sont tenus d’en informer les autres indivisaires. A défaut, les décisions prises sont inopposables à ces derniers.

Toutefois, le consentement de tous les indivisaires est requis pour effectuer tout acte qui ne ressortit pas à l’exploitation normale des biens indivis et pour effectuer tout acte de disposition autre que ceux visés au 3°.

Si un indivisaire prend en main la gestion des biens indivis, au su des autres et néanmoins sans opposition de leur part, il est censé avoir reçu un mandat tacite, couvrant les actes d’administration mais non les actes de disposition ni la conclusion ou le renouvellement des baux.

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