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Article R321-20 of the French Code of civil enforcement procedures

A summons to pay in the form of a seizure ceases to have effect ipso jure if, within five years of its publication, no mention has been made in the margin of this publication of a judgement recording the sale of the seized property.

In the event of refusal to lodge the order for payment or rejection of the publication formality, the five-year period does not begin to run until the application is regularised or the decision mentioned inarticle 26 of decree no. 55-22 of 4 January 1955 reforming land registration is made.

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Article R321-20

Le commandement de payer valant saisie cesse de plein droit de produire effet si, dans les cinq ans de sa publication, il n’a pas été mentionné en marge de cette publication un jugement constatant la vente du bien saisi.


En cas de refus du dépôt du commandement ou de rejet de la formalité de publication, le délai de cinq ans ne commence à courir qu’à compter de la régularisation de la demande ou de la décision mentionnée à l’article 26 du décret n° 55-22 du 4 janvier 1955 portant réforme de la publicité foncière.

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