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C-25.01 - Code of Civil Procedure

Section 700
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700. The immovable serving as the debtor’s principal residence may be seized to execute a support claim or to execute another claim of $20,000 or more, not including legal costs.
It may also be seized to execute a claim of any amount secured by a prior claim or a hypothec. In the case of a legal hypothec arising out of a judgment, however, the amount of the claim must be at least $20,000; otherwise, the registration of such a hypothec is valid only for conservatory purposes.
2014, c. 1, a. 700; I.N. 2016-12-01.
700. The immovable serving as the debtor’s main residence may be seized to execute a support claim or to execute another claim of $20,000 or more, not including legal costs.
It may also be seized to execute a claim of any amount secured by a prior claim or a hypothec. In the case of a legal hypothec arising out of a judgment, however, the amount of the claim must be at least $20,000; otherwise, the registration of such a hypothec is valid only for conservatory purposes.
2014, c. 1, a. 700.
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