C-25.01 - Code of Civil Procedure

Section 517 Disposition versions

2016-01-01

517. A plaintiff, as of right, may seize the following before judgment:

(1)  movable property the plaintiff has the right to revendicate;

(2)  movable property for whose price the plaintiff is entitled to be collocated by preference and which is being used in such a manner as to jeopardize the realization of the plaintiff’s prior claim; and

(3)  movable property the plaintiff is permitted by law to seize in order to secure the exercise of rights in the property.

However, the authorization of the court is necessary to seize a technological medium or a document stored on such a medium.

2014, c. 1, a. 517.