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What are the effects of the act of lack of assets?

The act of deficiency (ADB, art. 149 LP) is issued to the creditor when enforcement proceedings have not made it possible to recover the full claim (unsuccessful attachment). The ADB establishes the unpaid balance and constitutes an acknowledgment of debt (art. 149 al. 2 LP). The creditor may initiate a new…

Verified sources as of 2026-04-07.

Applicable law provisions

Critical Deadlines

  1. Reception and reading of the deedimmediate
  2. Information of the debtor and possible negotiationin the 30 days (LP 149 / LP 149a)
  3. Monitoring of Prescription and Return to Better Fortune20 years (limitation period) / case-by-case verification
  4. Opposition and Exception of Non-Return to Better Fortune10 days for the objection (LP 149a / LP 265a)

Keywords

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