{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:2537","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Legal Hypothec of Seller of Immovable","number":"2537","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/2537/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK VI - SPECIAL CONTRACTS","title":"TITLE IV - CONTRACTS FOR THE PROVISION OF SECURITY","chapter":"Chapter 3. - Immovable Hypothecs","section":"Section 1. - Creation of Hypothec","paragraph":null},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"Whosoever sells an immovable shall have a legal hypothec on such immovable as a security for the payment of the agreed price and for the performance of any other obligation laid down in the contract of sale.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/2537/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":701,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/701/?article=2537&paragraph=lead#article-2537-lead"}]}],"caution":"This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur."}