The right of retention shall not affect those things which the lessor has known or should have known not to be the property of the lessee.
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 2031
2. Movables Affected · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
Where the lessor comes to know only during the currency of the lease that some movables brought by the lessee are not the property of the latter, his right of retention on such movables shall lapse unless he gives notice for the termination of the contract for the next following term of the lease.