The transfer of the hypothecated immovable shall bring no change in the obligations of the original debtor.
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 2579
Effect on Original Debtor · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
The original debtor shall however be released where the person who acquired the immovable has undertaken to pay the debt, unless the hypothecary creditor informed the original debtor in writing that he would continue to hold him liable.
Such information shall, under pain of loss of right, be given within one year from the hypothec having been informed of the agreement made between the original debtor and the person who acquired the immovable.