If this happens, your first act should be to submit a Commandement de Payer. This document goes about the legal acts by which a creditor, with help from a bailiff, requires the debtor to pay the sum stated on the leasing contract under penalty of being seized.

 

To start the process of a Commandement de Payer, the debtor must first be provided with an enforceable title. After this, you will need the following documents to continue with the Commandement de Payer:

 

1. Details of your debts

2. A copy of your signed “Bail Commercial”

3. A copy of your passport (and of anyone else on the deed)

 

It must be dually noted that the Commandement de Payer is not a valid reason to terminate a contract between the owner and the lessee. It also must be noted that the Commandement de Payer is not the L’injonction de Payer.