{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:1098","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Creditor Demands Partition","number":"1098","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1098/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK IV - PROPERTY","title":"TITLE III - CO-OWNERSHIP","chapter":"Chapter 1. - General Provisions","section":null,"paragraph":null},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"A creditor who has an exigible claim against a co-owner may demand partition of the co-ownership, but not beyond what is necessary for the recovery of his claim.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1098/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":298,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/298/?article=1098&paragraph=lead#article-1098-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."}