{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:2485","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Form of Contract","number":"2485","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/2485/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK VI - SPECIAL CONTRACTS","title":"TITLE IV - CONTRACTS FOR THE PROVISION OF SECURITY","chapter":"Chapter 2. - Contracts of Pledge","section":"Section 1. - Contracts of Pledge in General","paragraph":"Paragraph 1. - Conditions for the Validity of the Contract"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"The amount of the obligation secured or, when this amount has not yet been determined, the maximum amount for which recourse may be taken against the pledge shall in all cases be specified in the contract of pledge or the contract shall be void.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/2485/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":689,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/689/?article=2485&paragraph=p1#article-2485-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"Where the amount exceeds 5,000 Nakfas, the contract of pledge shall not be valid except where it is evidenced by writing and as from the day when such deed acquires undisputed date.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/2485/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":689,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/689/?article=2485&paragraph=p2#article-2485-p2"}]}],"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."}