A French Bailiff (Huissier) has seized my goods what should I do ?
In order to seize goods, a French Bailiff (Huissier) must produce and serve to the party whose goods he is attempting to seize, some sort of written legal authorisation. Such documents would generally be the notification of a Court decision, which could possibly have been handed down ex parte. There are nevertheless a limited number of circumstances when a Bailiff may seize goods without a formal Court decision. In any event, special care should be taken to obtain a legible copy of papers served by the Bailiff such as a Procs-verbal (in the plural Procs-verbaux), a Signification, a Notification , etc. Thereafter these documents should be communicated at once to your attorney.
