Art. 2341 Sale when installment not due

If a creditor seizes property to collect a debt, and that debt is set up to be paid in installments, this rule lets the creditor ask the court to sell the property to cover the whole debt at once, even if some payments aren't due yet. This applies when the creditor has a legal claim on the property, like a mortgage or lien, that was set up to secure the debt.

The sale still has to follow the original payment terms for the installments that haven't come due yet. This means the buyer or the process handling those future payments works the same way it would have under the original agreement between the creditor and the debtor.

In simple terms, this rule stops a debtor from avoiding a full sale just because not every payment has come due. It gives the creditor a way to settle the entire debt through one sale, while still respecting the payment schedule that was originally agreed upon.