Art. 3572 Sequestration before rent due

If you rent out property to someone and you have a good reason to believe they're about to move out and take your stuff with them before they pay rent, you can ask the court to step in early. This tool is called sequestration. It lets you have the court take control of the property to keep the tenant from removing it, even though the rent isn't due yet.

But there's a catch. If the tenant ends up paying the rent on time when it's actually due, then you (the landlord) have to cover the court costs for having asked for this early action. In other words, if it turns out your worry was unfounded and the tenant pays like they were supposed to, you pay the price for jumping the gun.

This rule protects landlords who have real evidence someone is trying to skip out without paying, while also making sure landlords don't misuse this power against tenants who were going to pay all along.