The measure came into force on July 1, but it went unnoticed: to recover unpaid rents, the lessor, provided with an enforceable title, can call on a court commissioner to initiate wages directly from the tenant’s employer. But there are several conditions to be fulfilled.
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In many of the cases, it is a scourge for owners of real estate who are sometimes faced with indelicate tenants, or who play with the law so as not to pay their due. From the 1stEast July 2025, landlord owners benefit from a salary entry procedure. A simplified procedure to make recovery effective.
Finished, normally, the obstacle course for the owner wishing to recover his money, thanks to a diversion of the procedures. Before, to validate a tenant’s salary seizure, it was necessary to start a conciliation, to wait for the prior authorization of a judge to go further, then the intervention of the judicial court. From now on, the owner can use a bailiff directly – they are called today “Justice Commissioners” – to enter the money directly with the tenant’s employer who does not pay his rent. A file dedicated to bad payers is also created. These new provisions are part of the orientation and programming law of the Ministry of Justice.
Simplification of unpaid rent recovery procedures but not on any conditions. Everything is bordered to respect everyone’s rights, including ensuring a minimum of defense of bad payers. To initiate a salary seizure and call on a court commissioner, the lessor owner must obtain an enforceable title from the public authorities. It’s a bit technical, Details are available on the government’s website. The control of a judge is maintained but will take place a posteriori. That is to say that the magistrate will only intervene in the event of an ultimate dispute. As for the rules for calculating the seizable sums, they remain unchanged because, from the point of view of the law, money continues to have a food nature and the offender must be able to continue to benefit from a minimum of income, taking into account any people who remain at his expense within the household.
Can the bad payer tenant still start appeal and challenge the salary seizure he is the subject? Yes, he has a month to do so. And if the unpaid reaches 10,000 euros, the use of a lawyer is compulsory. But let them say to themselves: from this month in July, the indelicate tenants will have a much more difficult life.
