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Book 2 · Law of obligations  ›  Title 17 · Co-ownership › Section 755

Discharge of a joint debt

(1) If the part owners are jointly and severally liable for an obligation that they will have to discharge in the proportion of their shares in accordance with section 748 or that they have entered into for the purpose of performing such an obligation, then each part owner may demand upon dissolution of the co-ownership that the debt be discharged out of the joint object.

(2) The claim also may be asserted against successors in interest.

(3) To the extent that a sale of the joint object is required for discharge of the debt, the sale is to be effected in accordance with section 753.

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