Civil Transactions Law

1. If the request for the partition of a property owned in common by one of the owners is denied by the other owners and in-kind partition of the property is possible without impairing its use and enjoyment or significantly reducing its value, the court shall order partition of the property. If the partition entails such impairment or reduction, the court shall order the sale of the property at auction. 2. If an owner of a property owned in common who requests partition is able to sell his share for a value not less than its value if the entire property is sold, the other owners shall not be compelled to sell the property at auction. If said owner is not able to sell his share without its value being diminished, the other owners may avoid sale at auction by paying him the amount of any shortfall resulting from the sale of his share.