Key legal question
Whether the request for provisional registration of the mechanic’s lien was time-barred under Art. 839(2) CC.
Extracted holding
The lower court could not, on the basis of the immediately available evidence, rule out the right to definitive registration as highly improbable; the time-limit issue remained insufficiently clarified.
Extracted reasoning
Completion of works is not identical with handover of the building. Minor corrections or indispensable remaining work may prevent completion. In summary proceedings, provisional registration must be ordered unless definitive entitlement is excluded or highly improbable.