13. The public body’s claim in an action brought under this chapter confers on the public body a legal hypothec which may, on authorization, be registered on the property of any enterprise or natural person referred to in section 10.
The application for authorization is made to a judge in chambers. In urgent cases, it may be made without notice to the adverse party. If the authorization is granted, it must be served without delay on the enterprise or the natural person concerned.
The judge grants the authorization if the body’s claim appears to be well-founded and if there is reason to fear that recovery of the claim might be jeopardized without such authorization.