Article 352 of Commercial Code

1 - If the contract term expires or it is deemed rescinded pursuant to the preceding Article, the bank shall recover the safe-deposit box after notifying the lessee to attend to empty its contents. Notice shall be valid if given at the last domicile designated by the lessee to the bank. 2 - If the lessee does not attend at the time specified in the notice, the bank may request permission from the President of the Court of First Instance to open the box in the presence of an enforcement officer appointed by him for that purpose. The enforcement officer shall draw up a record of the incident and the contents of the box. - The bank shall retain the contents of the box and may, after six months from drawing up the inventory record, request that the President of the Court of First Instance order their sale in the manner he specifies and deposit of the price in the court treasury, or order any other appropriate measure. 4 - The bank shall have a preferential right over the sums deposited in the leased box or the proceeds of sale of its contents to recover the rent and expenses due to it. 1 - The box may be attached.