CC 3177 - Taxes, annual charges and repairs.
Art. 3177. Taxes, annual charges and repairs.
The creditor is bound, unless the contrary be agreed on, to pay the taxes, as well as the annual charges of the property which have been given to him in pledge.
He is likewise bound, under penalty of damages, to provide for the keeping and useful and necessary repairs of the pledged estate, saving himself the right of levying on their fruits and revenues* all the expenses respecting such charges.
*"And revenues" has no counterpart in French text.