1. Amounts due to contractors and architects who have been entrusted with the construction of buildings or other structures, or their reconstruction, repair, or maintenance, shall have a privilege over these structures, to the extent of the value of the increase brought about by their works in the immovable property at the time of its sale. 2. The privilege referred to in Paragraph (1) of this Article shall be registered, and its rank shall run from the time of its registration.
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