Short answer. Yes. Article 2006 states that movable as well as immovable property may be the object of sequestration. Land, buildings and registered real estate can be placed under court custody during a case, not only cars, goods or cash. How the court secures immovable property differs, but nothing about its nature exempts it from being sequestered.
What the law says
Movable as well as immovable property may be the object of sequestration
Civil Code, Article 2006 — Object of Sequestration. Read the full provision →
Real property is not exempt from sequestration
People often assume court custody is only for things that can be physically taken and locked away — a vehicle, jewellery, cash, stock. Article 2006 says otherwise in a single line: Movable as well as immovable property may be the object of sequestration. A parcel of land, a house, a condominium unit or a commercial building can all be placed under the court's custody while a case over them is pending. The point of sequestration — preserving the thing in dispute so the judgment is not hollow — applies just as much to real estate, which is frequently the most valuable thing the parties are actually fighting about.
Land is secured differently from goods
You cannot carry off a lot the way a keeper carries off a movable, so custody over immovable property works by controlling dealings rather than possession. The court's order is recorded against the property's title, which warns anyone who searches it and freezes fresh transactions — a sale, a mortgage or a new encumbrance can no longer pass clean while the notice stands. The land physically stays where it is, and often the person on it stays too; what changes is that its legal status is pinned in place until the case ends. Preserving real estate is therefore about the paper trail as much as the ground.
What custody over land does and does not decide
Placing real estate under court custody keeps the position steady; it does not decide who owns it. The court has not ruled that the party who obtained the order is the true owner — only that the property should not change hands or condition while the dispute is being tried. A buyer who deals with sequestered land despite the recorded notice takes it subject to the outcome and cannot claim to have been an innocent purchaser. So the notice protects the eventual winner and warns everyone else, without prejudging the merits one way or the other.
What to check if land you care about is involved
If you are buying, lending against, or already claim an interest in property that is caught up in someone's lawsuit, the first thing to establish is what the title actually shows, because a recorded custody notice changes everything about the deal. If you are the one seeking to preserve a disputed lot, moving early matters — the protection only bites once it is on record, and a transfer completed before then is far harder to unwind. Either way, the condition of the title is the document that settles what you can safely do.