In civil litigation, court investigation and property preservation are two different procedures. Only the investigation will not be frozen, and the freezing can only be carried out after the parties apply to the court for property preservation and get approval.

The law provides that:

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Article 64 The parties have the responsibility to provide evidence of their own claims.

The people's court shall investigate and collect evidence that the parties and their agents ad litem cannot collect on their own due to objective reasons, or evidence that the people's court considers necessary for hearing a case.

The people's court shall comprehensively and objectively examine and verify the evidence in accordance with legal procedures.

Article 101 If an interested party fails to apply for preservation immediately due to an emergency, which will cause irreparable damage to his legitimate rights and interests, he may apply to the people's court where the property to be preserved is located, where the respondent has his domicile or has jurisdiction for preservation measures before bringing a lawsuit or applying for arbitration. The applicant shall provide a guarantee. If no guarantee is provided, the application will be rejected.

After accepting the application, the people's court must make a ruling within 48 hours; Those ordered to take protective measures shall be executed immediately.

If the applicant fails to bring a lawsuit or apply for arbitration according to law within 30 days after the people's court takes the preservation measures, the people's court shall lift the preservation.

Article 102 Preservation is limited to the scope of the claim or the property related to the case.

Article 103 Property preservation shall be sealed up, detained, frozen or other methods prescribed by law. After the people's court has preserved the property, it shall immediately notify the person whose property has been preserved.

Property that has been sealed up or frozen shall not be sealed up or frozen again.