With the exception of deeds in criminal matters and deeds from lawyer to lawyer, bailiffs are required to draw up their deeds and minutes in two originals; one, exempt from all tax formalities, is given to the party or his representative and the other is kept by the bailiff, under conditions that are laid down by a decree in the Council of State.
As an exception to the provisions of article R. 200-2 of the Book of Tax Procedures, the original, exempt from all tax formalities, may be produced before any judicial or administrative court, even if it is equivalent to a petition initiating proceedings.