Section 3: Certificates of French nationality

The director of the judicial registry services of the judicial court has sole authority to issue a certificate of French nationality to any person proving that they have that nationality.

The seat and jurisdiction of the judicial courts or local chambers competent to issue certificates of nationality shall be determined by decree.

The certificate of nationality indicates, with reference to Chapters II, III, IV and VII of this Title, the legal provision by virtue of which the person concerned has the status of French national, as well as the documents which made it possible to establish this. It is authentic until proven otherwise. For the establishment of a certificate of nationality, the director of the judicial registry services of the judicial court…

Where the director of the judicial registry services of the judicial court refuses to issue a certificate of nationality, the person concerned may refer the matter to the judicial court, which will decide whether to proceed with the issue.