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Article 650 of the French General Tax Code

1. Notaries may only register their deeds with the tax departments in whose jurisdiction they reside. 2. Bailiffs and all others with authority to issue writs or reports shall have their deeds registered either at the tax office of their residence or at the tax office of the place where they issued them. 3. Secretaries-greffiers, registrars and chief registrars as well as secretaries of central and municipal administrations shall have…

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Article 652 of the French General Tax Code

The registration of private deeds, which must be submitted for this formality within a time limit set by law, takes place, for those of them involving the transfer of ownership, usufruct or enjoyment of immovable property, goodwill or clientele, or the transfer of a right to a lease or the benefit of a promise to lease concerning all or part of an immovable property, at the tax office of the…

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Article 653 of the French General Tax Code

Declarations of verbal transfers of immovable property, businesses or clienteles, as well as declarations of verbal transfers of a right to a lease or the benefit of a promise to lease relating to all or part of an immovable property, must be made to the tax department of the location of the property. Declarations of transfers of company shares must be made to the tax department in whose jurisdiction the…

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Article 655 of the French General Tax Code

Wills made in foreign countries may not be executed on property situated in France, unless they have been registered with the tax office of the testator’s domicile, if he has retained one, otherwise with that of his last known domicile in France; and in the event that the will contains dispositions of immovable property situated there, it must, in addition, be registered with the tax office of the location of…

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Article 656 of the French General Tax Code

Transfers by death are registered with the tax department of the deceased’s domicile regardless of the location of the movable or immovable assets to be declared. Inheritance declarations of persons not domiciled in France are filed with the department designated by the minister responsible for the budget.

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Article 658 of the French General Tax Code

I. – The formality of registration is given on the minutes, patents or originals of the deeds that are subject to it. However, the formality may be given: 1° On a full copy of the notarial deeds to be registered; 2° On a copy of electronically signed private deeds to be registered, with the exception of unilateral promises of sale referred to in Article 1589-2 of the Civil Code. No…

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Article 660 of the French General Tax Code

The competent public accountants are prohibited from carrying out the registration formality in respect of deeds subject to land registration pursuant to the decree no. 55-22 of 4 January 1955 as amended and which are not drawn up in authentic form, in accordance with the provisions of article 4 of that text. The refusal is recorded in the department’s register on the date the private document is submitted for registration….

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