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Article 1048 of the French Code of civil procedure

The judicial court or its president with territorial jurisdiction is that of the place where the person whose civil status is in question lives or, if he or she lives outside France, the judicial court of Paris or its president. The court of the place where the record was drawn up or transcribed may also be seised.

Only the following courts, however, have jurisdiction:

– the court of the place where the central civil status department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is established, for records held by this department;

– the Paris judicial court or its president, for certificates in lieu of a civil status record for a refugee, stateless person or beneficiary of subsidiary protection.

The court of the place where the central civil status department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is established, for records held by this department;

– the Paris judicial court or its president, for certificates in lieu of a civil status record for a refugee, stateless person or beneficiary of subsidiary protection.

Original in French 🇫🇷
Article 1048

Le tribunal judiciaire ou son président territorialement compétent, est celui du lieu où demeure la personne dont l’état civil est en cause ou, si elle demeure hors de France, le tribunal judiciaire de Paris ou son président. Peut également être saisie la juridiction du lieu ou l’acte a été dressé ou transcrit.

Sont toutefois seuls compétents :

– la juridiction du lieu d’établissement du service central d’état civil du ministère des affaires étrangères, pour les actes détenus par ce service ;

– le tribunal judiciaire de Paris ou son président, pour les certificats tenant lieu d’acte d’état civil à un réfugié, un apatride ou un bénéficiaire de la protection subsidiaire.

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