Each of the parents or the child may apply to a notary for the issue of an acte de notoriété, which will be evidence of possession of status until proven otherwise.
The acte de notoriété is established on the basis of the statements of at least three witnesses and any other documents produced that attest to a sufficient collection of facts within the meaning of Article 311-1. The deed of notoriety is signed by the notary and by the witnesses.
The issue of the deed of notoriety may only be requested within a period of five years from the cessation of the alleged possession of status or from the death of the alleged parent, including when the latter died before the declaration of birth.
The filiation established by the possession of status recorded in the deed of notoriety is mentioned in the margin of the child’s birth certificate.