How do I get real estate information?
Verified 27 September 2022 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
Looking for information about a property without going through a notary? Wondering where to turn? What information should be obtained? Access to real estate information varies according to the year of registration of the documents in the land advertising service. We'll tell you how to do that.
Any person may request information about a property.
The official real estate information service has 10 days to answer you.
The real estate information service is the land advertising department.
It informs you about the legal situation of a building. You can obtain the following information, for example:
- Identity of successive owners
- Prices of the various sales
- Copy of Real Estate Sales Documents
- Donation
The request for documents or information changes depending on the registration period before or after 1er january 1956 in the mortgage records.
Legal situation of buildings and property after 1956
You can request information from the property advertising department:
- On one or more buildings
- On one or more buildings on which one or more persons designated in the application have right in rem in immovable property
The information delivered takes the form of a copy of one or more handwritten cards or a computer response from the date of computerization.
You can use the cerfa form to request the information concerning the legal status of buildings and property assets of persons after 1956.
You must address your request to the property advertising department of the location of the property.
Copies of documents recorded after 1956
You can request information from the property advertising department:
- On one or more buildings
- On one or more buildings on which one or more persons designated in the application have right in rem in immovable property
For example, you can request a copy of the co-ownership rules.
The information delivered takes the form of a copy of one or more handwritten cards or a computer response from the date of computerization.
You can use the cerfa form to request the information concerning the legal status of buildings and property assets of persons after 1956.
You must address your request to the property advertising department of the location of the property.
Additional information after 1956
If you have already obtained information and would like to have it updated, you can do a supplementary request for information.
You can use the cerfa form to request information complementary.
Additional information after 1956
You must address your request to the property advertising department of the location of the property.
The real estate information service is the land advertising department.
It informs you about the legal situation of a building. You can obtain the following information, for example:
- Identity of successive owners
- Prices of the various sales
- Copy of Real Estate Sales Documents
- Donation
The request for documents or information changes depending on the registration period before or after 1er january 1956 in the mortgage records.
Copy of documents recorded before 1956
You can ask for the copy the following documents:
- Acts establishing the transfer of ownership of a built or non-built building (sale, donation, sharing, transfer by death, etc.)
- Open Mortgage Registration Slips
- Co-ownership Regulations and Divisional Descriptive Reports
You can use the cerfa form below to request a copying documents recorded before 1956.
FYI
When the property advertising service has transferred the document requested from Departmental ArchivesYeah, he must be telling you inform.
You must address your request to the property advertising department of the location of the property.
Statement of formalities prior to 1956
Before publishing a document, if you do not know the references to the publication, you can request the issue of a record of formalities listed in the name of a person.
You can use the cerfa form to request a record of registered formalities before 1956.
Statement of formalities before 1956
You must address your request to the property advertising department of the location of the property.
The rates for your inquiry (copies or extracts of documents) are indicated on the enclosed leaflet on each form.
They vary according to the type of request.
You can calculate the cost of your real estate inquiry in each form.
Modes of payment of registration fees are:
- Cash up to €300
- Check to the public treasury where the amount is less than €1,000
- Certified Check to the public treasury where the amount exceeds €1,000
- Transfer
A shipping fee is charged if you wish to obtain the answer by post.
- Civil Code: Article 2449Real Property Information Issuance
- Tax procedures book: Article L107AReal Property Information Issuance
- General Tax Code: Articles 878 to 881NLand Advertising Service
- Copy of documents (bill of sale, donation, joint ownership settlement...) registered before January 1, 1956
Form
- Statement of formalities before 1956
Form
- Information concerning the legal status of buildings and the real estate assets of persons (after 1956)
Form
- Copy of documents (bill of sale, donation, joint ownership settlement...) registered after January 1, 1956
Form
- Additional information after 1956
Form
- Purchase of landService-Public.fr
- Buying or selling a homeService-Public.fr
- Online services portal of notaries of FranceNotaries of France
- Methods of payment of registration feesMinistry of Finance