How do I get real estate information?
Verified 27 September 2022 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
Looking for information about real estate without going through a notary? Wondering which service to contact? What information should I get? Access to real estate information varies depending on the year of registration of the documents in the land advertising department. We tell you how to do it.
Anyone can 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 service.
He informs you about the legal situation of a building. You can obtain the following information, for example:
- Identity of successive owners
- Prices of different sales
- Copy of real estate sales documents
- Donation
The request for documents or information changes depending on the registration period before or after 1to January 1956 in the mortgage registers.
Legal status of buildings and property after 1956
You can request information from the Land Advertising Service:
- On one or more buildings
- On one or more buildings on which one or more persons designated in the application have real estate
The information provided shall take the form of copy one or more handwritten records or computer response from the date of computerisation.
You can use the cerfa form to request information concerning legal status of buildings and property persons after 1956.
Information on the legal status of real property and the real estate of persons (after 1956)
You must send your request to the Land Advertising Service of the place where the property is located.
Copy of documents registered after 1956
You can request information from the Land Advertising Service:
- On one or more buildings
- On one or more buildings on which one or more persons designated in the application have real estate
For example, you can request a copy of the condominium settlement.
The information provided shall take the form of copy one or more handwritten records or computer response from the date of computerisation.
You can use the cerfa form to request information concerning legal status of buildings and property persons after 1956.
You must send your request to the Land Advertising Service of the place where the property is located.
Additional information after 1956
If you have already obtained information and would like to obtain an update, you can do one additional request for information.
You can use the cerfa form to request informationadditional.
Additional information after 1956
You must send your request to the Land Advertising Service of the place where the property is located.
The real estate information service is the land advertising service.
He informs you about the legal situation of a building. You can obtain the following information, for example:
- Identity of successive owners
- Prices of different sales
- Copy of real estate sales documents
- Donation
The request for documents or information changes depending on the registration period before or after 1to January 1956 in the mortgage registers.
Copy of documents registered before 1956
You can request copy the following documents:
- Acts acknowledging the transfer of the property of a built or unbuilt building (sale, donation, sharing, transmission by death...)
- Current mortgage registration forms
- Condominium and Division Descriptive Regulations
You can use the cerfa form below to request a copying documentsregisteredbefore 1956.
FYI
When Land Advertising Service has transferred the document requested Departmental Archives, it must inform.
You must send your request to the Land Advertising Service of the place where the property is located.
Pre-1956 Record of Proceedings
If you don't know the references to the publication of a document, you can request the issuance of statement of formalities listed in a person's name.
You can use the cerfa form to request a record of the formalities registered before 1956.
Record of formalities before 1956
You must send your request to the Land Advertising Service of the place where the property is located.
The rates for your enquiry (copies or extracts of documents) are indicated on the notice to each form.
They vary depending on the type of request.
You can calculate the cost of your real estate information request in each form.
Modes payment of fees are:
- Species up to €300
- Check to the Treasury when the amount is less than €1,000
- Certified Check to the Treasury when the amount is greater than €1,000
- Transfer
Shipping costs are charged if you wish to receive the reply by post.
- Civil Code: Article 2449Issuance of real property information
- Book of Fiscal Procedures: Article L107AIssuance of real property information
- General Tax Code: Articles 878 to 881NLand Advertising Service
- Copy of documents (deed of sale, donation, condominium settlement...) registered before January 1, 1956
Form
- Record of formalities before 1956
Form
- Information on the legal status of real property and the real estate of persons (after 1956)
Form
- Copy of documents (deed of sale, donation, settlement of co-ownership...) registered after January 1, 1956
Form
- Additional information after 1956
Form
- Purchase of landService-Public.fr
- Purchase or sale of housingService-Public.fr
- Portal of online services of notaries of FranceNotaries of France
- Methods of payment of registration feesMinistry of Finance