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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Extracts of deeds

Article 860

Notaries, bailiffs, court registrars, lawyers and administrative authorities must, for deeds and judicial decisions that contain provisions subject to land publicity and for attestations after death,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Public acts

Article 853

Notaries, bailiffs, court clerks and administrative authorities are required, each time they present deeds, judgments or rulings for the formality of registration, to file with the tax department a su…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Contributions to a company, legal entity or grouping

Article 811

The following shall be registered free of charge:1° Deeds recording pure and simple extensions of companies;2° Deeds of dissolution of companies which do not involve any transfer of movable or immovab…

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2°: Contributions to a company, legal entity or grouping

Article 810

I. - Contributions are registered free of charge.II. - (Repealed).III. - The standard rate of registration duty or land registration tax levied on the contributions referred to in 3° of I, I bis and I…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Public acts

Article 854

It is forbidden for any notary or court clerk to receive any deed in deposit without drawing up a record of the deposit. Wills deposited with notaries by testators are excepted.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Public acts

Article 855

…ll be made in all copies of public, civil or judicial acts, which must be registered on the minutes and copies referred to in I of l'article 658, of the receipt of duties, by a literal and complete tr…

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2°: Contributions to a company, legal entity or grouping

Article 809

…or immovable property, between the partners or other persons, are subject to registration duty or land registration tax on the amount of the contributions less liabilities;2° Contributions of immovab…

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B: Exemptions

Article 845

The following are exempt from land registration tax: 1° Registrations required by the State. However, the tax that has not been collected on a judicial or conventional mortgage registration must be pa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Normal system

Article 844

The proportional land registration tax applicable to registrations of judicial or conventional mortgages referred to in 1° of Article

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2°: Declaration of previous formalities

Article 856

…ion of the registration notice for the lease assigned in whole or in part, where this formality is mandatory.

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