French General Tax Code
In forceI. - Notaries, bailiffs, clerks and secretaries of central administrations shall keep columnar directories, on which they shall enter, day by day, and in order of number, namely:
1° Notaries, all deeds they receive;
2° Bailiffs, all deeds of their ministry;
3° Clerks, all deeds and judgments which, under the terms of this code, must be recorded on the minutes as well as the minutes mentioned in 6° of 2 of Article 635, in the version applicable on 31 December 2019, which are not subject to a proportional or progressive duty ;
4° Secretaries, the acts of the administrations referred to in 3° and 4° of 1 and 5° and 6° of 2 of Article 635, in the wording applicable on 31 December 2019, including those which are not subject to a proportional or progressive duty.
Each article in the directory contains:
1° Its number;
2° The date of the deed;
3° Its nature;
4° The surnames and first names of the parties and their domicile ;
5° The indication of the assets, their location and the price, in the case of deeds which have as their object the ownership, usufruct or enjoyment of assets;
6° The relationship of the registration or merged formality;
7° (Repealed).
The repertoires of notaries may be drawn up on loose-leaf; the other repertoires shall be kept without blanks or line spacing.
II. - (Repealed)
III. - The pages of notaries' registers are numbered. They shall be endorsed and initialled by the President of the Chamber of Notaries or his delegate. The formality of initialling may, however, be replaced by the use of a process preventing any substitution or addition of sheets.
The registers of the clerks of the courts and tribunals shall be endorsed and initialled by the chief clerk of the court and those of the bailiffs, by the president of the departmental chamber of bailiffs or his delegate.
IV. - The provisions relating to the keeping of registers are applicable to judicial auctioneers and commercial brokers, but only for minutes of sales of furniture and goods, and for deeds made as a result of such sales.
V. - The only deeds for which a register must be kept, in the prefectures and sub-prefectures, are those of the administrative authorities and public establishments, referred to in 3° and 4° of 1 and 5° and 6° of 2 of Article 635, in the wording applicable on 31 December 2019, including those that are not subject to a proportional or progressive duty.
