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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Miscellaneous obligations

Article 800

I. - Heirs, legatees or donees, their guardians or curators, are required to complete a detailed declaration.The following are exempt:1° The successors in direct line, the surviving spouse and the par…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1 : Obligations specific to the registration formality

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
2: Other obligations

Article 862

Notaries, bailiffs, registrars and other public officers, lawyers and administrative authorities may not make or draw up a deed by virtue of or as a consequence of a deed compulsorily subject to regis…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 790

I. - Donations of full ownership of the shares or stocks of a company with an industrial, commercial, craft, agricultural or liberal activity that meet the conditions listed in article 787 B benefit o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Transfers free of charge

Article 793

Sont exonérés des droits de mutation à titre gratuit : 1.1° (Expired); 2° (Repealed); 3° interest shares held in a forestry group up to three-quarters of the fraction of the net value corresponding to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Transfers free of charge

Article 796-0 quater

Reversions of usufruct are subject to death duties.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Miscellaneous obligations

Article 802 bis

When the notary, mandated by the heirs, legatees or donees, their guardians or their curators, transmits a copy of the declaration provided for in I of Article 800 by means of an online service made a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 828

I. - The following shall be registered free of charge:1° (Repealed).2° Deeds by which companies which have operated in accordance with the object defined in article 1655 ter increase their capital, ex…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
X: Registration of liens and mortgages

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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2: Liquidation

Article 790 E

For the purposes of collecting inter vivos transfer duties, an allowance of €80,724 is made on the share of the donor's spouse.

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