French Legislation In English

Search, Read and Apply French Law. In English.

20+ full codes, 2,400+ articles translated and updated. Case law linked to every article. Read the actual text before you ask a lawyer about it — free, no login required.

Try: L.227-1 SAS governance, L.145-9 bail commercial renewal, L.223-18 gérant removal SARL

20+

french codes

Fully translated

2,400+

articles in English

Updated regularly

480+

court rulings linked

Per article

Free

full access

No login required

Showing 8190 of 5744 articles for Art. n° 13-12.592

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Declaration of absence

Article 130

An absent person whose existence is judicially established recovers his property and that which he should have received during his absence in the state in which it is, the price of that which would ha…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Declaration of absence

Article 132

The marriage of the absent person remains dissolved, even if the judgment declaring the absence has been annulled.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Declaration of absence

Article 131

Any interested party who has caused a declaration of absence to be made by fraud shall be required to restore to the absent person whose existence is judicially established the income from the propert…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 13

The judicial police are placed, in each jurisdiction of the court of appeal, under the supervision of the public prosecutor and under the control of the investigating chamber in accordance with the ar…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Mandates and their execution

Article 131

If the person is a fugitive or resides outside the territory of the Republic, the investigating judge, after consultation with the public prosecutor, may issue an arrest warrant for the person if the…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Judicial supervision, house arrest and pre-trial detention

Article 137

Any accused person, presumed innocent, remains free. However, due to the requirements of the investigation or as a security measure, he or she may be subject to one or more obligations of judicial sup…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Mandates and their execution

Article 135

In criminal and correctional matters, committal orders may only be issued in execution of the order provided for in Article 145.The officer responsible for executing the committal order will hand over…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Mandates and their execution

Article 134

The officer responsible for the execution of a warrant for the bringing in, arrest or search of a person may not enter a citizen's home before 6am or after 9pm. The same applies when the officer is re…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Mandates and their execution

Article 133

The person seized by virtue of an arrest warrant shall be brought before the examining magistrate or, failing that, the president of the court or the judge designated by the latter within twenty-four…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 139

The person under investigation is placed under judicial supervision by an order of the examining magistrate, which may be made at any stage of the investigation. The examining magistrate may, at any t…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
Common Questions

French legislation in English — Q&A

Our translations are produced and reviewed for accuracy, but the only legally binding version of French law is the French original. For court, registry or contractual use we offer lawyer-reviewed or sworn certified translations on request.

Articles are synced with Légifrance and updated as soon as a reform is published in the Journal Officiel, so you always read the version in force — and can see when each article was last amended.

Each article is linked to the key court decisions (Cour de cassation, Conseil d'État, courts of appeal) that interpret it, so you can read the text and its case-law application side by side.

Yes — every article has an AI plain-English summary, and you can order a lawyer-reviewed explanation of how it applies to your specific situation, with next steps.

No. Reading and searching the codes is free with no login. Paid services — certified translation and the legal application report — are entirely optional.

Mariela Petrova

Mariela Petrova

Avocate au Barreau de Paris

Toque #C2396

15+ Years In French Corporate Practice

English · French · Russian

Ready When You Are

Talk To A Lawyer
In France.

A 20–30 minute call, in English, to scope the engagement. No obligation, no preliminary fee. You will leave the call with a clear view of what the work will cover and what it will cost.

First EngagementFixed Fee

Talk to a French lawyer.

Reply within 24 hours.

Communications protected by professional secrecy — secret professionnel de l'avocat, Article 66-5 of the Law of 31 December 1971.

Continue

Related legal services

01 / Read

Browse the French codes

20+ full codes and 2,400+ articles in English, with the key court rulings linked to every article — free to read.

Read More
02 / Apply

Legal application report

A lawyer-reviewed report explaining how the relevant articles apply to your situation, with case-law analysis and next steps.

Read More
03 / Act

Talk to a French lawyer

Scope your matter with a Paris-Bar avocate — incorporation, contracts, disputes — handled bilingually, end to end.

Read More