What to do when you have lost the deed of ownership of your real estate?

Verified 25 September 2026 - Public Service / (Prime Minister)

If you are owner of real estate (house, apartment, shed, land...) and you lost your deed of ownership, you can request a copy of your deed of ownership to the notary or the land advertising and registration service.

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Application to the notary

The notary canned the original of your deed of ownership, that's what we call minute.

You can contact your notary's office to obtain a copy of this deed.

It will be yours billed to cover the cost of de-archiving and copying. These fees vary according to the studies.

Who shall I contact

Application to the Land Advertising and Registration Service

The Land Advertising and Registration Service is a administrative and tax service where notarial deeds are recorded.

Any real estate sale must therefore be published in the real estate file of the land advertising and registration service of the location of the property.

You can get a copy of your deed of ownership with this service.

The copy is fee-paying (€6 à €30 depending on the type of document).

The request of copy changes according to the registration period in the registers of land advertising and registration services. It is done by a form sent preferably by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

Purchase from 1956

You can use this form :

Copy of documents (deed of sale, donation, condominium settlement...) registered after January 1, 1956

Who shall I contact

Please note

In the departments of Moselle, of Bas-Rhin and the Haut-Rhin, the Land Advertising and Registration Service is called the Land Book.

Purchase before 1956

You can use this form :

Copy of documents (deed of sale, donation, condominium settlement...) registered before January 1, 1956

Who shall I contact

Please note

In the departments of Moselle, of Bas-Rhin and the Haut-Rhin, the Land Advertising and Registration Service is called the Land Book.

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