Maître Vianney Coudière, notary in Chartres

What we handle for clients abroad

Your affairs in France, dealt with from wherever you live

Selling or buying property

Preliminary contract and deed of sale for a property located in France, signed by remote notarial power of attorney.

Inheritance

Estate of a relative who lived in France, heirs living in several countries, European Certificate of Succession.

Gifts

Gifts to children, including gifts of French property with retained life interest.

Marriage and family

Marriage contracts and changes of matrimonial regime for couples living in France or abroad.

Companies

Sale of shares, contributions to companies and business transfers.

Guides in English

French law, explained for international clients

• Buying

  Buying property in France: the process, the costs and the notary's role

  Offer, preliminary contract, ten-day cooling-off period, loan condition, deed of sale and purchase costs in Eure-et-Loir, explained by a notary in Chartres.

• Selling

  Selling property in France: surveys, capital gains tax and the notary's role

  Selling a house or flat in France, from home or from abroad: mandatory surveys, preliminary contract, capital gains tax for residents and non-residents.

• Property management

  Letting and managing your French property through a notary

  Letting and managing a rental property in Chartres through the notary: written mandate, enforceable notarial lease, rents held at the Caisse des dépôts.

• Divorce

  Divorce in France for international couples: procedure, applicable law and property

  Divorce by mutual consent filed with a notary, judicial divorce, Rome III and Brussels II ter, division of property and the 1.1 % partition duty.

• Marriage and PACS

  Marriage contracts and matrimonial regimes in France: choosing and changing

  Community property, separation of property, universal community, PACS, and the law applying to international couples under EU Regulation 2016/1103.

• Gifts and estate planning

  Gifts and estate planning in France: allowances, forced heirship and wills

  Gifts to children, €100,000 allowances renewable every 15 years, gift-sharing, life interest, life insurance, forced heirship and wills in France.

• Wealth planning

  Wealth planning with a French notary: independent advice leading to deeds

  Independent wealth advice from a notary in Chartres: family, property, business and cross-border assets, under a written fee agreement agreed in advance.

• Business transfer

  Selling or passing on a business in France: shares, goodwill and the Dutreil pact

  Sale of a business or of company shares, registration duties, escrow of the price, Dutreil pact and family transfer, with a notary in Chartres.

• Notary fees

  Notary fees in France: regulated tariff, taxes and disbursements explained

  What French notary fees include: regulated tariff extended in 2026, taxes collected for the State, disbursements, and fees agreed in writing.

• Your notary in Chartres

  Maître Vianney Coudière, your notary in Chartres, for clients in France and abroad

  The office of Maître Vianney Coudière, notary at 7 rue Vintant in Chartres: areas of work, remote signing and how to prepare an appointment from abroad.