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Updated on Wednesday 13 April 2022

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Preemption and expropriation rights

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The Notarised document or Administrator deed

An administrative act is a legal act subject to administrative law, the litigation of which is the responsibility of the administrative judge. Mayors and presidents of local authorities may use real estate acquisitions in a development or road project, either in administrative form or by notarial deed.
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No. A municipality can very well decide to pre-empt a property offered for sale at a selling price lower than that desired by the seller. The latter must send the owner its proposal by registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt, within 2 months of receiving the DIA. The seller then…
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No. A municipality can very well decide to pre-empt a property offered for sale at a selling price lower than that desired by the seller. The latter must send the owner its proposal by registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt, within 2 months of receiving the DIA. The seller then…
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Yes, provided that the local council has not yet exercised its right of pre-emption (art. L.213-7 of the French town planning code). Indeed, the seller of a property subject to this right of pre-emption and having filed a DIA may unilaterally retract his offer to sell until it has been…
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Yes, provided that the local council has not yet exercised its right of pre-emption (art. L.213-7 of the French town planning code). Indeed, the seller of a property subject to this right of pre-emption and having filed a DIA may unilaterally retract his offer to sell until it has been…
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