Carteparcelle shows no owners. Within set rules, the tax services and the land registry (publicité foncière) can provide this information.
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Why the map shows no owners
The cadastral map does not carry owners’ names: each sheet shows parcel boundaries and numbers. Owners are listed in the matrice cadastrale, a separate tax file whose disclosure is regulated.
Carteparcelle publishes no owner data and offers no search for people. A parcel is a unit of the map; its card does not say who owns it, nor whether two neighbouring parcels have the same owner.
Requesting a property statement
The matrice cadastrale is public, but disclosure to a third party must remain occasional, to protect privacy. The request is made in writing, on plain paper or by email, to the land tax office (service des impôts fonciers). It gives your surname and first names and the commune where the property lies. Service Public states that extracts can be obtained free of charge on an occasional basis.
Under the tax authority’s guidance, a request covers a single commune (one arrondissement in Paris, Lyon and Marseille) and a single person or at most five properties. The same person may not make more than five requests a week, or more than ten per calendar month, to the same office. The statement given to a third party omits the right holders’ date and place of birth. These limits do not apply to owners asking for their own information.
DGFiP — Supplying cadastral documentation to the public (BOFiP) · Service Public — How to consult the cadastre · impots.gouv.fr — Accessing cadastral documentation
Tracing a property’s legal history
Records held by the land registry offices (services de la publicité foncière) are public. Service Public says that, for a given property, they can provide the identity of successive owners, the date and deed of acquisition, any mortgages or seizures, sale prices and the co-ownership rules.
Requests are made on a form to the land registry office responsible for the property; the answer is given in writing, and fees are listed in each form’s notes. If you are preparing a purchase, ask the notary handling the deed which checks they carry out themselves.
Preparing a precise request
Fictional example: you would like to contact the owner of an overgrown plot next to yours. Note the commune and the reference of that one parcel from its card, for example 000 ZC 45, then write to the land tax office quoting it. A request covering several people at once is rejected.
Keep a record of your request and of the reply. For a boundary question with that neighbour, the identified owner can take part in a bornage; for the property’s sales history, contact the land registry office.
DGFiP — Supplying cadastral documentation to the public (BOFiP)
These guides provide general information. Before making a decision about a property, confirm the relevant details with the responsible authority or professional.
Official sources
The links below lead to official sources in French.