PACS agreement — civil solidarity pact (France)
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This document is in French
The PDF you download is in French — that is the language it has to be filed in, so it is not translated. Everything on this page is here to tell you what it says.
For two adults about to enter a PACS at the town hall (before a notary, the notary drafts the agreement). A PACS is declared on Cerfa form 15725, and a free model agreement exists (Cerfa 15726), on service-public.gouv.fr: you do not need DocMuse to enter a PACS. Our own French agreement refers to the law and to articles 515-1 to 515-7 of the French Civil Code and lets you choose the material support and the property regime: separate property or joint ownership. Signed by hand on paper: article 1175 of the French Civil Code excludes the electronic form.
- Made for use in France
- Last updated October 13, 2026
When to use this document
- You and your partner plan to enter a PACS at the town hall in France and are preparing the agreement.
- You want to choose between keeping your property separate or owning things jointly in your PACS.
- You want the agreement to say how each of you will contribute to shared expenses.
- You are looking for a PACS agreement that you can print and sign by hand.
What you fill in
The details the document asks for.
- First partner
- First partner's date of birth
- First partner's place of birth
- First partner's address
- Second partner
- Second partner's date of birth
- Second partner's place of birth
- Second partner's address
- Shared home address
- Material support between partners
- Property regime
- Additional terms
- City
- Date
Preview
This document is produced for you. Your answers are typed into it and the finished PDF is yours to keep.
Common questions
- How is a PACS registered in France?
- Both partners go together, in person, to the town hall of their shared residence, often by appointment (article 515-3 of the French Civil Code). They hand in the joint declaration (Cerfa form 15725), the signed agreement, their ID and a recent full copy of their birth certificates. The registrar records the pact, stamps the agreement and gives it back; the PACS is noted in the margin of their birth certificates. At the town hall it is free; before a notary, the notary drafts the agreement and registers the pact, for a fee.
- Separate property or joint ownership in a French PACS: which to choose?
- Without a choice, it is separate property: each owns what they buy, and property whose ownership cannot be proved belongs to both in halves (article 515-5 of the French Civil Code). With joint ownership (indivision), property acquired during the pact belongs to both in halves, whatever each paid, except property that stays personal (articles 515-5-1 and 515-5-2). The choice can be changed later by an amending agreement.
- Why must a French PACS agreement be signed by hand?
- Because article 1175 of the French Civil Code excludes the electronic form for family-law acts under private signature where the law requires writing, which is the case for a PACS agreement. Print two copies, both partners sign both by hand, and take them to the town hall. An electronic signature, even a qualified one, is not accepted for this agreement.
How you can sign this document
- Print it and sign by hand. The signature lines in the document are left blank on purpose — sign on them in ink.
- Sign it yourself with a qualified electronic signature. If you already hold a QES — Evrotrust, B-Trust, StampIT, ZealiD or any qualified provider on the EU Trusted List, on a card, a USB token, in a mobile app or in the cloud — our signing guide explains step by step how to sign this exact file without invalidating it. Step-by-step help, and a way to check it worked
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